September 29, 2019

The adventure continues. History just keeps surfacing.

The slab for the back half of the house is finished. I stopped by as John Miller was finishing the concrete. He took a moment to talk to me. He had an interesting story to share. He heard that a man attempted to hang himself on the front porch! As the story unfolded he said the man was standing on a 5 gallon bucket. After he “kicked the bucket” he had second thoughts and cried for help. He was then rescued by someone close enough to hear. I can’t help but wonder if there is truth in this story. Maybe one of you following this project knows. I would love to hear from you.

This above image shows the slab, prior to being totally finished.

The front of the house has been reframed and wrapped. This week the old floors in the original part of the house will be evaluated to see what can be saved.

I cannot sing enough praises about the job our contractor is doing. This place will be spectacular.

Seriously-the history has been amazing. It is my intent to share it throughout the house. This was apparently used as “wall paper” to spruce the place up. How special it must have been to have a Canadian paper!