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nd new in the package on ebay for half the price winner it matches the wall color that i chose from the flower pot perfectly the wall color is the middle one on the swatch called tranquil vibe perfect name for a bedroom now to get to work first is to clean out the room and paint wish me luck posted by www thewhitefarmhouse2 blogspot com at 8 00 am 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday february 2 2022 february happy february since february is the month for love let s start with the master bedroom syrina originally was going to take this room but changed her mind and chose the new room we made out of the attic space did not hurt my feelings at all since this room has slanted ceilings and not the most comfortable to move around in so like every room i work on in this house it needs to be cleaned out first she never finished moving her stuff out of it so that is the first thing there is alot of stuff to be moved still alot of stuff a lot then it needs to be painted three walls are a silver gray and one wall is teal seems dad has this desire to paint one wall of every room a different color i think first i need to find something to inspire me i know what i want the room to look like i need to get the ducks in order so it looks like i am off to clean ciao posted by www thewhitefarmhouse2 blogspot com at 9 54 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday january 26 2022 i m back that s right i m back it s been quite awhile since i have posted here excuse me while i dust off the cobwebs who am i kidding me dust so much has happened since i was last here my oldest daughter has moved out with her significant other my son is planning his wedding in june and my youngest is in high school phew unfortunately we lost our baby girl sheba i miss her so much 13 1 2 years is a long time for a great dane though i wouldn t trade one minute of it though one of my last pics of the kids and sheba don t mind my filthy steps obviously i don t sweep either it s been over a year now and this dipsh t has come into our lives meet gepetto not the sharpest tool in the shed but very handsome believe it or not he is just a puppy not even a year old yet since our youngest will be graduating in a few years we have been thinking a lot about our golden years we still live in the farmhouse but we also bought a house on houghton lake it s on the as my kids say geriatric side of the lake lol it s right on a canal so we have easy access to the lake i love it up there it s not big but it s big enough my husband has accumulated quite the fleet also we are now the proud owners of a pontoon boat speed boat 7 kayaks and a paddle boat if you are itching to get out on the lake we can get you there i also haven t started to personalize this home either we just bought some furniture for when we go up and have called it good for now the farmhouse is still not complete i think we got burned out working on it and just haven t been inspired to get back to working on it i am hoping that restarting the blog will hold me accountable i seemed to get so much done when i had the blog i have set a goal that by next christmas it is going to be done besides wanting to get the house done i have gone back to work i work in one of our local elementary schools as a secretary i love it the kiddos are so freaking cute i also started my own business for when i retire from the school every now and then you will see items pop up on here that i make so that is about it for now what have all of you been up to i am so excited to reconnect with old friends and make new ones i also can t wait to share all of my adventures good and bad with all of you until then keep fighting the good fight my peeps posted by www thewhitefarmhouse2 blogspot com at 12 29 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday july 17 2018 mill creek today we went to a very interesting place mill creek this mill used to supply all the lumber for building the fort and most of the houses on mackinac island the mill was actually torn down through records they found where it was and from digs have uncovered and rebuilt the buildings that were on the farm besides milling lumber they also supplied meat and grains this is beaver bob who runs the mill demonstrations he entertained us with his flute playing before the demonstration began let the show begin first he showed how lumber would have been milled by hand this was the slow way to make beams and boards they also used hatchets to make beams if there was only one person working a short walk over to the mill and he demonstrated how they used water to run the mill and make boards and beams with the mill they could produce 120 boards a day here are the turbines being run by the water from the dam to run the mill pretty genious idea it is a really pretty park my little woodchuck tribe went on an adventure walk that involved a very scary bridge and ending with a zipline i volunteered to take pics of them tonight is our last night in the lower peninsula tomorrow we will be travelling across the mackinac bridge to the upper i am dreading every 5 miles across the bridge i hate bridges posted by www thewhitefarmhouse2 blogspot com at 8 00 am 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday july 12 2018 mackinac island it s island day it s a beautiful day to sail to the island mackinac island is located in the straits of mackinac it is only accessible in the summer by boat during the winter you can go across the ice on snowmobile to the island they now have speedboat ferries that can get you across in 15 minutes they also do the classic cruises which take about 45 minutes it was a beautiful day to be on the island this is a view of the harbor from fort mackinac you can see what a good vantage point they had from the fort defending the island some of the buildings from the fort were brought over in pieces across the ice from fort michilimackinac it s not hard to miss the fort it looms in the background of the harbor to gain access to the fort you have to climb up what is called heart attack hill it is a steep incline walk lots of people need to take a break when walking up so there are benches to sit and catch your breath once you reach the fort there is a lot of history to read and learn about they do a wonderful job of setting up different demonstrations to show what life at the fort was like you can even learn in the bathrooms there is a sign in the restrooms that explain you are using the modern bathrooms that were installed at the fort in their time this was cutting edge technology if you were caught putting anything besides waste or paper in the toilets you were taken to court tried and if found guilty had to use the old outhouses you were forever banned from using the fancy schmancy toilets my tribe would have been banned for sure the old cannons still wait to defend the fort they do have certain times that they fire the cannons a landmark that most associate with the island is the grand hotel it is like stepping back in time when you visit here the carriages and footmen bring guests and their luggage up from the harbor it is a lovely place to sit on the porch and relax enjoying the view we didn t do that my peeps were too much on the move the movie somewhere in time with christopher reeves and jane seymour was filmed here we did walk through the carriage house for the hotel here carriages and riggings that had significance to the island are on display on our walk to our carriage tour of the island we passed this i got a kick out of it this is one of the employee parking lots for the hotel there are no motorized vehicles allowed on the island all transportation is done by either horse carriage bicycle or walking they do have one motorized vehicle on the island and that is an ambulance it is only used in dire emergency conditions though when you go to the island you have to make the climb to arch rock supposedly the rock is collapsing and will plunge into the straits in about 50 years it is worth the climb just for the view you can be lazy like us though and take the carriage tour they let you go and see the rock and take pics plus you don t have to walk 3 miles up hill one thing that is a must when visiting the island fudge there are fudge shops everywhere it s hard to escape them you really can t go wrong with any of them so now that we came saw ate and walked we are going to call it a day and say goodbye to a wonderful day on the island definitely a must see if you visit michigan tomorrow it is mill creek this is the mill that produced most of the lumber for fort mackinac until then adieu mon ami posted by www thewhitefarmhouse2 blogspot com at 8 00 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday july 11 2018 mackinac city mackinac city is a small touristy town that sits at the base of the mackinac bridge on the straits of mackinac it is one of two cities that you leave from to reach mackinac island the bridge is an amazing 5 miles long and it connects the upper and lower peninsulas of michigan is there a lighthouse you ask pfffft yeah have i told you that i am obsessed with lighthouses i am this one is no longer active and serves as a museum for lake huron lake huron is on the east side of the bridge and lake michigan is on the left the straits connect the two guess what we saw tooling around on the lake indian impersonators this is a birch bark canoe that they would have used to bring furs and supplies to the upper part of michigan long ago this group reenacts fur traders coming to the fort which is on the other side of the bridge we ll get there in a sec here they are paddling their little hearts out when they used these boats long ago they had to make repairs to them on a daily basis one of the jobs in the boat was to soak up any water that came in with a large sponge and wring it out while they were travelling i don t think i would want that job here is the guard for the fort who would fire this musket when boats were approaching i tried to get a pic but when he shot that thing off it scared the crap out of me and i ended up with this ah well here is a view from one of the watch towers you can see in the middle the archaeological dig that is going on fort michilimackinac is a reconstructed fort it has a rather interesting history in 1783 the fort was taken over by the british and native americans the native americans actually the ojibwae were right outside the fort playing a game the soldiers became very intrigued by the game suddenly the ojibwae women gave weapons they had hidden in their clothes to the warriors and the fort was overtaken the americans eventually got it back they realized though that it was not in the best of spots to be a lookout a nearby island across the water looked to be a much better place for a fort so the fort was disassembled and drug over the ice to what is now mackinac island and reassembled what they couldn t take over was burned the fort has been reconstructed according to historical records and findings from the digs that have been going on cool huh after spending the day here we headed to a campground on lake huron for the next two days the first night this rolled in it only lasted 15 minutes just enough to cool everything off and lower the humidity after the rain we were treated to this beautiful rainbow over the lake as for now so ends day 3 of our vacation tomorrow we are crossing the big water to mackinac island looking forward to spending time on the island dreading the ferry ride though posted by www thewhitefarmhouse2 blogspot com at 8 00 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday july 10 2018 traverse city traverse city is truly a gem of michigan it is a foodie s nirvana the food is served so beautifully at the restaurants here it is hard to chose a place to eat it seems like there is always something to do in the grand traverse bay on the weekends this weekend is the annual cherry fest anything and everything cherry related can be found here there are even cherry pit spitting and cherry pie eating contests we had the privilege of enjoying the air show that was happening over the bay we had a great spot to watch on the pier that juts out into the bay the coast guard was up first to warm everyone up they dropped their divers into the bay from the helicopters and then lifted them back in to simulate a water rescue if you look closely at this picture you can see the tall ship manitou that calls traverse city home we have gone to see the tall ships a few times already they are such beautiful floating pieces of art back to the air show up next was drumroll the blue angels i never had a desire to seeing them before but after seeing them perform i would definitely go back i enjoyed this more than i thought i would after the blue angels were done we drove out to the point of the bay here is the lighthouse that serves the grand traverse bay area we kinda get all excited about seeing lighthouses it is such a beautiful drive out there though how could we not one of the many vineyards on the peninsula isn t that gorgeous we keep saying that one of these days we are going to do the kayaking vineyard tour around the peninsula well that is about it so ends another beautiful vacation day in michigan tomorrow we are driving to mackinac city to tour fort michilimackinac and the straits lighthouse so until then au revoir mon ami posted by www thewhitefarmhouse2 blogspot com at 8 00 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday july 9 2018 vacation 2018 michigan style i am sure that i was not missed much okay maybe not at all i am back though from vacation this will probably be our last family vacation since the older kids have serious boyfriends and girlfriends i wanted to do something special this last year i have gotten very melancholy since losing my dad last year when i was about 13 we took a vacation around the coast of lower michigan and into the upper peninsula i loved it i thought this would be an awesome opportunity to show the kids the beautiful state we live in my husband hasn t really been to alot of places in michigan either so off we go i just love michigan there is so much to see and do here our first day we headed north to petoskey petoskey is on lake michigan and such a cute town this is the only place you can find petoskey stones they are a fossil and a stone they are hard to spot but when they are polished up are very pretty the marina is full of boats from all over you can actually reach michigan from the atlantic so many beautiful places in downtown petoskey to take pics this is a view of the bay love it the first of many waterfalls in michigan and beautiful sunsets i could get used to nights like this tomorrow i...