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My brother, his wife, their three dogs (lost two of the five in the past year), the two donkeys, and the dozen or so chickens spend six months in Vermont and six months in North Carolina.  They all travel together bak and forth.

The have what I call hobby houses in both places--old houses that need restoration--and they do restore rather than renovate.

Their NC place is a former tobacco farm.


The original farm house.

A tobacco drying barn.

Original farm house and "new" house (white building).

The summer kitchen with new chimney.

Kiss!


We did venture into the Raleigh-Durham urban area to check out the NC Museum of Art.

My brother and sister in law.

It was good to see their winter place for the first time.  Then on to Mike's daughter's in South Carolina.

Comments

  1. JuneDecember 20, 2014 at 1:08 PM

    Ther'ain' no SNOW thar!
    You done gone back in TIME!

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  2. SextantDecember 20, 2014 at 1:25 PM

    Wow, neat old place! Part of me thinks that it would be cool to go restore the buildings as a hobby. The larger part of me is too lazy though. Must be an interesting trip with the animals back and forth.

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  3. Linda ReederDecember 20, 2014 at 2:24 PM

    What an interesting old place. I applaud their work in restoring old places. I myself am too hooked on modern convenience.

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  4. RianDecember 20, 2014 at 5:50 PM

    I think that's wonderful... the restoring of the old houses and the traveling back and forth! It certainly would make life interesting.

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  5. Arkansas PattiDecember 20, 2014 at 7:10 PM

    Wow, what neat old buildings. I see a future tourist attraction there. Those donkeys are adorable.

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  6. TomDecember 20, 2014 at 9:01 PM

    Ambitious project, but . . . so cool!

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  7. Linda MyersDecember 21, 2014 at 2:07 AM

    What a great idea! I wonder how the animals like the commute.

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  8. AnonymousDecember 21, 2014 at 12:34 PM

    I would have a hard time doing what they do.

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  9. UnknownDecember 21, 2014 at 5:57 PM

    What a cool place! I'm not sure I could live their but I would love to visit it! Enjoy the rest of the trip.

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