Bird's Eye View

Before the weather got super hot, Francis went up onto the barn roof to screw down the roof a bit more securely. The hope was that it would stop some of the leaks into the stalls we have :( 

While up there he took some lovely photos of the property- quite a unique and different perspective. Just for fun I am posting here. The property is 7.25 acres or 7.5(can't remember exactly), about 2.5 are what the house rest on, and the the remaining 5 are the barn and pasture etc. However, I am extremely lucky as the farm around and behind us belong to my ex-husband Dave, and he lets me have access to the 300 acres.......hence Marina and I enjoy amazing hacks! You can see that land in the background of the pictures.



Looking from front of barn toward house

Looking to the left-- Francis' workshop (that he renovated) and
horse pasture

View of the back-- round pen and horses grazing; 

Machinery shed/ run in shed for the horses

You'll note a few patches of yellow dead grass -- July and the first 2 weeks of August were extremely hot with no rain at all..temperatures above 30 degrees Celsius most days. The whole area surrounding the barn dried up and turned into "crispy crunch" ... it is starting to come back now since we've had two heavy rainfalls. Due to the weather Francis has not been able to do more work on the roof-- it gets far too hot!!