It’s been a few days, we’ve been busy May 15th prepping the floor for the heating tubes smoothing & finishing the walls inside & out

It was a short week of work as the previous weekend was another  4 day holiday celebration.  Got a  lot done Thursday and Friday.  This is one purchase we made, as it has arrived.  This is the firebox for the fireplace in the main hall […]

These are from MAY 5th day number 5 without water out in Darivka When building things get a bit complicated without water available so we did something about it. We bought a 1000 liter tank and started filling it the moment the water came back on. […]

NAOMI’s HOME here’s the plan we are using as our template design MANY THANKS to DOUGLAS for his hard work on these!!! house floor plan west elevation – Main entry east elevation – Garden entry south elevation – garage and kitchen north elevation classroom/physical therapy […]

Okay, so these little guys are populus around here, but for me,  I’ve not been around them much and I think they are so cute. This little hedgehog was at Stephen’s house, he got stuck in one of the wells on the property made for […]

Day three without water in Darivka and it’s hot, hot hot! As cement mixing requires water, Maxim & our security guard, Valery,  did some hauling from the river and filled our cars back end with a few water barrels.

a day in the sunshine working hard Oksana picking out many large bouquets of grass, she’s one hard worker. She cleared two flower beds of weeds for me. taking a short break enjoying the pretty grape arbor as it goes in Sashinka and her son […]

Lots getting done! the first layer of cement on the floors ~ Between yesterday and today 4 trucks delivered cement to complete the job. end of day 2 my two partners for work today Oksana working hard in the garden preparing the flower bed for […]