Has anyone ever painted something camo? I bought the house across the street from me a couple months ago. Due to impact fees I don't want to tear it down but I also don't want to look at it either. ;)
Thinking painting it camo so it disappears :D I know the neighbors would love to not see it anymore.
I looked at Sherwin Williams but it appears they don't sell camo paint all in one can. Believe it or not you have to buy separate colors and apply them at different times. I thought I'd just get a can of premix and blast it on with the airless.
Anyway, base coat of a beige/green Maybe a darker green then brown or gray sort of along the lines of realtree. How do you get the leaves and branches in there?
Use a template to draw them Bill. :D
Bill, I have camo'd a few items. My goal was to match the background. So if I painted a duckboat I tried to match the grass. Or deer stands match trees or leaves. Since your almost tropical, shades of greens may be the color to stay with.
To make leaf patterns you can paint the base coat your dominant leaf color of green. Then break off branches of common local plants and paint over them. They are like a reverse stencil. When you pick up "stencil" branch, the leaf patterns are left. You can buy plastic leaves at craft stores on do the same. There a several approaches. You can also have a base color and cut out a leaf stencil. If that makes sense.
Practice on some cardboard and set it next to house to find the look you want.
Gotta say, I don't think I've ever seen a camo house. :D
Quote from: fishpharmer on August 12, 2011, 10:24:52 AM
Gotta say, I don't think I've ever seen a camo house. :D
If they did a good job you shouldn't see it :D :D :D
I'm only going to do the side that faces me.
You don't want camo, you need to paint a beach babe mural on it
That sounds like the best idea.
I built an awning on a deck once that I covered in camo fabric and from the street you couldn't even notice that it was there :)
Camo in one can? Reminds me of Boudreauxs thermos. He told Thibodeaux he got it for his lunches. It kept the hot things hot and the cold things cold. Thib asked, whats for lunch? Boudreaux said, chili and ice cream. There you go. Its all converted to food now. 8)
If it is beach babes, you will want to look at it rather than not see it :D.
I did a few things and the way Fish explained it is how I did it , base coat , then different color with leaves held on and painted over , change leaf patern and colour and do it again. End product was good, so good that I have trouble finding those darn things now, well that could also be the memory factor that slips some now and then ::) :D ;D
I would like a pic of the camo paint on the house , as I have yet also to see that .
I beach mural would be an eye pleaser, but from what I read that would cost more then what the structure it would go on be :-\
He doesn't need the whole beach, just the babes. :D
The expensive part will be getting the models ;D.
I could get you some camo painting lessons from the nitwit here who painted his pickup truck camo. The halfwit damned near broadsided me at twilight one day when I almost pulled out in front of him at an intersection because I didn't see him. I was lucky because I detected movement at the last second. Did I mention that he did not have lights on?
Did you guys use spray paint or roll over the leaves and branches?
How big of a wall do you have to camo? Or you can just move in that house and look at yours now.
Seeing as I did not undertake the sid eof a house but a few little hunting things as a deer stand and scale I used spraye cans ..
I can see where you could do the base coat with a roller and then spray paint the camo colours onto this.
Quote from: Raider Bill on August 12, 2011, 09:27:09 AM
Has anyone ever painted something camo? I bought the house across the street from me a couple months ago. Due to impact fees I don't want to tear it down but I also don't want to look at it either. ;)
There are guides on the net for painting cammo. The new digital cammo patterns are a bit easier as you can lay out a grid, and then its paint by numbers =).
Quote from: WDH on August 14, 2011, 06:39:13 AM
The expensive part will be getting the models ;D.
Not really....... course again beauty is in the eye of the beer holder :D :D
It's not that big of a house maybe 750 sqft I only want to do the 1.5 side I can see.
Between the rats, termites and roaches......
Personally I don't even like going inside it. Woman was a hoarder and it was just plain nasty. I hired some rent a drunks to clean it out but nothing will ever take that smell away.
I do not even allow my dog in the yard as I'm afraid she will catch something. I bought it simply because I didn't want anyone that would live in it living across the street from me any more.
I had thoughts of rehabbing it but upon further review that is not feasible. If I tear it down then I will have impact fees so I'm just going to paint it away....
I'm going to pick up some natural insect killer and turn the yard into a killing field. In time my Son and I hope to be able to plant a nice garden there but for now...
I guess I'm going to go goggling digital camo painting and see what kind of a artist I can become.
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Donate it to the local FD for a live-fire training home.
The tax write off might leave you ahead even after any impact fees.
Quote from: jdonovan on August 14, 2011, 03:57:32 PM
Donate it to the local FD for a live-fire training home.
The tax write off might leave you ahead even after any impact fees.
I offered but they don't do that around here anymore.
[italian accent]
You got a nice house over there.
I'm just saying' it would be a shame, if, say something unfortunate, were to happen.
Say, it would Be a shame if a kerosene heater fell over one night in there.
Quote from: Raider Bill on August 14, 2011, 09:35:21 AM
Did you guys use spray paint or roll over the leaves and branches?
I have brushed base coat and sprayed leaves and other patterns. I would think rolling base coat would work fine. You might be able to make some big stencils with cardboard.
I had a couple gallons of plaid paint here in clan Munro Tartan.I made the mistake of shaking it once and it came out MacDonald and had to throw it out. :-\
Those Scots are nit picky :).
Quote from: Paul_H on August 14, 2011, 05:36:38 PM
I had a couple gallons of plaid paint here in clan Munro Tartan.I made the mistake of shaking it once and it came out MacDonald and had to throw it out. :-\
That's what I'm afraid of. I want woodland not urban camo. Maybe shaken not stirred.
What are impact fees? Are they taxes for improvements made, or just taxes because they can??
Patty,
They are fees/taxes for the impact of new building on the community. If I leave the house as is or totally remodel as it stands there are none. If I tear it down and rebuild then I would have to pay the impact which I have been told is going to be in the $15k plus area. $5k less than I paid for the house. Not worth it to me.
Supposedly it is for the impact new buildings have on the area such as schools, public services, hookups etc. Basically it's just another way to snatch some money. I can see if this was going to be completely new construction but this house has been there for 60 or more years.
Additionally they will charge for sewer and water hook ups even though both are already connected.
It's a great life here in the big city...
Yep we have those around here too.
People get a 'remodel' permit and build the new house, and attach it to the old house by a single 2x4 wide wall 6" high.
Once they get a final inspection they apply for a new remodel permit, and tear down the old house, and little wall.
Are impact fees collected if you just tear the house down? Seems if you are going to have a garden there in the future, you could tear the house down, start amending the soil for the garden and pay no fees if you do not build back.
Quote from: jdonovan on August 15, 2011, 10:26:48 AM
Yep we have those around here too.
People get a 'remodel' permit and build the new house, and attach it to the old house by a single 2x4 wide wall 6" high.
Once they get a final inspection they apply for a new remodel permit, and tear down the old house, and little wall.
That's what they do here too. Problem is this house is on their radar and I've already been told any remodel permit submissions will get it condemned or at the least they will ride/watch what I do very hard. If condemned then I have additional fees associated with that.
I want to put the garden in the back fenced in area. It's a corner lot so I can't really do a garden on the whole thing without vandals and or kids tearing it up. City will not allow me to tear it down and put up a fence around the whole yard.
Radar67 [Terry] this city has more fees, fines and assessments than you can ever imagine.
Danged if I do Danged if I don't which is why I want to paint it Camo. Just make it disappear. I need to get out of here.
I can't get homeowners insurance on it because I don't live in it. I can buy liability and peril insurance but because we have to use the State run insurance program [citizens] they hammer you. My quote was $4k a year for value which is $20k on structure only. Not worth it.
seems this little piece of land is more of a liability than an asset.
Quote from: jdonovan on August 15, 2011, 01:53:51 PM
seems this little piece of land is more of a liability than an asset.
Sure seems to be turning out that way. In the end it should become a asset. Probably to my heirs, corner lot etc. A few years ago it would have been a money maker. Now, not so much which is why I just want it to disappear for awhile.
Out of sight out of mind.....
Sure sounds like the city has a plan for you, and that is let it fall in for lack of repair.
Like so many Gov't programs that attempt to dictate anything we do, and charge you for doing it. But doing nothing works well for them too.
Your camo idea and letting it crumble may be the cheapest way, until there is a Gov't program by the city to fix it up with some of that "free" taxpayer money.
Will look forward to the pics after the camo job.
I still wanna know how you are gonna "unpaint" those beach babes. ;D
Quote from: Magicman on August 15, 2011, 02:31:15 PM
I still wanna know how you are gonna "unpaint" those beach babes. ;D
That's the easy part... smiley_gorgeous smiley_gorgeous
Getting rid of them afterwards is another story. whiteflag_smiley smiley_argue01 smiley_argue01
Just tell them you're broke, they will run after that... :D
Yikes! They got you coming and going don't they.
"I want to put the garden in the back fenced in area. It's a corner lot so I can't really do a garden on the whole thing without vandals and or kids tearing it up. City will not allow me to tear it down and put up a fence around the whole yard. "
You would think they would be happy if you wanted to tear it down and cultivate the yard into a "green area" or better yet, a garden. It has to be better than just letting it set empty and fall down. Common sense does not enter into the government in Florida either. ::)
"People get a 'remodel' permit and build the new house, and attach it to the old house by a single 2x4 wide wall 6" high.
Once they get a final inspection they apply for a new remodel permit, and tear down the old house, and little wall. "
My friends from St Petersburg did just that. I could not believe it.
Maybe you could hire someone to 'sand the floors' while you are out of state ;)
Patty,
I'm not sure common sense enters into anything government related anymore if it ever did. I dunno.... They just make it hard and expensive no matter which way you go.
Bro Noble, if only.....
Like many other places this neighborhoods changing. It used to be a nice quiet area with a high percentage of Retirees, Old School Bikers and Good Ol Boys. It was safe and friendly, we kept it that way. Everyone was happy from the Police Chief and Mayor to the residents that knew they could walk the dog at all hours with no problems. Most were proud of their home and they showed it. But due to attrition, greed whatever many where sold during the boom to new buyers at extremely high prices. They then went belly up and foreclosed on at a alarming rate. Now they are being snapped up by lowball investors that rent to anyone.
I spent a Sunday morning sipping my coffee sitting on a lawn chair watching the SWAT team raid the house kitty corner from mine. Not many get to do that. It was flash bangs, fireworks, helicopters, dogs, Ninja Cops , Fire Trucks and robbers! In the end 7 St Pete "bloods" a Mother the Landlord 3 cats and 4 pit bulls went to jail. Pretty neat to watch but I prefer it on COPS in someone else's city not across the street from my house.
For the 35 years prior that house was lived in by the nicest couple both retired. He from a Fire Dept and she the school district. They passed, family sold it for quick cash. They would be mortified now. It's happening all around me. I'm starting to feel like Crockett, Bowie and Travis.
When I get North of Tampa heading to the Tenn house my blood pressure drops about 100 points. Heading South back here it cranks back up.
Oh well, I hope some day I'll be sitting in Tenn on the Forestry Forum complaining about chiggers instead.....
Rather than bother with the building itself, why not just plant some gorgeous, fast growing Leyland Cypress across the front, close to the house? Stagger them a bit and put them 3 feet apart, and if you ever decide to do anything with the house, all you have to do is cut them down.
Theres a vine down south that I know can cover up that house about as fast as you can paint it . Instead of camouflaging it , how about vining it up... or will you be taxed on that too , embellishing tax ::)
I bet painting that house camo will really pith off the city officials. Soon, there will be a new law that requires a fee for a permit to paint a house, then a committee has to approve the color. And to think, all because of you :D.
Marcel has the answer...kudzoo :)
Thanks...
Thats what I was talking about Kudzoo, I saw that on tv here and it did a fine job of covering up a whack of houses down there, man does that thing grow. :o ( I almost wrote that it sounded like my cell phone comp,.. KooDoo) ;)
Good idea Marcel. This video shows what Kudzu does...
http://youtu.be/EfDUTnVFEhI
I fight Kudzu in Tenn constantly I sure don't want it here! ;)
Danny, It won't be the first time. I spent 3.5 years getting permission to build my garage. TV, Newspapers, Commission meetings Attornies, if I saw a Commissioner anywhere I wore them down about it. In the end I won...... I think.....
Now I have to be cool as my Son is a City employee and they are very vindictive here.
I think camo will be a nice low key temporary fix for me..
I'm going to take some leaves and bark to the paint store to be matched hopefully today.
Raider,
I am glad that you are my friend and not my enemy :D.
I'm glad that both of you are. :)
Danny,
Me too !
Bought the paint last night. Took some green leaves, bark and brown leaves to the paint store to match. Hopefully this weekend I will get started.
We want a picture no matter how it turns out. ;)
Reckon the city will come along and asked him what he did with the house?
try camo steel , works great for deer stands, comes in 4 different designs, mite be to spendy tho, great to work with
You will have to paint the beach babes on your main house now I guess. We don't want to miss that picture ;D. Burlkraft failed miserably to post any pics of the Dutch babes, maybe you can come through for us :).
So far I have got the green base coat on. Going to try some branches with leaves next
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:D :D This is going to be so funny. :D :D
It looks like the roof and the electric meter don't count. :D
Norm
You even painted the windows!! :D :D
Patty
Wouldn't be much of a camo job with unpainted windows. They would just give away my position. :D ;D ;)
Not sure what I'm going to do about the roof or above carport. Meter has to stay unpainted or they will pull it.
Next step is to spray over some branches and leaves. I'm thinking over spray them with the gray then fill in a bit with the brown. Any suggestions?
Code Enforcement drove by while I was pressure washing it. Asked me if I had a license to pressure wash in the City. I told him I was the landowner so I didn't need one. Guy said it's nice someone's finally doing something about this place. Of course I asked him where he's been the past 20 years and why hadn't they done anything after all our calls through the years. :( >:( Jeesch.
Couple Older Cops [40's] stopped by Saturday while I was painting. They are glad I bought it knowing the stupid there had come to a end. One commented that I was using a "different" shade of green on a house for Florida. I said don't worry the trim color will take your mind away from the dark green. ;D ;D ;D
I crack myself up. 8) 8)
The before looks a bit like a house up the street from me.
Local guy bought it, and rather then demolishing it, and pay all the fees for a new house, he just applied for a permit to do some "maintenance"
So far he replaced the piles, the roof, the walls, the windows and doors and all the plumbing and wiring. And added a small extension off the back.
The floorboards are about the only original thing in the whole building :D
It's not quite finished yet, but it's now pretty much a "brand new" 1940's vintage house. :D
Ian
Quote from: Raider Bill on August 22, 2011, 04:56:13 PM
I crack myself up. 8) 8)
:D :D You are cracking some other folks up also. :D :D
I'm taking notes on how to do this proper.
I bought this 48' shipping container to store my treasures. Found a out of the way spot to set it up. Little did I know at the time, Kathy was going to tell me to build a new house right close.
I anchored it with these really big concrete piers that keep getting bigger. I dump any excess concrete, drywall mud, and tile grout on top of the broken bricks next to the piers. Now she has told me to move it. Something I can't do without a helicopter.
I don't think beach babes will work but camo is a possibility.
Raider,
You really are going to do it! A man of his word. You will have the only camo house in the neighborhood, the city, the county, and maybe the whole state :D.
And the city fathers are going to go bananas trying to find an ordinance once they realize what is happening. :D
This is so much fun that I wish I was helping. :)
Will Raider be Grand Fathered in with his camo paint? ;D
Larry,
I did almost the same thing by putting my shipping container close to the build site but now it's got to go somewhere else. I have a set of axles for it but my 43hp Kubota doesn't have the power to pick it up so I can get them under. Maybe I can just drag it somewhere out of the way without the axle.
Well I did some more painting last night. Used gray over palm fronds. I think I used too much so will probably have to go back over some of the green. Next color will be brown filling in I guess then touch up with green again.
I'm open to suggestions.
More Cops last night, a fire truck and a bunch of lookers. I may start charging a fee to gawk, got to hurry though because soon there will be nothing to see. :D :D :D :D :D
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Looking good there!
You might want to add some brown-rust color to the mix. I see alot of that color on the ground in front of the house, which causes the house to stand out too much. I suppose that brown turns to green in the winter, or is it something besides dead grass that I can see.
I have a gallon of the brown color which matches the dead leaves on ground and the area where no grass is growing. I think I have to use it in some of the gray area and around the bottom then comeback with some more green?
You'll have to show us pictures with the brown paint added before we can determine if you need more green. This is an extremely critical time in your project, so we just can't make any rash decisions about the colors.
You had better hurry up and get-r-done before Fall gets here 'cause you know that leaves fall off in the Fall. :D
Has it made the local News yet? ;)
It is slowly disappearing ;D.
Well here is the next chapter. I think the brown is too light, Maybe a little more green then some flat black tiger stripes to shade it a bit? The first 2 pix where taken yesterday around 6pm with the sun in front of the house the other 2 are this morning with it behind.
Patty,
Thank you for being the voice of reason. Being a bit impulsive I need a grounding from time to time. Without some like you I would just go out and do things that some would not consider normal. Norm you are a lucky guy! ;D
Magicman,
Those oaks stay green all year. there is some leaf drop but it is not complete.
Ron and Danny,
I hope by tonight there will be nothing there for the news to see :D ;) ;) :)
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Quote from: Raider Bill on August 24, 2011, 08:52:52 AM
Norm you are a lucky guy! ;D
Believe me Bill I get reminded of that on a daily basis. ;D
Bill, I'm thinking a darker brown, instead of the black for the shading. Appears to be a tad too much gray in there.
Yepper, Radar is right, too much gray! Gray does not seem to be a natural color in that yard, so it needs to be used only as a shadow effect. A darker brown in there would work fine.
And yes, I do remind Norm continuously just how lucky he is. ;D
Ok I'll get a darker brown and redo, and go over some of the original green again. Too much gray....
I represent that remark. ::)
I never thought it would be so hard to pick colors. Here is yesterdays work. I replaced the tan with a browner color. It blends in ok but still too much gray I think. May have to bring out some of the green?
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Go behind the house and take a pic looking away from it and then paint in the pic on the front.
There's just another white house behind it. ;D
Starting to look real good. That is a good color brown.
Yesterday I redid some of the green palm fronds. It is hard to see in a pix. House disappears in the evening. Looks like a black hole! :) :)
Any complaints from the neighbors or anyone else yet? ;)
Nope, I get some good stares though. A older Lady [80's] down the street stopped yesterday and said "I know what you are doing your making that house disappear so you don't have to look at it anymore right?"
Smart Lady.
Hopefully my Son and I are going to jet a well in soon for the garden.
Good job Bill. That is funny. Hate you had to go through this aggravation.
Don
Raider
Looking good. I see some need to break up the green solid line of the facia, maybe with some vertical colors. And if some of the background trees could be dropped onto the house front as dark "trunks" they would make it blend with the skyline.
But just a wild thought. Something like:
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Quote from: beenthere on August 29, 2011, 07:13:28 PM
Raider
Looking good. I see some need to break up the green solid line of the facia, maybe with some vertical colors. And if some of the background trees could be dropped onto the house front as dark "trunks" they would make it blend with the skyline.
But just a wild thought. Something like:
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I'll give that some thought. My artistic skills are maxed out....
You may have maxed out the artiste in you, the imagination is by far though as active as I have ever known 8)
Quote from: isawlogs on August 30, 2011, 09:16:14 AM
You may have maxed out the artiste in you, the imagination is by far though as active as I have ever known 8)
My Mind does tend to wander....... smiley_turkey_dancing
QuoteI'll give that some thought. My artistic skills are maxed out....
Bill,
First you start with a fan brush and tap, tap, tap, in Sierra brown...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3RYOawNITs&feature=related
:D :D
"The little birds have to have a place to put their foots.." :D.
I've watched a few of Bob's lessons.
He makes it look easy, but the brush just doesn't do that for me :-\ :-\
Quote from: Burlkraft on August 31, 2011, 08:04:43 AM
I've watched a few of Bob's lessons.
He makes it look easy, but the brush just doesn't do that for me :-\ :-\
I can teach you grasshopper....
Quote from: Jeff on August 31, 2011, 09:04:56 AM
Quote from: Burlkraft on August 31, 2011, 08:04:43 AM
I've watched a few of Bob's lessons.
He makes it look easy, but the brush just doesn't do that for me :-\ :-\
I can teach you grasshopper....
Jeff, Pack your brush and come on down!
Ya know what I'd do for added camo? Get some spray adhesive and a leaf blower. Spray a wall, then blow the yard in that direction
Hey that sounds like fun!
I'm glad a stumbled on this thread.
Bill you would be fun to have as a neighbor.
But it doesn't sound like your neighbor's would be fun to have as neighbors.
I Thought of some good books for you. Check out Tim Dorsey, especially Triggerfish Twist. Might have been written about some of your neighbors! Takes place in Tampa.
Jon
So is the house done? Are the city fathers all bound up? :D
It's pretty much done the last pix is where it stands now. I may dab a bit on it with another shade of brown then some black lines but truthfully I have lost interest now that it has disappeared from my view.
City hasn't said anything maybe because they can't see it anymore. ;D ;D
What house? ???
you need a wildlife mural on there
(honk honk)
I guess the beach theme is out of the question with that back ground, have you thought of an amazone smiley_gorgeous ;D
I took a few pictures last week.
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Of course my houses were smaller and I was using a spray can. :D
I think I'm going to paint the front which I can't see lime green with purple trim. Just trying to blend in.....
I've been climbing and cutting trees in the yard at this house almost all weekend. Can hardly walk. I'm not as young as I used to be. May need some new knees. :(
Yer a genius Magicman - putin' the out house on stilts instead of diggin' a hole. I bet ya get a good view from up there too.
What you can't see is that the top one is actually on wheels. You can see it's name in the second picture. It is the "Wheel House". I can hook it to the tractor or ATV and move it when necessary. It is built on an old liquid fertilizer applicator.
And then we have the "Straw House". :) It belongs to LadyMM.
Well I spent what time it hasn't been raining trimming the trees around this house and the one next to it so that when we get the garden in there will be some sunlight.
I'm way too old and my knees are too far gone to be climbing anything anymore. Today I can hardly walk. :o ::) I tried to kick start a old bike this morning and about fell on my butt.
Waiting for the city to come pick up the brush and limbs. This is where they may jack me up about this paint scheme by being difficult about the pickup. We'll see. ;)
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Looks like you were simple trimming the utility lines in case a storm comes through so you will not lose service. ;D
Maybe they won't know where the brush stops and pick up the house too. ;D
Just lean that brush up against the house....poof, the house is gone. :)
Or drop a tree on it after the insurance is paid up.
Not sure how that Ruger got in there.
Insurance on that house would be in excess of $4200 a year with a big deductible for wind damage and no content coverage even if they would write the policy in that I do not live in it. They hammer you on rentals and commercial here. Even if it was owner occupied the premium would be near $2500 I think
Plus it's a wood frame within 5 miles of the gulf.
We have to buy homeowners from a state run property insurance monopoly called Citizens..... IMO it's the worlds biggest water balloon just waiting to get popped leaving us all wet and hung out.
Their new game is if you do not have the trees trimmed away at least 15 feet from the structure and in a way that they can withstand some wheres around 75 mph gusts for at least 30 seconds they will cancel you. Roofs have to be inspected and be less than 15 years old or near there somewhere and be up to their code.
I got to get out of this place if it's that last thing I ever do.......
Reminds me of All Along the Watchtower by Bob Dylan,
"There must be some way out of here,
Said the Joker to the Thief,
Theres too much confusion,
I can't get no relief".
Head to the Tennessee Hills :D.
Or Maine. :)
or both :).
Mooseherder you have to have the same issues down there? Maybe not the neighbors but certainty most of the rest? Plus having property in God's country and not being able to be there as much as we want.......
Yes, I'm sure we have very similar situations. We are at the cabin now and contemplating not going back. :D
Unfortunately, my paycheck comes out of South Florida and my kids only like to visit Maine.
We'll see what the next couple years brings. ;)
The bad part is we can't be here for weekend getaways.
It seems to me my drive to the Tenn house is 3 times as long as the drive home. Watching those mountains disappear in the rear view mirror is depressing.
My Son would love to make the move but he's got at least 14 more years if everything goes right before that can happen. Me I dunno....
Oh well at least we have a place to escape to.
I wonder how many others here are doing the same thing?
I go on vacation to work my butt off. :D
There maybe something wrong with me.
It was a little too cold with wind this morning so we decided to go shopping for organization cabinets and are headed back for inside work.
We lost Internet at the cabin yesterday so I get to catch up some while da boss drives. ;D
Quote from: Mooseherder on September 10, 2011, 10:36:18 AM
I go on vacation to work my butt off. :D
There maybe something wrong with me.
It was a little too cold with wind this morning so we decided to go shopping for organization cabinets and are headed back for inside work.
We lost Internet at the cabin yesterday so I get to catch up some while da boss drives. ;D
Butt it feels good! For me it's much better than being here slaving away for a crabby boss who doesn't appreciate what I do :D
Quote from: Raider Bill on September 10, 2011, 10:14:23 AM
I wonder how many others here are doing the same thing?
Me for one. I/we have the place down in Madison County, Virginia in a little place called Syria. It has 76.5 acres, with a house and the Rose River running through the front yard. Up until about 6 years ago( birth of the first grandson), I wife and I were there very week end. Now, I'm damg lucky to get there enough to keep the grass cut and the place looking decent. And as Moose stated, the kids loved it when they were young. But along came boyfriends and that was the end of that.
I really miss sitting on the pouch early in the morning listening to all the animals - watching the bears walk by. Maybe in about 18 months tings will change.
Bruce
There are a lot of both seen and unseen work and expenses involved with a "second" place, but it is still nice.