Designing and building a tiny self contained house disguised as a wing, with a chicken coop as its influence, has been both a challenge and a delight. Of course I am not doing the actual building. I was speaking metaphorically. The Kiwi Builder is doing all the building with a sure input to the structural logic of some of my designs too. One conversation had him telling me if I put a window that big in another wall the whole thing will fall on my head. Oh.
Here you can see the Goldilocks Windows. These will not fall on our heads. I designed the goldilocks windows to collect the first rays of the sun rising into the morning, and also allow that morning sunlight to come in these windows, out through the patio doors then drift straight into the main house during the winter. 
There is another rectangular window in this east wall too which will light the bed. (Not too big)You will see that later on. All the windows are framed but still boarded up so the Kiwi Builder can work in all weathers. 
These are South facing walls. More invisible windows here too. The recycled glasshouse will lean onto the main house, that little window you see on the left will be turned into a door – magic. The glass house will create the third wall of a South facing patio. I read that in the winter if you leave the interior glasshouse door open the glasshouse will help heat your house. That would be nice.
We began our vegetable study today. 
Below is a shot of stage two of the draft free pen. The babies tuck in there and Mama sleeps in the entrance watching over them. Eliminating any draft at all. They are now sleeping without their light. I have stopped it for two reasons. The fire risk being the main one. The second reason is that I think a heat lamp makes the lambs sleepy and lethargic. Now that it is off for most of the day they are up feeding from their mother much more often.
Today I opened the lambs door halfway so they could all get into the big middle pen. Mama had to get out. She started to call to get out of the little pen this morning. Her babies are getting all bouncy and excited and they need room to move, so would I. Mama and I are so much alike.
Did I tell you that I hate pigeons. Pigeons are messier than peacocks. 
The loft where all the hay was stored is starting to look frighteningly empty. I have more hay coming in three weeks, we just need to muddle through until then. The little lambs are already chewing on hay, good little lambies.
Kupa likes to perch under the big barn light. I know he is there to collect a tiny bit of warmth from the bulb but it really does look like he is hogging the spot light. 
Good morning.
We had a little storm in the night with a drop of snow, a howling wind and as I was going back to bed after midnight it started to rain ice. So the last feeding session was a slippery affair!
I am off out again now. It is 5.30 am. I have overslept by an hour. I never use an alarm. I just ensure last thing that I tell my brain how many hours sleep I can have. After the last feed I took off my inside out clothes, (clothes are always inside out or right way round in a rolling sequence through the night as I pull them off, lay them down in order and put them back on in the dark 4 hours later.) Anyway I forgot to tell myself to wake up in four hours and count the hours on my fingers (this is how I set my brain alarm) so simply slept until my normal wake up time.
It is an unusual talent.
So off I go now. I will need a hammer to break free the frozen door to the barn! My bottle of warm milk for the lambs sitting in the bucket of warm water for Mama and my hand warmers. Then I will come back in to rouse the milking assistant and gather the milking paraphernalia and we will proceed with the morning.
Have a lovely day.
celi
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63 responses to “The Goldilocks Windows”
I love seeing the house grow. What a wonderful home. And there is nothing more tender and dear than new lambs. “Little Lamb, who made thee?”
Just love the “Coupe” – you and the Kiwi builder have done a brilliant job. That’s a lovely living space that fits perfectly with the Farm. ( I can’t say Farmy, as diminutives make me want to throw up. Footballers, another of my dislikes, always add a “y” to each others names.)
I know you hate the farmy thing, actually it makes me laugh that you hate it! Ok I am off to take the dogs walkies!! (laugh).. c
What a Beautiful Addition – love the windows just makes it pop! Love Kupa and his “Spotlight” – one handsome dude indeed:) Happy Friday on the Farmy
It is wonderful seeing the coupe taking shape. How exciting when the windows go in. Each step a voyage of building discovery. . Happy warm wishes for a lovely week-end Celi. V.
It is a voyage, I love to learn new things.. and i am learning fast too!!
i love watching the coupe process! we are getting the ice storm right now!
Our storm was pathetic, poor you.. hope it is not too bad! c
I can do that also…just before I totally drift off to sleep I say to myself, I want to get up at 11:30, which I then do, and then I proceed to go and check on all things living, then I slide back into bed and tell myself I want to get up at 3:30 am and bong I do. After that I say…wake up for the day at 5:30! And my brain does. I then do all the morning things, get breakfast ready and wake up Terry to start his day. I have always been able to do this all of my life, even as a child. I wonder if I will still be able to do in the nursing home….ACKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK Let’s not even THINK about the nursing home…I’m NOT EVER GOING THERE…I hope!
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Come on over when you are old and i will build you a coupe! c
The coop is really coming along now, looking fantastic and very much a part of the farmy landscape already.
You are one amazing woman! best wishes and hugs
You’ll have to march sheep past the Goldilocks Windows!
Pigeon taste very good (not that far off pheasant). I’m not sure about America, but in Britain they are classed as vermin, so they can be shot all year round. Obviously you only want to eat wood pigeon – town pigeon really are vermin 😉
How about barn pigeon!?.. vermin?.. c
I would imagine barn pigeon eat good things. This is the really nice one to cook:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Wood_Pigeon
All pigeons are edible, but you wouldn’t want a town one that lives on KFC and cigarette buts. I’m sure yours are very good to eat 😉
Bizzy and chilly about sums up your life at present!
it sure does! c
Huh! Lambs 72 hours old on solids! And not even mush out of a Heinz tin 😉 ! Love the look the coupe is taking – it may be small but the design features seem just perfect! Full of light and am looking forwards to the glass house and espaliered apple trees . . . And don’t complain about your weather – flood rains coming down here again and it blew up to 135 Kms/hr up north yesterday!!
oh dear, that does sound pretty extreme, i shall stop complaining IMMEDIATELY! c
😉 !
I’ve done the countdown, too, on days I need to be up earlier than normal. It does work. The Coupe is really coming along!
Hope things warm up around there in due course . . . and that you enjoy a fireside read or two over the weekend.
It’s the early morning starts in the freezing weather that would finish me off. The Coupe looks as if it will provide extra insulation and shelter to the house in winter. I rather like its hair-skin shirt (some form of insulation??)
What a stunner of a building, c! Isn’t it incredible seeing a dream/drawing become reality? You might want to move in there and make it a studio.. just sayin’ :)xx