Winter has finally moved in. Late summer Billy worked on designing and constructing a pole barn for the farm. Bless his heart, he tries to explain to me what it will look like before hand. I can get the general idea…but I have a hard time really judging size. I always have to have him walk it off for me, or compare it to another building that I would be familiar with.
He drew out his plan, we studied it and tweaked it together and then he began. Billy can’t build everything these days…we just have too much going. He has some great guys that work well with him. They take his plans and the little things Billy visualizes and they make them come to life.
Since I’m not a builder….I try to help wherever I can. He tells me what he is thinking….and I get my wheels turning. My way to help this time was in the recycle wood department. He wanted to have a sawyer come and cut some trees into lumber. That’s where I come in! I happened to be running errands one day and passed a house where a tree service was cutting trees. It wasn’t just a few trees….it was a whole lot of HUGE trees. I passed by and thought….ew…ew…I wonder. Just like a magnet, I was drawn back to this house. The men were getting into their trucks. I rolled down my window and asked a man if they were taking the trees to the dump or did they have somewhere else they were going with them. He said they were taking them to the dump. WELL….I told him that my husband sure could use them if they wanted to save a dump fee. He talked with his boss…and the rest is history.
Since they were loading up anyway…they delivered the wood….right then. They followed me to the land and unloaded them. That made Billy very, very happy! Which in turn….made me happy too.
I have no doubt that God allowed all that to transpire. I get amazed at how so many things work out….like this. Seriously what are the odds that I would pass that house at the exact time they were loading up to dump all those trees. It was God’s perfect timing, I love to watch Him work out details like this.
Billy lined up a sawyer to come out with his portable saw, transformed into beautiful, useful post.
The sides of the trees, where the bark is, was laid to the side for another use.
Construction began…..
Like I said before…I can’t always visualize it, until I actually see it. He had talked about using those scraps of the wood, bark side, for the siding. Alright…I understood that. But when I saw it…I was totally blown away. I didn’t know the siding would go up and down instead of across.
I thought that added a beautiful touch!
Some post were placed in front with wire and a gate….
It looks so nice.
Completed just in time to load up the fresh hay rolls.
And…..before the yucky weather settled in.
The barn was filled. The animals started hanging around immediately. It’s probably like us smelling cookies in the oven….always hard to wait until it’s time.
The cold and the rain have arrived. The first hay roll was placed in the ring…..
Clementine and Punkin wasted no time enjoying it.
However there was evidence that Joy had been there as well……
Actually all of them either had hay hanging from their eyebrows, mouths or were laying down chewing cud. Needless to say, they were very content. And THAT is what makes Billy and I happy.
Yes….I think it looks real purty….
especially when I park my Little Green Tractor next to it!
I've Gone Country 
Posted by Joan Pelkey on January 24, 2014 at 3:44 pm
I love your barn, and to think you helped with the lumber – it never hurts to ask. “You have not because you ask not.”