Building a Castle

ok..

perhaps it's not EXACTLY a "Castle"

but rather

a proper "coop" for my Queens

I know.. you are wondering who the Queens are….

right?

Queens are those chickens predetermined to LAY the eggs

as opposed to

Minions.

Minions are delightful chickens predetermined to be 

pastured

also known as

Broilers…

yes

we will eat these…

Todays post is about building a Castle for the Queens

first step was all about 

FOUNDATIONS

foundations are SO important

if you don't get the foundations right…

later

it won't matter how great a job you did building your castle

it'll fall to pieces..

ya REALLY need to spend the time to get the foundation

of WHATEVER it is your building

done RIGHT…

be it your marriage

your kids

your home

or

as in this case

your chicken coop

the guys take it pretty seriously

this was a SEVERAL DAY PROCESS

thanks greatly to the VERY

uncooperative weather

We were SO thankful to the California Family for joining in the work

here at Blessings Farm.

Mr. California

is pretty wonderfully OCD when it comes to things like 

FOUNDATIONS

and frankly

I loved it..

being a Christian

I am a firm believer in GETTING your foundations ROCK SOLID

and seriously sound and level

it just seems SO much like a Proverb…

or..

a parable

there were real moments..

these.. very raw moments

these.. 

stuck in the mud moments…

moments 

JUST like the moments we have in

 REAL LIFE

moments when you were looking for level

by a string

because you couldn't' trust your own eye sight

couldn't' TRUST your own sense of balance

There were thoughtful moments of reflection;

reworking ideas;

thinking through;

spacing OUT;

getting hungry;

really,

of ALL of the above;

and some of it..

all in the span of FIVE minutes

I kid you not.

Do you SEE how we are building on a slanted hill?

Do you LOVE our great foundational 

CORNERSTONE as much as I do?

because I do..

Whilst this Rock may be the Cornerstone of my

Queens Castle,

it represents

the One who is the Cornerstone of our Family

of our Farm

of our Faith..

yes..

I get seriously deep and philosophical about all this..

these men & Fathers are doing something GREAT

yes..I wrote, GREAT

and while it is true that Mr. California is..

a little OCD...

and Machine Man has his quirks…

God is working through them!

and...

we are going to be SO extra thankful for that later!

sprinkling extra earth

beneath

to get it JUST right

exactly right

see my lovely man?

almost there

no.. not quite

but almost

maybe now?

no

perhaps?

YES!

now they'll be clipping along

check out the progress…

brilliant!

imagine the mossy in-between

all filled in

and lovely

it will look ancient

here Machine Man stands upon the Cornerstone

truly a momentous moment

Due to days of rain..

endless rain the fellas built the walls in the "shop"…

Mr. California..had by this time of the project 

HAD to leave with his beautiful family

though he stayed longer than planned to try to finish..

the weather simply did not cooperate!

C.S. and Machine Man grabbed every moment of sunshine

(yes… i refer to moments because honestly..

it's Spring in Wisconsin people

and THAT is sometimes all you get)

and they worked fast

and hard

not taking many breaks..

notice the change in wardrobe..

it went from EXTREME heat

to freezing cold

Here they used Mr.T's skid steer..

Standing at times IN the bucket

to reach what they needed to put on the roofing

The Queen's Castle really IS built at a height

and it's NOT an easy task to get this roofing on...

Teamwork prevails

and the two of these men are getting the job done!

It is the first shed they have put up..

We did choose a kit because of time constraints

It was purchased from 

www.costco.com 

pretty much it took longer than it promised it would

mostly due to weather

but..

they will all tell ya it still would have taken longer than they advertised..

AND the roofing boards

were not the right pieces…

We had to have Mr. M our Amish friend who did our roof

come over to help..

he was quick to spot the problem and sort out a solution..

not our guys making a mistake

a problem in the packaging

we ordered the actual metal roofing from the SAME 

local Amish roofing Manufacturer we used for our home..

so it will match..

we will be painting the shed white

to match the house

it was VERY interesting watching it all be built

even Buddy got to help out!

TaDah!

Remember all that mess…

well it's getting there..

We are cleaning it all up, and slowly

it's getting there..

next to go up will be the aviary for the hens

and an aviary for the ducks!

so so exciting

for now though…

we shall finish putting up the trim pieces

paint it

and convert this shed

into a Castle for our Queens !