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4452. wabbit - 11/24/2008 3:41:35 AM We have five acres with conservation property on two sides. There is a pond behind us. We have a few deer and turkeys, and it's perfect territory for coyotes. This past summer I managed to get a few seconds of video of one who was under the deck on the back of house. I figure he was after the hen. By the time I started the camera, he had seen me and moved down the yard, but never went behind the stone wall, which is where I think he grabbed the two cats.
Sophia is laying in the opening in the stone wall. The coyote never bothered to go back through that same opening — he wandered off to the right in no great haste.
btw, the hen, Lucille, is still with us.4453. arkymalarky - 11/24/2008 3:56:28 AM Wow. Neat shot. The dogs keep them at bay here, so to speak, but they howl right at the edges of the yard, especially on cold moonlit nights. Mose hated it, but Bob and I love it. 4454. thoughtful - 11/24/2008 4:09:36 PM house update:
Progress is so slow now, and the siding isn't all on yet and winter is setting in...most frustrating. Still the outlines of what is to be are becoming clearer. Stonework is going up on the front of the house. Solar panels are installed and generating power as we speak...only thing is, the power still has no place to go. Electrician working on hooking us up to the grid this week, hopefully. 4455. thoughtful - 11/24/2008 4:12:28 PM I'm most pleased with these garage doors for the jeep garage. Yup boys and girls, this is a regular lift type garage door, only it looks like french doors with frosted glass...how cool is that. Architect fought me tooth and nail on these, but I insisted. He has since given me kudos for my choice.
 4456. thoughtful - 11/24/2008 4:23:22 PM We've seen coyote at our new house, heard them howling in the middle of the night at our current house and even seen them wandering across the drive at work. With so many turkey around, they're bound to follow. While I'm not happy that they go after pets, I sure hope they can help keep the squirrel population down...so many of the freakin' things! 4457. judithathome - 11/24/2008 4:24:52 PM Those look superb! We are needing a new garage door...ours is bent at the top and I feel every opening will be last.
Right now, my garage door looks like the ones I drive past and make fun of! 4458. thoughtful - 11/24/2008 4:33:54 PM I found them many years ago when christopher lowell featured the lady who invented them on one of his shows...called french porte. The windows are a durable acrylic, not glass so they're fairly secure, though not overly energy efficient. But they do let a lot of light into the garage which is nice. 4459. wonkers2 - 11/24/2008 5:24:01 PM You'r gettin' there. Nice! 4460. jexster - 11/25/2008 12:03:19 AM Sasha does same..have all but given up on printing
4461. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 11/25/2008 12:17:31 AM Loved it! 4462. magoseph - 11/25/2008 6:47:14 PM What do you have behind the dormer windows, thoughtful? 4463. thoughtful - 11/25/2008 6:52:44 PM Hi Mags, nothing
the entire upstairs is attic space...lots and lots of attic.
We wanted one floor living so everything we need is on the main floor....the finished basement below is just for fun: music nook, exercise room, craft room, jeep garage and workshop, and guest suite. We were going to have a media room too, but i think that room will have to wait for the funds to be replenished. Hubby says it'll be used for storage in the meantime. 4464. thoughtful - 11/25/2008 6:54:05 PM On the backside of the house, you'll see a space left in the solar panels and a black dot there...and another on the right side of the solar panels. Those are solatubes to light the dressing room and the utility room with sunlight as they are both interior spaces.
4465. thoughtful - 11/25/2008 8:27:01 PM 
Velux Solar tube
4466. magoseph - 11/26/2008 2:34:11 AM Those are solatubes to light the dressing room and the utility room with sunlight as they are both interior spaces.
That's pretty wild--so you'll see how you'll look like outside once dressed up to go? Is there a door between your bathroom and the dressing room? 4467. jexster - 11/26/2008 2:39:27 AM Looks like Sarah and Todd's AK love nest 4468. jexster - 11/26/2008 2:41:00 AM 
4469. thoughtful - 11/26/2008 3:31:46 PM Mags, yes there is a door between the dressing room and the bathroom. The dressing room is like an anteroom to the master suite...it will have an ironing board in the wall, a large closet and in the corner I'll have a 3-way full length mirror for getting dressed. The space is designed such that, in the future, should we need to install an elevator to get to the lower level, we will be able to do so. But at this point, we're opting to save the $$ and use the space instead.
And yes we should get good light there. Though I've also insisted with the electrician/lighting designer that I have true daylight fluorescent lights in the walk-in closet as well. I said I want to be able to tell navy from black without having to run around the house looking for some sunshine. 4470. thoughtful - 11/26/2008 3:34:25 PM Most frustrated this a.m. The electrician called to say he's done for now awaiting the building inspector who will be there on monday, and then we have to wait for the utility to come and inspect and approve before they'll sign off on the solar and geothermal systems. His guess is it will take them 2-3 weeks. Most frustrating as with holidays, it really cuts it close...we need to get sign-off before year end to get full benefit of the subsidies on both systems. Big $$$$ hanging in the balance. 4471. judithathome - 11/26/2008 4:37:50 PM I said I want to be able to tell navy from black without having to run around the house looking for some sunshine.
Our house is utter death for this purpose...Keoni constantly has to take his ties and slacks to the front porch(!) to see if his slacks are grey, taupe, beige, or this weird pale beige-y green...then the ties have to be examined to see if they match the slacks, socks, and shirt.
This might not be a problem if he only had 4 changes of outfits but he has over 50 ties and god only knows how many dress shirts and slacks.
He is very GQ...best dressed in his company and certainly in our social circles.
Our house has lots of windows but is situated so that nothing looks like a "true" color...many's the day he's gotten decked out without checking only to come stomping in from the truck to change slacks or a tie...I thought about setting up a "Garanimals" system for him at one time but he has FAR too many things to do that.
I don't have any navy stuff so only occasionally do I have to check out if my black colored stuff matches...you know how there are different tones of black? That drives me nuts...or used to. I finally saw Sharon Stone wearing a different black top from the skirt she had on and thought if SHE can do it, so can I!
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