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Title: Home Sweet Home Post by: Duc L'Smart on November 13, 2009, 04:21:26 AM Just in case you were wondering...
http://gallery.me.com/metcalfe/100256 (http://gallery.me.com/metcalfe/100256) ;D Title: Re: Home Sweet Home Post by: RED on November 13, 2009, 05:03:53 AM Wow, what a novel idea. Peace and quite! So glad you're doing well. Please pass along my best wishes to Steph too. [beer]
Title: Re: Home Sweet Home Post by: greenohawk69 on November 13, 2009, 08:33:13 AM Neat.
Title: Re: Home Sweet Home Post by: Ronr on November 13, 2009, 08:44:44 AM Very cool. You guys have been busy. What's with all the digging??!!
Title: Re: Home Sweet Home Post by: Duc L'Smart on November 13, 2009, 09:01:33 AM What's with all the digging??!! First it was a huge hole & trenches for the new septic tank. There's actually 2 separate drains coming out of the building for the 2 bathrooms. Then it was another huge hole for the 500 gallon propane tank. After that, big trench for the new water line & removal of the old meter (new meter was relocated just over the property line by the highway.) Now we're excavating around the perimeter foundation. The soil was too high, by a foot in some places. We're waterproofing the foundation below grade level, & will redo the dirt so there's a good slope away from the building for drainage. Anyone have a backhoe for sale?!? ;D Title: Re: Home Sweet Home Post by: hiero on November 13, 2009, 09:09:15 AM wow, that's one hell of a joint my friend! very cool [thumbsup]
Title: Re: Home Sweet Home Post by: RED on November 13, 2009, 10:40:57 AM I'd consider a Bobcat. Those things can get into and around most places a backhoe can't AND they have a backhoe attachment!
Title: Re: Home Sweet Home Post by: Cher on November 13, 2009, 02:36:49 PM First it was a huge hole & trenches for the new septic tank. There's actually 2 separate drains coming out of the building for the 2 bathrooms. Then it was another huge hole for the 500 gallon propane tank. After that, big trench for the new water line & removal of the old meter (new meter was relocated just over the property line by the highway.) Now we're excavating around the perimeter foundation. The soil was too high, by a foot in some places. We're waterproofing the foundation below grade level, & will redo the dirt so there's a good slope away from the building for drainage. Anyone have a backhoe for sale?!? ;D Awesomeness! Love it [thumbsup] I'm not sure my lungs could handle all the clean air tho [laugh] [beer] Title: Re: Home Sweet Home Post by: caffeinejunkee on November 13, 2009, 04:18:45 PM Cool man [thumbsup]
Title: Re: Home Sweet Home Post by: shadowcougar1 on November 14, 2009, 07:20:24 AM Great pics!... but i expected nothing less from you. ;D [thumbsup]
Title: Re: Home Sweet Home Post by: muskrat on November 14, 2009, 06:36:15 PM where are the bears, coyotes and rest of the wildlife?
Title: Re: Home Sweet Home Post by: Duc L'Smart on November 15, 2009, 03:41:11 AM where are the bears, coyotes and rest of the wildlife? Saw a huge coyote yesterday. They are quite beautiful, & I didn't realize how large they are. So far I've seen 2 very large bull elk, 1 on the side of the road, & 1 in my lane. Fortunately my kill count is still zero [thumbsup] ;D Title: Re: Home Sweet Home Post by: Ronr on November 15, 2009, 05:04:22 AM Huge coyote equals wolf, or possibly shapeshifter. Have any silver bullets? ;D
Title: Re: Home Sweet Home Post by: muskrat on November 15, 2009, 06:42:23 AM don't feed the bears, those little bastards get into everything
Title: Re: Home Sweet Home Post by: fastwin on November 15, 2009, 02:56:12 PM The screen door on the back door of my family's NM cabin (near Cimarron) has some bear claw marks ripped into the screen material. The bear obviously stood up on his hind legs to look into the cabin through the window in the door and had his front paws on the screen door. Probably let them scrap on the screen when he lowered back down on all fours. It looks really cool and no one wants to replace the screen! It always gives Jennifer and Colin the hebbie-jebbies when ever they see it! [laugh] Bears are the equivalent of a 300 lb. raccoon!! [laugh]
Title: Re: Home Sweet Home Post by: LYD on November 27, 2009, 09:45:37 PM WOW!! Gonna have to come visit!! Will call Saturday!
Title: Re: Home Sweet Home Post by: Duc L'Smart on January 28, 2010, 05:45:49 AM There's a few new photos at the tail end of
http://gallery.me.com/metcalfe#100256 (http://gallery.me.com/metcalfe#100256) & I started a new page for '10 http://gallery.me.com/metcalfe#100305 (http://gallery.me.com/metcalfe#100305) Title: Re: Home Sweet Home Post by: DucVixenReturns on January 28, 2010, 05:48:58 AM 2 females and a male? Most torties are female. Random trivia.
Cool pics [thumbsup] [thumbsup] Title: Re: Home Sweet Home Post by: hiero on January 28, 2010, 06:49:17 AM very cool scott! one of these days I'll need to take a trip just to scratch my itch to do some hard labor and help you with any kind of projects you might have
Title: Re: Home Sweet Home Post by: Duc L'Smart on January 28, 2010, 06:51:43 AM very cool scott! one of these days I'll need to take a trip just to scratch my itch to do some hard labor and help you with any kind of projects you might have No shortage of projects, & no shortage of beautiful twisties & good weather! Give it a coupla months to thaw out, then I've got several bikes that need exercise [evil] Y'all are welcome out here anytime [thumbsup] Title: Re: Home Sweet Home Post by: RED on January 28, 2010, 12:35:18 PM I just saw the pink school house on google earth/panoramio in a picture someone took of a church looking straight away to your abode. :o
Title: Re: Home Sweet Home Post by: RED on January 28, 2010, 12:51:31 PM What ski mountain is that in the background on one of the pictures?
Title: Re: Home Sweet Home Post by: Duc L'Smart on January 30, 2010, 04:33:30 AM What ski mountain is that in the background on one of the pictures? Taos Ski Valley in the Sangre de Cristo mountains, the South end of the Rockies. Title: Re: Home Sweet Home Post by: Duc L'Smart on January 30, 2010, 04:35:06 AM Sunrise this morning, with new snow, & fog below the Taos mountains about 40 miles East.
(http://gallery.me.com/metcalfe/100305/IMG_0869/web.jpg?ver=12648617340001) Title: Re: Home Sweet Home Post by: RED on January 30, 2010, 05:33:31 PM ...the South end of the Rockies. geographically ends in El Paso, Texas [thumbsup] Title: Re: Home Sweet Home Post by: RED on January 30, 2010, 05:34:31 PM Man, that's beautiful.
Title: Re: Home Sweet Home Post by: TresGatos on January 30, 2010, 07:43:15 PM Of all the places I've been, NM is the most bonita.
Even beats the Big Island Title: Re: Home Sweet Home Post by: RED on January 30, 2010, 07:57:20 PM Easier to get to too. Roads look nice and twisty. The Pink Hostel looks as if it would hold a slew of LSDers too! [thumbsup] [moto][moto] [moto] [moto] [moto] [moto]
Title: Re: Home Sweet Home Post by: DesmoLu on February 03, 2010, 06:24:27 PM wow, looks like you guys have gotten a lot more snow since we were out there on New Years!
Congrats on the house. it's awesome and impressive how much work you guys are putting into the place. It was great to see you and finally meet the wife too (she's real!) - next time we visit it should be warm and we should have bikes ;D |