Soar-Dream-France: Zip-a-dee doo-dah...

Zip-a-dee doo-dah...

Progress, progress, progress and many many ahas and epiphanies along the way.

I'm gleaning perspective from my previous journals and blog posts that bring me total barn joy.

It also reconfirms for me that the barn is an intricate piece to the puzzle of this place and my life here.

Enjoying every inch and step of the new roof process of the barn in the moment, takes me back to the memories and moves me forward to our future.

Watching the work on our side, it's clear to me that the beams on this side were in much worse shape. These were so wavy that they sometimes needed to be braced on both sides OR needed an extra piece of wood slipped into a spot between the old beam and the new wood.

So much work! And, so far it's still only Didier. I continue to be amazed at the amount of work he gets done on his own each day.

Returning from holidays in the states in 2009, I'd talked with Mom and Dad face to face about buying the barn.

We'd talked about it by phone, but taking the plunge required more. I wanted to be sure they knew how important it was to me, and they did. As soon as I got back here and I knew it was a go...the post from the archives below shares the beginning of the process from here...Enjoy and Happy Tuesday!

From the Archives-December 30, 2009

...zip-a-dee-ay, My, oh my, what a wonderful day, plenty of sunshine headin' my way,zip-a-dee-do-dah, zip-a-dee-ay---Mr. Bluebird's on my shoulder, it's the truth, it's factual, everything is satisfactual!

And why would I be singing such a song over here? This morning Greg, his friend Alphonse and I met with Raoul and Christelle about the barn.

We (Dal, Sam, the Chatette, Monsieur Winkelmann, my family and friends) said YES! So, our WE will be growing. WE are very happy. If you look at the photos below, the evidence is "partout" (everywhere)!

It is going to be a step by step, petit à petit, as my French friends say...but today WE said OUI!