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Southern Illinois Coal Mine – Early 1900s Source |

Note, the heavy heat registers also had to be moved out of the way.




Mean Machine! Below is an old ad from eBay of the same bike. Pretty good match – somebody has a hidden talent! 🙂

There was another sketch that mom’s little brothers drew in the closet, but it’s not politically correct enough to share with y’all here! 🙂
So anyway, the prep work continued…






Dining room and kitchen – pre-shave.

The shaving process gets really messy!!!
Below is the den/office.

The master bedroom.

Master closet.

Master bath.

Guest bath.

The north bedroom.

Now the old house is going to be so comfortable. This was one important step we wanted to do right to make it a comfy home.
While the crew did the spraying & shaving work inside, Blaine got some work done outside – like bush-hogging the pasture and chopping down the partially burnt lightning-struck tree.

Meanwhile, the Dobes did their thing.
Yes, that’s a snake out in November!

And I flew up to meet Blaine for Thanksgiving with the family. Hopefully next year we’ll be able to host Thanksgiving dinner at Hannah’s Hill.

Looking north from the front porch.

Sending you warm wishes until next time!