First Post

Thanks to my friend, Marilyn, I have finally agreed to start my own blog.  She has been after me for some time now to do this.  I have been hesitant because I felt I didn't need another commitment, but I will admit I have really enjoyed her blog along with many others.  Thanks to my good friend Marilyn who has so happily said things like "you should add a bus stop to your train station" my minis sometimes grow.  I have taken her advise mostly because she is usually right.  She is definitely the idea go-to person.  However, unlike Marilyn, I cannot mini by the seat of my pants because I do not have a golden horseshoe.  I plan, design, and then build.  So....here goes.

I have started a major project.  I am making a replica of the family homestead farmhouse.  It is a major undertaking.  I'll post as I go along but there will be weeks when I post some other project I have made.  Variety...that's always good.   Someday I would love to do the family homestead in Ireland.  But that's another project.

Just a little bit about the farmhouse.  I grew up on a large farm in southern Quebec.  I have six siblings and consequently the farmhouse is large.  It is a two and a half story house measuring (in miniature, of course) 24 X 38 inches.  This is a picture of the farmhouse I am building.

I started by building the inside ground floor walls.  I did this mostly because I wasn't sure how I want to do the exterior walls.  I want to be able to see in every room in the house.  I will have to decide soon but in the meantime I am waiting for wood so I can work on the inside walls and making furniture..