Martha Ave Update 5-12-15

The moving truck showed up today on the Illinois house.  The Sachse house is now about a week behind due to all the rain.  Right now we don’t have a final closing date but hoping for sometime before Memorial Day weekend. I was able to walk through it and get a few updated photos.

KJ5D1858 Our SubdivisionKJ5D1856 We have concrete and graded today!KJ5D1779 12 and 14 foot ceilings mean extra tall front door.  I am guessing 9 feet tall.

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Office Doors are finished.

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All tray ceilings are done.

KJ5D1786 KJ5D1787 KJ5D1790 KJ5D1796 Light fixtures are in and plastic off the windowsKJ5D1797 KJ5D1799 Trim around the islandKJ5D1800 Finally a gas cooktop after 12 years of electricKJ5D1802 Built in Microwave and oven

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The hardwood was covered with paper, but this closet wasn’t covered.KJ5D1829

Laundry room still missing base cabinet and counter top.KJ5D1838 KJ5D1839 KJ5D1845

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Our pool for the summer of 2015, five houses down the street.KJ5D1853

Hopefully we will be able to limit the numbers of nights in the hotel.  More in the adventure to come.

Life is good and I am blessed!

Kent

 

Urbana Grand Prix

Yesterday I finally got to watch my son Matt race in a road race.  I have seen him race mountain bikes several times but I had kind of avoided the road races.  Mountain bikes hit speeds of 15 to 18 MPH, and crashes are mostly on dirt.  Road races a different story.  Speeds pushing upper 30’s and crashes on concrete.

Matt raced the Urbana Grand Prix, and he even made the local paper.  Check out some of Matt’s photos and write ups over on his blog at Cycles In Life

PBKJ1639-FrameShopPBKJ1584-FrameShop PBKJ1599-FrameShop PBKJ1630-FrameShop PBKJ1735-FrameShop PBKJ1738-FrameShopLife should get back to some type of normalcy soon, until then I’ll post when I can.

Life is good and I am blessed!
Kent

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Texas Blue Bonnets

30 or 40 acres of Texas Blue Bonnets are right down the street from the new subdivision. Thought I better take a photo of the Texas State Flower.

KJ5D1507_8_9_tonemapped-FrameShopWish i would have had a tripod and some cool clouds in the sky. Oh well you have to roll with what you are given!

Life is good and I am Blessed!

Kent

Martha Ave Update 4-20-15

I am working out of our Richardson Office this week.  Was able to run over and check on the house tonight after work.  It is about 30 days out and coming along nicely.  What do you think?

Here is what we bought and what it looked like on 3/28/15.  Martha Ave

Here is what it looks like as of 4/20/15

The front with Brick and Stone onKJ5D1444 Our Cedar ShuttersKJ5D1445 Stone address plaqueKJ5D1446 Front guest Bath

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Front guest roomKJ5D1448 KJ5D1449

Office looking in

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Office looking out.  Door glass is still taped off.KJ5D1451

They call this the owner landing zone. Right off the garage entrance.

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Media Room, will start out as the main storage area.KJ5D1453 Media room looking back towards the hall doorKJ5D1454 The SAFE room.  This closet is 6 X 6 and has block walls.  As close to a basement as you get down here.KJ5D1455 Arched formal dinning room with curved tray ceiling.KJ5D1456 Second guest bathKJ5D1457

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Laundry room, waiting on base cabinets, wall cabinets, and granite.  KJ5D1460 Second Guest roomKJ5D1461 KJ5D1462

Coat Closet

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The fireplace and mantel.KJ5D1465 KJ5D1466 KJ5D1467 Family RoomKJ5D1469Kitchen with cabinets and granite in.KJ5D1468  KJ5D1470 KJ5D1471 KJ5D1472 KJ5D1473 KJ5D1474 Kitchenette / breakfast areaKJ5D1475 Extra drywall insertsKJ5D1476 Master bump outKJ5D1477 Master looking back in from bump-outKJ5D1478 I lost!  Sharon got glass tile.  At least I kept it out of the kitchen.KJ5D1479 Close up of glass to prove it is actually installed.KJ5D1480 KJ5D1481 KJ5D1482

Master linen closet

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Master walkin closet

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Our door designs

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Extra kitchen lightsKJ5D1487 Back of houseKJ5D1488 Dining room side of houseKJ5D1489 BackKJ5D1490 Master side of house (pool will curve in this corner of yard.KJ5D1491 The Bug System

KJ5D1493 House two doors down.  These become charged lines that drip for 90-120 days and only have to be charged every 90 days via a port. Verses having a service spray every 2 weeks.KJ5D1494 See how it runs between brick and wall. The blue run inside the hose and the green run outside.KJ5D1495 The charging port on a finished houseKJ5D1498KJ5D1496 KJ5D1497  My powerful rental car for this trip!

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Lots of people have been asking for house updates.  I know this isn’t wildlife or anything to exciting, but it is what is going on in my life right now.

Life is good and I am blessed!

Kent

Squirrel

I got a taste of Great Horned Owl photography a couple weeks ago.  I checked ebird.org and sure enough there is an active Great Horned Owl in one of our local parks.  It has been seen daily for over a month.  I headed out to find it and the nest.  I have gone three times and yet to find an owl or the nest.  I thought I had the nest tree but ended up being this squirrel stuff into this hole.  Oh well at least I got to walk in the woods a little.

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I have been pretty busy with selling and buying a house.  Bare with me during our move to Texas.  People asked me what type of wildlife I might be shooting down there, and I am not sure.  I’ll find something to photograph down there.

More to come!

Life is good and I am blessed!
Kent

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