| Cactus Hill.
We moved into the house in September 1985, just after its shell was completed, with open studs. Over the next three
years, we lived in our own construction zone, moving beds from one room to the next and
shuffling stacks of building materials while various stages were completed. It's simple,
it's all ours, it's all us, and we love it! In 1998, Cactus Hill underwent
its first major transformation. First, Ed built our
new outbuilding, on the right. We call it the barn, the shop, the carriage house (because
it's tall and narrow), or "out yonder." It has two big workbenches on the main
floor, and space originally intended for the riding mower. Upstairs are two big storage lofts, with a
skylight. In front of "out yonder" is Ed's vegetable and herb
garden, seen here in its first year. Since then we've thinned out some trees
so we can get enough sun for tomatoes
and peppers. Too bad—it was nice
and cool in the shade! Then we painted the house and the barn this gorgeous
blue
with beige trim.
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