Norris Family Blog Pictures 2

These are pictures taken near our farm begining in July 2006 through December 2006.


 
 
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   The new Justice Center on the square in Bukesville.
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   4th of July Bike Parade.
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   Patriotic bike decorations.
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   The young are patriotic also, well maybe their parents.
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   Two kids in a patriotic decorated wagon.
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   Stacey pointing to my Uncle Ralph's name on a memorial stone on the Courthouse Square in Burkesville.
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   Other individuals of conflicts and wars are also memorialized on the other side of the stone.
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   Swarm of humingbirds drinking at one of our feeders.
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   Linda cut Stacey's hair for a 'Locks Of Love' donation to help diseased children.
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   A young deer near the fence at the end of our house.
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   The young deer are quicker than the full grown deer IMO.
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   Derek driving the boat with Lana and Frank riding along.
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   Derek enjoying the 'glass' that makes Dale Hollow such a great place to boat.
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   Derek 'out around the bouy' on a kneeboard at Fanny's Creek on Dale Hollow.
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   Jacob Beck driving their boat with his mom riding in the bow.
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   Becks and Dials cruising on the way to the Wolf River Dock.
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   Jacob behind the wheel of his family's boat.
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   Derek Dial standing in the bow while Frank cleans a spot off the side of the boat.
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   Stacey and Linda enjoying the ride back to the dock.
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   Derek in a 'do rag' in the front of their boat.
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   A crew of houseboats that Garry Brown hangs out with on the lake.
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   Derek and his ski that he uses to 'carve up' the water.
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   The sun going behind the clouds as another day on the lake nears an end.
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   Near dark coming into Star Point Dock.
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   The Star Point dock store with the campground in the background.
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   Bonnie and Donnie Cox's cabin near Byrdstown TN.
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   Green grass from recent rains needs mowing sometimes twice a week.
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   It was 94 degrees when I stepped out of the back door on the way to work on the bush hog.
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   I parked the tractor on the slope so I could lay under the bush hog without it falling on me.
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   I picked up a used rug while bush hogging the creek bank. It had washed down from somewhere up the creek.
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   Freshly rolled hay laying in the fields.
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   It makes a nice looking 'large' lawn when the hay has just been cut.
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   More rain equals more mowing.
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   Stacey mixing a cake batter for a 'Birthday Cake'.
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   Stacey pouring the batter into floured cake pans.
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   Removing the baked cakes from the oven.
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   Stacey is spreading the icing over the cakes.
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   Stacey has the cake in the covered cake plate ready for the candles.
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   Linda is lighting the candles on the cake.
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   Brent blowing out the candles on his birthday cake.
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   Pauline reading the birthday card to Brent as they set on his gifts.
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   Linda lounging in the front of our boat on Dale Hollow.
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   Derek's crew arriving at our anchor spot.
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   'Hector' skiing while Derek is driving the boat.
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   Jen picking up the ski while 'Hector' is ready to climb in the back of the boat.
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   Just another beautiful day on Dale Hollow Lake.
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   Anchored in 'Five Fingers' cove and enjoying the water.
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   Pauline and her brother, Donny, deep into a game of chess.
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   Donnie, Pauline and Brent as they were leaving for Smith's Grove.
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   I've had the brace welded on the bush hog.
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   Sky colors reflected in the creek water a little after sunset.
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   Garmons are cutting and sticking their tobacco.
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   Six guys work in teams of two and go back and forth along the rows. The temperature was in the 90s.
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   Half the patch has been cut and stuck on tobacco sticks.
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   Guys pick up the tobacco on the sticks and hand it to Phil on the wagon as his grandson drives the tractor slowly through the field.
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   A guy hands the tobacco to another guy that walks over and passed it up to a third guy to hand clear to the top guy who then hangs it in the barn.
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   Stacey arranging our pumpkin harvest on the hay wagon.
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   The green ones are apple gourds.
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   We separated the pumpkins and left them out in the rain on the wagon to wash some of the dirt off.
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   We grew all sizes and shapes.
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   Stacey leaning on one of the bigger pumpkins.
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   I borrowed the triangle shaped bars to secure the drawbar on the old Ford tractor.
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   Major breakage on the oldest bush hog, looks like it will need quite a bit of welding to get it working again.
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   Our grass on the slope in front of the house has filled in quite well this summer.
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   Corn crib and barn with pumpkins set inside on shelves.
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   We hope to sell the pumpkins along with hay bales and mums.
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   Abner, Reba, Linda and Imon at a family reunion.
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   Imon and Linda at the family reunion.
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   Bob Bankson at the reunion.
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   Mike Bankson at the reunion.
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   Pa B's old covered wagon is almost gone.
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   Abner pulling a wagon load of kids with his old Ford tractor.
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   Wagon load of the next generation.
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   Imon and Linda in the kitchen in their new house.
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   I have graded the backyard for better water run off.
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   I have dug out the old ribbed plastic pipe to replace it.
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   I widened the trench and laid down new PVC pipe.
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   I covered the pipe, smoothed the driveway and added the ends nearest the camera.
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   Stacey turning the ducks loose and they hide under the nearest bush.
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   I removed the front tires and wheels on the 8N to replace the tires and tubes.
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   New tires and tubes have the 8N ready to roll.
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   I'm using the tractor to bush hog a field behind Regina's old house.
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   It's peaceful riding on the tractor even though it gets a little rough sometimes.
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   Our mums ready to sell in front of the Center for the Aging during the Blue Grass Festival.
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   Part of the crowd watching the onstage performances at the Blue Grass Festival
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   Picking, grinning and clogging onstage all at the same time.
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   More of the crowd from a different viewpoint.
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   Picking and singing under the covered picnic area during the Blue Grass Festival.
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   Some of the quilts entered in the competition.
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   Pauline and her 3rd Place ribbon for her Cathedral Window quilt.
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   Part of the Corn Toss competition at the festival.
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   Some of the age bracket competition at the festival
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   Mums on the hay wagon for sale along the roadside.
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   The old tractor I use to pull the hay wagon full of mums.
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   Our neighbors, Nancy and Steve Riddle coming down the road in their Mule.
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   The last cutting of hay.
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   Just a beautiful day in KY.
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   The creek has flooded and overflowed it's banks.
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   This is higher than the April 2004 flooding.
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   The flood water is runnig through Regina's barn at the entrance to the mum patch.
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   The flood water is runnig through Regina's barn and half way up on the large hay roll.
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   Looking down at the flooded creek from our driveway.
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   Over 4 inches of rain fell overnight.
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   No doubt the flooding will leave debris in the hay fields.
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   We saw this group of young turkeys on the way up the road to Jone's Chapel.
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   We set 6 pots of mums on the chapel front porch.
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   A large garden spider on our mum sign.
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   Cooter laying in the shade with the tractor and wagon load of mums by the barn.
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   The day turned into a beautiful one after a morning drizzle moved out.
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   Water from the flooding rain is still flowing out of the 'hollers'.
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   Flood debris left from the creek getting out of it's banks.
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   More flood debris left from the creek getting out of it's banks.
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   Even more flood debris left from the creek getting out of it's banks.
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   The clearing sky makes a dramatic picture near sunset.
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   We roll the wagon out at night and move it in the barn during the heat of the day.
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   Our house on the hill.
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   The mum patch is nearly empty.
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   We still have to dig 30 mums for the Home Makers Club.
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   Some of the hay rolls were half way under water.
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   More rain has made it hard to get the hay done.
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   The small streams are flowing water to the creeks.
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   Just think, people pay to have these 'water features' added to their property.
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   Rain drops show up in this picture.
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   The tree colors are starting to change is this picture.
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   30 mums stored for the Home Makers in the hay shed.
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   18 Yellow mum and 12 Orange in rows.
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   Digging early slows down the blooming and hopefully will keep them nice longer.
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   The mum patch is 'SOLD OUT'!
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   The two last mums with a shovel ready to use.
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   The mums were beautiful this year, IMO.
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   Some of the booths at the Edmonton Pumpkin Festival.
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   Joe Strange's booth sells painted pumpkins, Indian corn and gourds.
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   Stacey standing by the '58 Triumph TR3 that Brent entered in the Brownsville car show.
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   A nice hot rod at the car show.
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   Another nice car.
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   I liked this car's body work, but the color wasn't my favorite.
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   I'd love to have this truck to use to deliver mums.
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   John built this truck while we worked at Corvette.
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   A view of some of the cars and trucks entered in the car show.
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   This was a 'clean' looking pickup truck.
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   Brent accepting the trophy the TR3 won.
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   I cleaned out a section of ditch I dug a few years earlier.
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   I also cleaned out both sides of a pipe used to cross the ditch.
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   Falling Timber would be a good name for our farm.
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   Mums for the Home Maker party have been stored in the garage on the hay wagon.
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   Water features abound around our farm.
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   After two days of rain, the fall colors still shine through.
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   A small water falls as it has ate away the rock nearby.
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   Larry has been using the front loaded to clear away a gravel bar in the creek.
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   The tree colors are showing brightly on a nice day.
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   The cedars stand out against the changing leaf colors of early fall.
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   Garmon's barn along the road with the hills in autumn foliage.
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   Stripping tobacco, each person does a different section of the stalk.
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   Then the tobacco from each part of the stalk is placed in separate boxes to be packed into bales.
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   A wide angle picture of the hillside and hay field.
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   I have set posts for the new wood shed on the end of the existing hay shed.
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   Stacey and the Beaver, a radio station mascot, outside Diddle Areana.
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   Linda & Stacey standing in line for a Dierks Bentley concert.
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   Randy Rogers Band played the first set.
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   Short intermission between RRB and Miranda Lambert.
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   Linda & Stacey didn't have a cell phone to call each other.
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   Miranda Lambert had the crowd dancing and shouting.
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   Dierks Bentley put on a great show.
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   Randy & Miranda joined Dierks for a finale.
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   Some of the joists have been added to the framework.
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   I'm climbing the ladder while Brent holds the other end of a joist ready to go up.
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   The truck tailgate was our workbench.
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   Brent in the tractor scoop took this picture of the hayriders in our wagon.
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   Enjoying the hayride through the logging trails on Jone's Ridge.
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   These guys started a big bonfire for roasting hotdogs and marshmallows.
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   Slats are installed for the roofing and 2 by 4s for the sidewall metal.
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   The framework is done, including bracing for the stacks of wood.
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   Looking across the hayfield and the holler.
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   Our burning bushes are on fire.
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   Linda helped me install the metal for the walls.
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   The shed is finished.
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   I've already started filling it up.
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   The shed matches pretty well, even if I built it.
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   Crossing the hay field as the fog lifts on our way to cut wood.
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   Cooter is sniffing around while Stacey checks out the length of the tree.
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   I'm cutting the log into pieces the right length for our wood stove.
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   I've loaded the larger pieces and Stacey is loading the smaller ones.

 


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