So, we decided to get away for a weekend to the Smokey Mountains. It is not far from us, and we always love to go up there. We had a lovely time, and much great food, even a picnic by the water on the way back.
One place we discovered while there was the Bud Ogle Farm. This farm was built in late 1800's totally by hand. Every timber was hand hewn, every fireplace was built by him with river rock. We were so amazed at the workmanship. There was a barn there also, built by him. There were huge mountain rocks there and he just built around them, leaving one big rock in the center of the barn. We decided he used that to sit on while milking the cows.
It is so wonderful that this one farm has been preserved for us to see how they lived then. There was no metal hardware on the doors, all the latches were hand made by him, and worked beautifully! We took a few pictures of the features of the house.
This doorway was so small and short! They were all like this.
This wooden door latch worked wonderfully. There were several like this.
Below is the beamed ceiling.
This is Laverne, sitting on a rock in front of the house trying to get her camera to work.
There are 3 white kittens and one black and white one like the mother.
This is just a little bit of the things that have been going on in my life.