Winter Welcome

Well its finally here... WINTER! We have been feverishly working to prepare for it and I am happy to announce that the progress has been good!

We have several projects in the works here this week, along with a bit of very exciting news! Please join us in welcoming a new addition to the Howard Hall Farm family; Blossom, the Jack Russel Terrier pup extraordinaire! (who calmly slumbers at my feet amidst all the clanging of work crews.)

In other animal news, Lambchop and Cookie have moved into their cold weather sleeping digs, which is outside the pasture, situated partly under the east-facing porch. By this time next winter the Pyrenees, along with the sheep and chickens will all have a barn to call their very own.












The late autumn weather has been unusually mild here in the Hudson Valley, so in this respect we have been very lucky in terms of our various winterizing projects. We have a new roof going on the vestibule this week which will undoubtedly add to the ever-increasing heat retention in the building.














We are buying up a ton (literally) of lovely old radiators in the coming weeks, so we'll be getting those up and running early in the new year. Other than that we are fairly weather-proofed and ready for Jack Frost.









In other projects, Reggie and crew are building a Gothic Studio in Kinderhook, which has been a treasure hunter's dream in the salvage department. Reggie found a slew of these beautiful gothic windows which are nearly restored, just putting on the final coat of paint!

We've had a fully-functioning kitchen pop up in the ground floor, seemingly overnight! This is especially great news for those of us who rely on a steady stream of coffee throughout the day. Already deemed the official gathering place of the mansion, as evidenced last week when we hosted a holiday gathering here at the farm consisting of crew, clients, friends, and neighbors. Good tidings indeed.

Stay tuned because as Reggie affectionately says "It never ends!". In the meantime, we'd like to wish you the very Happiest of Holidays and Best Wishes for 2007 from everyone here at Howard Hall Farm.