That sunrise was amazing! Don't think in my 80 years I have ever seen one so beautiful. I also love graveyards as did my mother and grandmother. I have always found them interesting and just like you, I always imagine what the person was like and how their lives were ❤
It was a truly remarkable sunrise. I felt very, very lucky to experience it! I am so glad to find out that you also like graveyards. I thought it was just me. :P
My 7yr old great grandson loves reading the headstones at the cemetery near my home here in Arkansas. Very peaceful and many civil war headstones. Love your channel. Thank you for letting us whare your journey.
I absolutely love that your great-grandson is interested in the headstones. That is so very cool. What a great grandma you are! I'm so glad you're along for this journey. :D
I also love old cemeteries. We have a small one and it has many stones from the 1800's - some of which have been damaged mostly by weather. My husband and I will be buried there as is my grandmother and son. There are many graves from the Civil War - lots of children also (due to illnesses). I've been told that it got its start when a horse thief got caught and was hung from a tree. The tree is now just a stump. We live in SW Missouri and actually are on the original "Trail of Tears". The Butterfield Stage Route also came through here, so after moving to Missouri in 1988 I became an avid history buff. Love the progress that already been done.
Oh wow! I've heard about folks having a cemetery on their property but have never met one. No wonder you become so interested in history! The children gravestones are always sad; the ones that died in their childhood (5-12 or 13) are the hardest, I think, because they aren't babies at that point but aren't grown up either. I haven't heard about the Butterfield Stage Route. That sounds most intriguing!
Beautiful sunrise photos. I always remember- Red sky in the morning Sailors warning (change in the weather). Red sky at night Sailors delight (calm weather ahead). Enjoy!
My mom taught me that rhyme when I was young! I wasn't sure if it applied on land as well as at sea. :) I'm glad I got the sunrise photos; the quality of light makes me wish I were a painter or sketch artist or something.
I love exploring cemeteries. Every time we moved, we would check out the local cemeteries and graveyards. So much beauty around you. Continue to enjoy the progress and blessings of your new home.
I am hesitant to mention but please take a look at the post holding up the porch under where the stove was sitting. It seems strange that only the slanted tip of the support post is making contact with the bottom of the porch. Should that be checked out? I live about 50 miles southeast of Tulsa. Today is 11/13/24 and we have yet to have had a frost. To my knowledge we have not even had a temperature reading in the low 40’s yet. Most trees still have very green leaves on them. Unusual year! Enjoying watching your renovation of your beautiful old home.
We were told that the porch supports would settle over the first few months, so that's definitely what has happened to the post in that corner. It's on my list to re-check! That is unusual for Tulsa! We lived there from Oct. 2020 - June 2023, and my picture memories have been showing me "memories" of fall tree pictures I took in early November. I remember thinking how weird it was for the trees to turn in late October/November when I was used to trees turning in Sept or October.
Awww, thanks Ms. Agatha. It certainly is satisfying to see the changes (unlike, say, electrical wiring, which is also helpful but not as fun to look at!) Where in WV are you, if you don't mind my asking? We looked at WV as a possible relocation destination before NY.
@HoneyAppleFarm The Charleston area. Your area is much like WV. We drove through western New York on the way to Niagara Falls for our 50th anniversary! Very beautiful country.
@@MsAgatha1Eta I love that you spent your 50th at Niagara Falls! What a wonderful drive that must have been up through WV and western NY. We looked at the Charleston area; lots of history and old houses there. Jut a bit too far from any other big city for medical things, though. ;)
Oh yes I love cemeteries, particularly the OLD ones! YAY on the old appliances, I tossed out my old refrigerator as well! The siding is going to look beautiful! You can take photographs of headstones, sharing the poems, uniquenesses, designs and shapes of headstones and crypts. Many YT'ers do photographs the cemeteries, sharing stories, restorations and sometimes they would ask for help in mowing or fixing up headstones. I enjoyed looking at soldiers and the cannons. In one cemetery where my ggrandfather was buried at, had a WWI doughboy statue. It was so beautiful!
I just feel weird sharing pictures of headstones. I get that cemeteries are public places and I think it's cool other folks take pictures. Maybe I'll evolve in that direction one day. This cemetery is nicely kept, so no lawn moving needed. Definitely some restorations needed, though, and I put back a few flags and righted a couple of potted plants. I love that your grandfather's cemetery had a dough boy statue! I'm so used to European villages that have WWII monuments in the center of town that I think I'm still adjusting to US cemeteries having them.
No, I guess you aren't! Honestly, I thought it was just me, but several folks have said the same in response to this video. Who knew we weren't alone!!
Old man winter is definitely taking his time for us, and we are so grateful! The trees are all bare now but the grass is still green and we've had most days above 50 (and dry!) Still a race to finish before the snows start, but at least it's a race we can compete in. :P
Love your channel! Love watching your progress. Keep up the good work. A word of advice, make sure your painter fills in with wood putty the new railing balusters where they were screwed in and split, it's too bad they weren't pre drilled before screwing them on. Also, looks like the bottoms of the original porch posts have weep holes to allow water to escape and airflow so they don't rot out. I would caution having them cut off and replaced with stacked blocking unless the blocking is made from Trexx material or other non porous decking material.
I was also going to mention that the bottom of the porch posts need weep holes. Our old house has columns and the plinths have small gaps on all four sides, at the bottoms.
Oh, I had no idea that weep holes were a thing! Thank you Dallen and Brenda! That makes so much sense in hindsight but completely did not occur to us in the moment. Ms. Agatha, good catch on the porch corner. We were told that it would settle once the new posts had been in for a month or two, and that is indeed what is happening. We'll be looking at them again to be sure all is well before the final bank inspection - and the certificate of occupancy inspection from the local health and safety office!
Great pictures and Cemetaries are very fascinating! I remember when I was a child, we went to the cemetery with my mom and my sister disappeared, we searched for her and found her by a headstone with a picture of a little child on it. We asked her why she was over there, and my sister said she was just playing with that little girl...That was kinda creepy. LOL
Yeah, that is kinda creepy! I went through a brief ghost stories phase in middle school, and that sounds like the opening to one of the books I read. Cemeteries are fascinating, though!
We've been really lucky so far with the weather! Given that we're 6 weeks past the "usual" first frost and well into late fall, we've had far less rain than expected.
I'm so glad I'm not the only one who loves old cemeteries. I'm curious what we'll find in the Ovid cemetery; the more we ask around, the more it seems like the previous Ferguson owners were absentee landlords.
Such great progress on the siding! My younger sister has a old small cemetery on her farm. Not sure of the name but several babies and young children which is sad. It is maintained very well by the county.
It is so satisfying to watch that siding go on! I am glad the county maintains the cemetery on your sister's farm. Apparently the one here was privately owned and not well kept until someone made it their mission to revamp it and get a whole new board of directors!
Thanks, Anthony! I think my favorite thing about the siding is that it's such an easy and appealing change to see (unlike wiring in the walls, which is satisfying but not visually interesting!)
I absolutely LOVE yellow, and we did think about that briefly! But since she's already white and has the green accents inside, we've gone with white and a darkish green. :D
@HoneyAppleFarm so glad to hear from you. Thanks. Well that's great news about drying in a couple hours. I love your place. That big porch is a favorite of mine also. Looking forward to your future posts.
@@kennethcrace6181 Apparently the reason the paint dries so quickly has to do with its latex base. :) I love that big porch; it's what caused me to take a second look at the listing the first time I saw it! I'm excited to share more updates with you. :D
Loving your updates, that sunrise was gorgeous! My mom had a lot of old sayings as she was raised on a dairy farm. Sunrise and sunsets were used to predict the weather. It went something like this: Red at night, sailor's delight (predicting good weather tomorrow) Red in the morning, sailor's take warning (predicting rain/snow/wind-unpleasant weather). No idea why it's a Sea reference but like I said, she had a lot of old sayings. Always proved to be accurate though!
I remember my mom telling me that rhyme when I was young, and she didn't know where it came from either! We've had several beautiful sunsets here, but not many pink-orange sunrises.
Your guess is spot on except for the ceiling of the porch! We're keeping the ceiling white for now, just for simplicity. And we don't have shutters yet, but the window trim will be a darkish green. :D
Heya , nice to see you ❤ these sunrises are great... but... fitting for the cemetery stories... in Germany they say red dawn, the rooster is dead in the evening... and like you, I find cemeteries interesting too... MREs are good for 20 years plus. By the way, thank you very much for your answer, like Mr. Darcy, great name, my cat Blacky is from the street and Otis is from the animal shelter because he was abandoned at 3 weeks old. And.. i can not wait till your porch is done, are you going to do lights and deco for xmas?
Well hello Marie! How lovely to see you here. I did not know about red dawns leading to dead roosters. Do you know where that comes from? More importantly, is it true?! I can't imagine anyone abandoning a cat at 3 weeks old, and yet I know it happens. How wonderful for Blacky and Otis that you took them in. :D We are also really excited for the porch! We definitely want to decorate for Christmas, though in all honesty it won't be this year as we still don't have electrical service done (and likely won't be moving in until just around or after Christmas). But yes - BIG plans for decorating that porch in future!
We were told to expect some settling as the ground adjusts to the new supports, so you're not wrong that a couple of places have settled more than others.
Gosh, your channel seems to attract those of us who love cemeteries. Lots of history there. The house is really coming along nicely!
I am SO HAPPY about that! I had no idea so many other folks loved cemeteries as much as I do. I thought I was the only one!
That sunrise was amazing! Don't think in my 80 years I have ever seen one so beautiful.
I also love graveyards as did my mother and grandmother. I have always found them interesting and just like you, I always imagine what the person was like and how their lives were ❤
It was a truly remarkable sunrise. I felt very, very lucky to experience it!
I am so glad to find out that you also like graveyards. I thought it was just me. :P
My 7yr old great grandson loves reading the headstones at the cemetery near my home here in Arkansas. Very peaceful and many civil war headstones. Love your channel. Thank you for letting us whare your journey.
I absolutely love that your great-grandson is interested in the headstones. That is so very cool. What a great grandma you are! I'm so glad you're along for this journey. :D
such a difference every vlog. beautiful place, beautiful house.
It's really helpful to make the videos because it forces me to look at all the differences every time I film. I'm so glad you're enjoying them!
I also love old cemeteries. We have a small one and it has many stones from the 1800's - some of which have been damaged mostly by weather. My husband and I will be buried there as is my grandmother and son. There are many graves from the Civil War - lots of children also (due to illnesses). I've been told that it got its start when a horse thief got caught and was hung from a tree. The tree is now just a stump. We live in SW Missouri and actually are on the original "Trail of Tears". The Butterfield Stage Route also came through here, so after moving to Missouri in 1988 I became an avid history buff. Love the progress that already been done.
Oh wow! I've heard about folks having a cemetery on their property but have never met one. No wonder you become so interested in history! The children gravestones are always sad; the ones that died in their childhood (5-12 or 13) are the hardest, I think, because they aren't babies at that point but aren't grown up either.
I haven't heard about the Butterfield Stage Route. That sounds most intriguing!
The house is coming along nicely, ❤
Thank you, Lesley!
Beautiful sunrise photos. I always remember- Red sky in the morning Sailors warning (change in the weather). Red sky at night Sailors delight (calm weather ahead). Enjoy!
My mom taught me that rhyme when I was young! I wasn't sure if it applied on land as well as at sea. :) I'm glad I got the sunrise photos; the quality of light makes me wish I were a painter or sketch artist or something.
I love exploring cemeteries. Every time we moved, we would check out the local cemeteries and graveyards. So much beauty around you. Continue to enjoy the progress and blessings of your new home.
I'm so glad to know it's not just me! I visited quite a few on various European housesits. They are invariably peaceful and beautiful.
Beautiful scenery
We are constantly saying how beautiful it is here. Definitely more our nature aesthetic than Oklahoma!
I am hesitant to mention but please take a look at the post holding up the porch under where the stove was sitting. It seems strange that only the slanted tip of the support post is making contact with the bottom of the porch. Should that be checked out?
I live about 50 miles southeast of Tulsa. Today is 11/13/24 and we have yet to have had a frost. To my knowledge we have not even had a temperature reading in the low 40’s yet. Most trees still have very green leaves on them. Unusual year!
Enjoying watching your renovation of your beautiful old home.
We were told that the porch supports would settle over the first few months, so that's definitely what has happened to the post in that corner. It's on my list to re-check!
That is unusual for Tulsa! We lived there from Oct. 2020 - June 2023, and my picture memories have been showing me "memories" of fall tree pictures I took in early November. I remember thinking how weird it was for the trees to turn in late October/November when I was used to trees turning in Sept or October.
You are making great progress!😊 WV 🇺🇸
Awww, thanks Ms. Agatha. It certainly is satisfying to see the changes (unlike, say, electrical wiring, which is also helpful but not as fun to look at!) Where in WV are you, if you don't mind my asking? We looked at WV as a possible relocation destination before NY.
@HoneyAppleFarm The Charleston area. Your area is much like WV. We drove through western New York on the way to Niagara Falls for our 50th anniversary! Very beautiful country.
@@MsAgatha1Eta I love that you spent your 50th at Niagara Falls! What a wonderful drive that must have been up through WV and western NY. We looked at the Charleston area; lots of history and old houses there. Jut a bit too far from any other big city for medical things, though. ;)
Oh yes I love cemeteries, particularly the OLD ones! YAY on the old appliances, I tossed out my old refrigerator as well! The siding is going to look beautiful! You can take photographs of headstones, sharing the poems, uniquenesses, designs and shapes of headstones and crypts. Many YT'ers do photographs the cemeteries, sharing stories, restorations and sometimes they would ask for help in mowing or fixing up headstones. I enjoyed looking at soldiers and the cannons. In one cemetery where my ggrandfather was buried at, had a WWI doughboy statue. It was so beautiful!
I just feel weird sharing pictures of headstones. I get that cemeteries are public places and I think it's cool other folks take pictures. Maybe I'll evolve in that direction one day. This cemetery is nicely kept, so no lawn moving needed. Definitely some restorations needed, though, and I put back a few flags and righted a couple of potted plants.
I love that your grandfather's cemetery had a dough boy statue! I'm so used to European villages that have WWII monuments in the center of town that I think I'm still adjusting to US cemeteries having them.
I'm a cemetery geek, too! Whenever we travel near and far, we always seek out cemeteries!
Yet another reason why you are a fantastic human being. :D
Enjoyed the update
Awww, thank you ,Hilda! I love seeing you pop up in the comments. :D
So, I'm NOT the only weirdo who loves cemeteries?? I love history. Good to know!
No, I guess you aren't! Honestly, I thought it was just me, but several folks have said the same in response to this video. Who knew we weren't alone!!
Best of luck with the painting. Hope the weather cooperates with your timeline. Old man winter is creeping in.
Old man winter is definitely taking his time for us, and we are so grateful! The trees are all bare now but the grass is still green and we've had most days above 50 (and dry!) Still a race to finish before the snows start, but at least it's a race we can compete in. :P
Love your channel! Love watching your progress. Keep up the good work. A word of advice, make sure your painter fills in with wood putty the new railing balusters where they were screwed in and split, it's too bad they weren't pre drilled before screwing them on. Also, looks like the bottoms of the original porch posts have weep holes to allow water to escape and airflow so they don't rot out. I would caution having them cut off and replaced with stacked blocking unless the blocking is made from Trexx material or other non porous decking material.
The porch corner needs leveling, from my perspective.
I was also going to mention that the bottom of the porch posts need weep holes. Our old house has columns and the plinths have small gaps on all four sides, at the bottoms.
Oh, I had no idea that weep holes were a thing! Thank you Dallen and Brenda! That makes so much sense in hindsight but completely did not occur to us in the moment.
Ms. Agatha, good catch on the porch corner. We were told that it would settle once the new posts had been in for a month or two, and that is indeed what is happening. We'll be looking at them again to be sure all is well before the final bank inspection - and the certificate of occupancy inspection from the local health and safety office!
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing! So excited for your family!
Lovely to see you, Deanna! Thanks for being part of the journey!
Great pictures and Cemetaries are very fascinating! I remember when I was a child, we went to the cemetery with my mom and my sister disappeared, we searched for her and found her by a headstone with a picture of a little child on it. We asked her why she was over there, and my sister said she was just playing with that little girl...That was kinda creepy. LOL
Yeah, that is kinda creepy! I went through a brief ghost stories phase in middle school, and that sounds like the opening to one of the books I read. Cemeteries are fascinating, though!
Cemetaries can be interesting for sure. Certainly hope the weather holds out so you can start the painting of your beautiful home.
We've been really lucky so far with the weather! Given that we're 6 weeks past the "usual" first frost and well into late fall, we've had far less rain than expected.
I love exploring old cemeteries. It would be interesting for you visit Holy Cross Cemetery in Ovid, where the previous owners are buried.
I'm so glad I'm not the only one who loves old cemeteries. I'm curious what we'll find in the Ovid cemetery; the more we ask around, the more it seems like the previous Ferguson owners were absentee landlords.
Such great progress on the siding! My younger sister has a old small cemetery on her farm. Not sure of the name but several babies and young children which is sad. It is maintained very well by the county.
It is so satisfying to watch that siding go on! I am glad the county maintains the cemetery on your sister's farm. Apparently the one here was privately owned and not well kept until someone made it their mission to revamp it and get a whole new board of directors!
It's really coming along😅
Thanks, Anthony! I think my favorite thing about the siding is that it's such an easy and appealing change to see (unlike wiring in the walls, which is satisfying but not visually interesting!)
Painting!!! I can’t remember if you told us the paint color 🤔 I’m hoping for white or yellow. I love cemeteries too!
I absolutely LOVE yellow, and we did think about that briefly! But since she's already white and has the green accents inside, we've gone with white and a darkish green. :D
Hope it's warm enough to paint. 😊
So far, it has been! Apparently outside paint dries in a few hours, and we've been lucky enough to have quite a few dry days above 50 degrees.
@HoneyAppleFarm so glad to hear from you. Thanks. Well that's great news about drying in a couple hours. I love your place. That big porch is a favorite of mine also. Looking forward to your future posts.
@@kennethcrace6181 Apparently the reason the paint dries so quickly has to do with its latex base. :) I love that big porch; it's what caused me to take a second look at the listing the first time I saw it! I'm excited to share more updates with you. :D
Loving your updates, that sunrise was gorgeous! My mom had a lot of old sayings as she was raised on a dairy farm. Sunrise and sunsets were used to predict the weather. It went something like this:
Red at night, sailor's delight (predicting good weather tomorrow)
Red in the morning, sailor's take warning (predicting rain/snow/wind-unpleasant weather).
No idea why it's a Sea reference but like I said, she had a lot of old sayings. Always proved to be accurate though!
I remember my mom telling me that rhyme when I was young, and she didn't know where it came from either! We've had several beautiful sunsets here, but not many pink-orange sunrises.
so, will it be white house & porch...forest green trim & shutters and robin's egg blue on the ceiling of the wrap around porch? How was my guess?
Your guess is spot on except for the ceiling of the porch! We're keeping the ceiling white for now, just for simplicity. And we don't have shutters yet, but the window trim will be a darkish green. :D
Beware the finger Lakes beauty will get in your DNA and its a good thing😊
I think it already is! What a truly magnificent countryside.
Shhh. Don't tell anybody ☺️
@@erwinaddison2030 LOL.
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Thanks, Shelbie!
The Pinky orange hue May be from the fires in New Jersey
That could very well be so. Still beautiful!
Heya , nice to see you ❤
these sunrises are great... but... fitting for the cemetery stories... in Germany they say red dawn, the rooster is dead in the evening... and like you, I find cemeteries interesting too... MREs are good for 20 years plus.
By the way, thank you very much for your answer, like Mr. Darcy, great name, my cat Blacky is from the street and Otis is from the animal shelter because he was abandoned at 3 weeks old.
And.. i can not wait till your porch is done, are you going to do lights and deco for xmas?
Well hello Marie! How lovely to see you here. I did not know about red dawns leading to dead roosters. Do you know where that comes from? More importantly, is it true?!
I can't imagine anyone abandoning a cat at 3 weeks old, and yet I know it happens. How wonderful for Blacky and Otis that you took them in. :D
We are also really excited for the porch! We definitely want to decorate for Christmas, though in all honesty it won't be this year as we still don't have electrical service done (and likely won't be moving in until just around or after Christmas). But yes - BIG plans for decorating that porch in future!
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Thank you!
That deck looks really saggy on the corner!
We were told to expect some settling as the ground adjusts to the new supports, so you're not wrong that a couple of places have settled more than others.