We've now spent three months living and working at Whistlestop, and the other day I had time to look around and take stock of how things are going. In short- Fantastic!! Living here, and doing the things that I do each day, is every bit as satisfying and fulfilling as I could ever have hoped for.
Despite the slow and erratic progress on our Cottage, I am absolutely thrilled that it is coming together very well now. It will, no doubt, be a truly superb place to live. Now that the rendering is finished there will be steady progress until it's ready for us to move into, hopefully mid-October. The verandahs are going on this week, which will improve it's appearance somewhat. I'm really happy with the style of it too, exactly what I'd hoped for. The views in every direction are outstanding!
I'm really enjoying the mowing that I'm doing in the vicinity of the cottage. Now that a fair amount of it has been done- which was very hard work- I have now developed a system of doing bite-size bits of mowing, with each section improving the overall look without being an arduous task. Each bit I do leads to another obvious 'next' bit to do. Very satisfying to see it all looking so good. I'm looking forward as well to the day when I can start planting new trees and creating some gardens in our rocky areas, too. We're extremely lucky to have such a fantastic 'yard'.
Preparation of the Trainbarn site was put on hold while I've concentrated on the mowing up top, but I'm really looking forward to completing that preparation soon. And then, of course, the construction proper can start, which will be very exciting! The Trainbarn garden is looking really good, and will be well established by the time the Trainbarn is open. I'm enjoying the gardening very much.
I've pegged out the miniature railway alignment in the vicinity of the Trainbarn, and very much looking forward to laying the track in that area. I'm as excited as ever about building and operating this railway!!
I've mentioned the potential of producing honey on Whistlestop, from our wild Jellybush tea-tree bushland, and we'll be placing some hives in a really suitable position very shortly, hoping for our first harvest of honey late this year. I'm looking forward to learning more about this process, and sampling the results!
I'm also very pleased to be living in the Granite Belt area generally, there is a lot going on and it's just a beaut place to live!!
The future at Whistlestop looks very good indeed!!
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