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Across the Fence:  tree house startin' .. next week!  |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
 Posted - Sep 04 2008 : 11:26:06 PM
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oh joy! oh joy! kathy and eddie are coming by on sunday to measure out the area where we are putting our treehouse outpost. then they will start getting the materials for it .. it should be all done well before our Kentucky Gurlfrenz Gathering! i'm soooooo excited! will take pics of it 'in process'!
anyone have pictures of YOURS to share?
True Friends * KENTUCKY FRANNIE
adopt a 'rag-chile'
http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com
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Mumof3
True Blue Farmgirl
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Karin
Ellenwood
GA
USA
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Posted - Sep 05 2008 : 05:16:15 AM
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Oh, cool! I don't have one here, but if I can talk hubby into letting me make one you can bet I'll be whipping out the circular saw in a heartbeat!
Karin
Farmgirl Sister
# 18 :)
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LindaEllen
True Blue Farmgirl
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Linda
Missouri
USA
275 Posts |
Posted - Sep 05 2008 : 05:35:40 AM
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That is going to be awesome KY Frannie. Can't wait to see pictures of your treehouse. You girls are going to have sooooo much fun.
What good timing to talk about tree houses cuz I was just looking at the one our kids made many year's ago in woods.
I don't have any pic's but I have plans on redoing our kids treehouse for the grandkids and for me too : ). We have this huge old hedge tree with branches that spread out, good for the flooring. Slap on some railing. Put a table , chairs for tea parties and reading, heck even a bed ,thats for me to take a nap on : ). It has a lot of work to do on it b/c of all the brush and kids even made boobie traps when it was their fort many years ago. I was waiting for cooler weather to tackle this project. If you don't hear form me for awhile I have gotten caught in one of those traps : (. I'll have my tools close by to break free just incase unless I'm hangin by my feet, then I'll be scream'in tell the cows come home.
What fun this will be sharin about our tree houses.
Have a good one
tc linda
Locust Trail Homestead
http://www.homesteadblogger.com/walkabout/
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
Posted - Sep 05 2008 : 08:15:17 AM
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linda ... what i call our 'treehouse' .. is actually going to be UNDER the trees .. not IN it .. but oh i'd sure like to have one of those too. there are remnants of one in our woods and i'm often tempted to have it 'shored up'. we didn't have one as children . but our daughter's did. it was already there when we bought our home in denver .. it was soooo dang cute! had a swing under it .. the girls LOVED retreating to it to have tea parties .. and .. my best memory of it was when they decided to do a 'girl's' M.A.S.H. party .. they all got uniforms .. hank 'drilled' them as they marched up and down the streets of denver ... they had QUITE a following of little boys who wanted to be part of the 'unit'. what fond memories!
ours will be more of the MaryJane Outpost kind .. we are making it large enough for fun 'campouts' for the gurlfrenz and when our grandes come visiting.
miz karin .. are you gonna' camp out on it with me .. or are you gonna' find a little spot 'inside' the cabins?
alee .. it's funny but just yesterday i ran to town and was talking with one of the Arts Council gurlfrenz and appologizing that i had been so 're-miss' in volunteering as much as i used to .. told her that since the newest grande had been born .. we found ourselves running back and forth on the roads to toledo a lot. (she is on my 'true friends' mailing list .. and i usually send them little notes of my 'roamings') ... she said she gets tired even thinking about all the things i do. ya' know gurlfren .. i do truly find wonderful 'down time' and take time to smell the flowers .. but i adore goin' and doin' too.
True Friends * KENTUCKY FRANNIE
adopt a 'rag-chile'
http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com
treasures .. new and olde .. http://mudpiemanormercantile.blogspot.com
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whiteraven
True Blue Farmgirl
134 Posts
Christa
Kansas City
MO
USA
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Posted - Sep 05 2008 : 09:31:19 AM
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I have one started under my tree as well! I have plans to put the roof on this weekend. It is so much fun and I will post a pic soon. Its made from "found" wood.
whiteraven
farmgirl Sister #320
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downbranchroad
True Blue Farmgirl
374 Posts
Joy
Southern
KY
USA
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Posted - Sep 05 2008 : 3:20:42 PM
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Linda, love your blog! Spent way to much time there today. ha
Appalachian Girl
Jem
*If you always do what you have always done, you will always get what you have always got.
My new blog!
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downbranchroad
True Blue Farmgirl
374 Posts
Joy
Southern
KY
USA
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Posted - Sep 05 2008 : 6:58:31 PM
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Linda, love your blog! Spent way to much time there today. ha
Appalachian Girl
Jem
*If you always do what you have always done, you will always get what you have always got.
My new blog!
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
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LindaEllen
True Blue Farmgirl
275 Posts
Linda
Missouri
USA
275 Posts |
Posted - Sep 06 2008 : 05:59:43 AM
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Farmgirls those under the tree treehouses sound great, gets some pictures going for us. I don't think theres any rules that a tree house needs to be in the tree, lol. We should never assume, : ).
LOL, KY Frannie, what great memories, I can see that M.A.S.H. party
marching down the street and the boys tagging along, what a sight it must have been.
Details girls deatails.
Do you put up lights? If you don't have a roof do you hang a chandelier from a limb? What types of sidings or is it left open. Do you decorate in a theme? How many can sit or fit in your treehouse? I recon you could extend with open tents the bigger the crowd, oh what fun : )
Appalachian Girl / Jem , thanks for visiting my blog and staying for a long time , lol. come visit again 
Have a great weekend and fun in those treehouses
tc linda
Locust Trail Homestead
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frannie
True Blue Farmgirl
2246 Posts
fran
bonham
texas
USA
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Posted - Sep 06 2008 : 07:06:33 AM
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oh frannie, i am taking a break from myself and my woes to fantasize about your treehouse.
country my dh is building one here for our grandson, deven and it is turning into a dr. zeuss extravaganza.
my sister and i had one as children in the farthest tree from the house, but hurricaine calra had its way with it, (and most of the backyard!) and it never got rebuilt, well actually the tree didnt survive the hurricaine either.
please keep posting about the progress on the treehouse, i am living vicariously through the post these days, and it is a great escape for me.
love and hugs and best of luck on your gatherin there, i will be there in spirit.
love
frannie in texas
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whiteraven
True Blue Farmgirl
134 Posts
Christa
Kansas City
MO
USA
134 Posts |
Posted - Sep 06 2008 : 2:15:24 PM
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Yea! I got the roof on the "tree" house! My girls are very excited. The oldest said that its a good bonding family moment. She's 12 going on knowing everything in the whole world. Now I have two more walls to finish.
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whiteraven
farmgirl Sister #320
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Edited by - whiteraven on Sep 06 2008 2:47:48 PM |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
Posted - Sep 06 2008 : 5:56:39 PM
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Details girls deatails.
Do you put up lights? If you don't have a roof do you hang a chandelier from a limb? What types of sidings or is it left open. Do you decorate in a theme? How many can sit or fit in your treehouse? I recon you could extend with open tents the bigger the crowd, oh what fun : )
well gurlfren ... we will use CANDLE LIGHT .. too far from the house to run electric down there .. and i want to keep it 'ROMANTIC'!
gonna' leave ours OPEN .. but get some wonderful thick canvas .. and run a wire (or something FIRMER) around all the sides .. so we CAN close it in if we want to.
THEME: oh lordy yes!!! i am having fun planning that .. PRIMITIVE .. EARTHY .. NATURAL of course. will probably put two chairs (and a small table for iced tea and a book) between them.
Plan on having a somewhat large 'farm table' in there with six to eeight chairs around it .. a wonderful cupboard/pie safe/hoosier/ or something wonderful to keep 'necessaries' in .. things that we will use in our 'firepit' to cook with.
We are thinking of putting two HAMMOCKS down there for honey hunk and me. We can just put up COTS when lotsa' guests come to stay with us down there!
Kathy and Eddie are coming tomorrow to 'measure' and work out the size logistics .. i want something like a 16 by 20 .. if it will fit in the space and still give 'walk-around' space without falling off a cliff!! if we have to go a little smaller .. we can.
i especially want it big enough for honey-hunk, me, daughter and son-in-love and the three precious grandes!
if we have a buncha' friends come for the night .. we can take the table and chairs off .. and line up COTS!
I think between this wonderful 'tree house' .. our HUGE back porch (that IS filled with wonderful furniture right now though! ... and middlin' size screened in porch .. we will have plenty of room for a big crowd! We have a wonderful hammock in the yard .. and yep .. tents can be pitched all over the place if needed.
OH WHAT FUN! life is so incredibly grande! xo
True Friends * KENTUCKY FRANNIE
adopt a 'rag-chile'
http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com
treasures .. new and olde .. http://mudpiemanormercantile.blogspot.com
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City_Chick
True Blue Farmgirl
509 Posts
Christina
Omaha
Nebraska
USA
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Posted - Sep 07 2008 : 06:39:36 AM
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Frannie I can't hardly wait to see the pictures! My daughter and I are wanting to build our outpost under the back tree of our house as well. I am curious how far away will your fire pit be away from your tree-house? We want one near ours but are not sure how far up the tree branches really need to be to still be safe. Really it is my honey that is worried about that part. It is not like we will be building a huge bonfire in the middle of our city lot. Just a large enough fire to cook over occasionally and to sit and hang out around!
Hugs~
Christina
Farmgirl Sister #195
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Although no one can go back and make a brand new start; anyone can start from now
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fiddlers wife
True Blue Farmgirl
248 Posts
ginny
pacific
mo
USA
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Posted - Sep 07 2008 : 06:44:33 AM
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Frannie, I just love your nicknames for your hubby and son-in-law. I think that's so sweet.
Your outpost sounds fabulous, by the way, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who would love to see more photos!
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
Posted - Sep 07 2008 : 10:32:30 AM
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texas frannie .. oh sweet friend of ours .. i do so hope you are feeling ALL better and SOON! when you are up and runnin' about again .. and have a few spare days .. i do long to have you visit here .. i promise you either 'runnin' the road time .. or jus' some relaxin' time taking little walks in the woods .. lounging about on the hammock (and in the TREE HOUSE!) .. long soft gurlfren talks in the cabins and on the porches .. with an occasional wonderful dinner at somewhere special! if you enjoy country-western music .. we'll take you to our FUN Lincoln Jamoboree right down the road! pleeeeeeeeze bring your honey-hunk with you!
i would love for all the gurlfrenz to put Freedom Valley Farm in Kentucky on their 'vacation' list!!!
and pleeeeeeeeee share some pictures and stories as deven's treehouse gets built in every direction! ha! love it .. a dr. seuss treehouse! xo
True Friends * KENTUCKY FRANNIE
adopt a 'rag-chile'
http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com
treasures .. new and olde .. http://mudpiemanormercantile.blogspot.com
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
Posted - Sep 07 2008 : 10:37:14 AM
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how far away will your fire pit be away from your tree-house? We want one near ours but are not sure how far up the tree branches really need to be to still be safe.
christina .. i worried about that too cuz' ours will be built so that where i want the 'firepit' is indeed under large trees. we already have two firepits nearby in a better clearing (yet .. the trees are indeed behind it). we've had some pretty big fires in there (NEVER the huge "to the sky" ones though .. that would make me wary with the thousand acres of woods that surrounds our farm! i think we will use those to cook 'meals' .. and just build a smaller one for 's'mores' and such beside the tree house.
t'is truly better to be 'safe' than sorry ... AND .. we WILL keep a fire extinguisher hidden safely in that cupboard on the treehouse deck.
True Friends * KENTUCKY FRANNIE
adopt a 'rag-chile'
http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com
treasures .. new and olde .. http://mudpiemanormercantile.blogspot.com
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Sep 07 2008 : 10:52:38 AM
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ginny .. don't know where my HANDSOME HONEY HUNK HUSBAND HANK (often shortened to 'honey-hunk') came from .. i think it jus' rolled offa' my tongue one day .. and i just thought it so wonderfully appropriate. he is my sun and moon .. our children, grandchildren .. and yes!!! GREAT grandchild ... are my STARS!
i'm not sure i coined "son-in-love" .. but i don't ever remember hearing it any where either. it just sounds sooooooo incredibly much more sweet than IN-LAWS .. i NEVER use that term with any of the family members.. it sounds so 'legalese' and 'outside' of the family to me.
I did catch myself introducing them as our 'daughter and son' .. and THAT reeeeeeeely confused people when they realized they had children together (hmmmmmm .. i think i hear the strum of DELIVERANCE being played!) sooo i think that is when son-in-love was born. we do call him 'son' when speaking to him.
i also do NOT like the terms 'step' .. (as in step-son .. step-daughter) .. when we marry ... and our love has a child from another .. that STEP term sounds so 'exclusive' to me too!! They truly become OUR children i do believe.
and i am somewhat wary of using the term 'adopted' .. except in telling a story to explain that a child was not born UNDER our heart .. but IN it. i know that children will learn they were 'adopted' ... so i wanted this term to become a LOVING one for our little daughter that we 'adopted' when she was two years olde. Whenever i was telling her 'story' to friends and she was present .. i always used the term: Darling 'Dopted Daughter ... she came to know that 'DOPTED was a very special and deeply loved term. Once i knew she understood that when hearing me tell stories to those who KNEW i surely never was pregnant with her ... i dropped it .. she has always been my Heart-Child.
It makes me just glow with warmth when, as an adult, i hear her tell 'her story'.
True Friends * KENTUCKY FRANNIE
adopt a 'rag-chile'
http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com
treasures .. new and olde .. http://mudpiemanormercantile.blogspot.com
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amyartgirl
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Amy
Junction City
Ohio
USA
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
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Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
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Across the Fence: tree house startin' .. next week! |
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