Well, a lot has happened in the last 3 weeks:

1. We got our building permit! After the “plan review fee”, the “privilege tax”, the “educational impact fee”, and a handful of other absurd fees, I’m pretty sure we’ve paid for a county employee’s annual salary in order to obtain our permit.
2. It has rained approximately 67″  this February, which has put everyone in construction behind and has delayed us breaking ground until the earthwork guys catch up.  Patiently waiting…..
3. I had surgery and Josh has been buried in his Finance class so we hadn’t been able to go for a site visit until yesterday.
4. Our neighbor’s barn is nearly finished.  Our construction envy is growing by the minute.
5. The critters have come out in full force! We had a record 60 videos on the trail camera this time, which is about 5X as many as we’ve had before.

 

Neighbor’s barn.  Maybe one day there will be a structure on our property, too.  Not jealous or anything.

Focusing on our wildlife for now.

I think this is an owl on the ground to the right of the trees.  Josh agreed with my assessment for once.

Up close and personal with Bambi.

Practicing for her real ID picture.

Turkey invasion!

House cat makes an appearance.

Turkeys are back for the first recorded snow since we’ve had the camera!

Our resident black squirrel with white-tipped tail dashing by on a sunny day.  I can’t wait for Bu (our indoor house cat) to lay his eyes on this guy.  He’s going to lose his mind.

Evidently our neighbors believe in free-range horses.  Exhibit A.

Exhibit B.

Remind me to look into a property fence…

Pretty blue bird on the ground below the trees.  Looked very busy.

Cute little bunny! Another creature for Bu to go nuts over from his indoor perch.

And finally, more snow! It didn’t snow at all at our current house on the other side of town.  I can’t wait to be in the new house and watch it snow this time next year.

Patiently waiting…..