The good news is that our family, our animals and our homes are safe. The good news is that no one was hurt. The good news is that we remain committed to opening Papa's Pumpkin Patch on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009.
Perhaps our greatest challenge is the smallest of things: one of the horses crawled through the fence yesterday, and we have no tools to repair it. They were lost in the fire. Several straw bales that framed and insulated the deck are still smoldering and we had no equipment to manage it well. (We are most grateful to Bobcat for letting us use one of their track loaders to assist in this critical effort.)
Of course we can get these things, it's just the transition we need to make from running to the quonset to grab the fence stretcher, post pounder and fence pliers, to the recognition we need to running to town and buying these things. And you know what? We really liked our "mostly used" stuff.
I'll keep you updated on how we plan to rebuild,
Papa
2 comments:
Hanh "Papa". Everything is "used" after the first time.. as for 'been used a lot' stuff - that's generally my favorite stuff, cuz it has proven it can do the job over n over n over. I continue to send prayers.. D Ndn
an after-thought.. wish I had known about the fire 'right when'.. I have 2 fence-stretchers & would have been happy to bring one over. So sorry..
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