Miscellaneous Pictures

The tiny farm, that we call the Auld Sod, is a once beautiful piece of property on the north side of a hill in Southern Indiana. When we decided that we wanted some property, we did our homework and made up our list of must haves, nice to haves, things to avoid. We wanted it to be about 60 miles (1-1.5 hours) away but agreed it couldn't be more than 90 miles (1.5 - 2 hours) from our city house, preferably to the south. We had a budget and looked at over 100 properties online. When we found 10 that looked like good possibilities, we took a closer look at each one to pair down to 3 before doing a site visit. There was one property that we agreed to keep in even though it did not have some of our must have's and it was at the top of our budget.

We headed out on a sunny weekend day almost exactly 2 years ago. We had plotted our course from closest to farthest. The first property was OK but not thrilling and we kept it on our list. The second property was part of an old quarry. There was no cell service anywhere on the property. We marked it off the list.

The last property, which didn't have a number of our must haves, was love at first sight. It had been unoccupied and hadn't been mowed for quite a while. After another visit, including Darling Daughter and SIL, we put an offer on the property and closed on 12/30/12. Here are some pictures to show just what we fell in love with.

The beginning of the driveway, covered with leaves.

Looking down the driveway toward the road. There is a big hill just were it disappears.

The old camper, which was the only living space when we purchased the farm.

The outhouse. If you have to have one, it might as well be cute.

The view down to the barn from the field across the driveway from the camper.

View of another field down near the barn.

 View down the hill from the barn.

God is good. Blessings from our tiny farm.

Mare