Progress -- stone, paint; mud

Here's about 1 day's progress on putting up the stone we so laboriously gathered and washed. We think it's starting to look pretty good. Although not shown in this photo, the roof shingles we chose for the house are a good match for the stone. The posts will also have a stone wrap about 46" high, to match the height of the stone in the porch. The hunk of plywood is placed to intercept water falling ~12 feet from a rain gutter and keep it from splashing mud onto the stone. Once the stone is up and grouted, the roofers will come back in and finish installing the downspouts.

This is a photo showing the painting going on in the garage. This is the single-width (or Tandem) portion of the garage. We went with Metro White paint; it's pretty good paint, for a pretty good price.

And lastly, here's a shot of my recent labors with the tractor. The area next to the old barn has been pretty badly trashed by the heavy vehicle traffic, with very deep ruts in mud. We recently got several loads of wood chips from a landscaping company and put some of them to use alongside the barn. Not shown: lotsa rain coming down, although it is pretty obvious from the puddles in the driveway.