Happa Asks . . .

                     "Who is this interloper?" 

Hopper and Looper in the divided rabbit corral

Happa Asks . . .

Hop and Pop clean up.

"Why do we have to clean up, Pop?  I like living in a barn."

Happa asks....

"You think bars can hold me ?"

Happa Says....

" Feed me a bit of fresh spring grass,

And I'll let you scratch my head."

Happa Says....

"I am Destructo Bun."
 

"You didn't really think a little bit of plastic tubing
 was going to stop me from destroying this lamp cord, did you?"

Winter Sunlight

Happa says....

"I have inspected these tiles and approved them for use

in the House above Heck Creek."

Plan B

When last we visited with the contractor, his estimate was $50,000 over our budget. Ouch!  Something had to go, so back to the drawing board (actually the computer and TurboCad). 

I ended up reducing the size of the house by 20%.   The Springfield house is 2,400 square feet plus attic and cellar.  The first plan for the house above Heck Creek was 1,680 square feet plus basement.   The new plan is 1,344 square feet.  We had wanted to downsize, but that’s a lot of downsizing!

I took two feet off the east end of the house, making the bedroom and office each two feet shorter.  The rest of the reduction came off the west end.  Goodbye sun room and most of the living room.  That left a great room about the same size as the Springfield living room.   The great room will include the kitchen, dining table and a small sitting area around the wood stove.  We’ll finish part of the basement, making a den for the tv and the big couch, and the fiction collection.  We’ll also have bunk beds downstairs for extra sleeping.

I’ll most miss the sun room.  With all its windows and tile floor, it would have done triple duty as a greenhouse and worry-free Happa territory, along with providing some solar heat gain in the winter.  We can add a small lean-to greenhouse in the future for around $3,500 for a kit.  Happa will live downstairs --that means all electrical cords will need to be wrapped and the bookcases will need doors. (Happa says, “Books, yum, yum.”)