Monthly Archives: July 2012

The day they dug the trench to the well, of course, it went right though the garden. They had to expose the well casing, so a few plants were displaced. The next morning, when I asked Mary if there was anything that … Continue reading →

There is just no end to site work. Some days, I go out there and I’m not really sure which dirt has been moved or which trenches filled. The piles of gravel which they’ve been spreading on the footing drains … Continue reading →

Monday, June 25, they had the footings stripped of the forms before I got up. A truck full of forms and a crane showed up and unloaded. It shouldn’t surprise me that these guys have it down to a science: they … Continue reading →

While the driveway progressed, we made a batch of strawberry jam and I spent some time clearing out the pond, which is overgrown from years of neglect. It sits near the north edge of the property and, if you don’t interrupt, … Continue reading →

We got the permits. We waited 15 days for the public to object, and we’re ready to go. There’s been a lot of confusion about the roof line: I couldn’t figure out a way to make it work. At the … Continue reading →

We had it pretty good in Westford, with views, gardens, sweat equity, and the like. Yet we decided to move. We’d talked many times about where we wanted to be ‘eventually,’ and when I quit my job, it seemed like … Continue reading →