Ol' McDonald Farm

Good morning, morning!

Hello sunshine!

Wake up sleepy head.

The sunrise in this room will always be rising and beautiful!

Well, it is what it is! Karl has now decided that we are going to buy some acreage and build. This has come from a long line of processing and since we would rather build on land in Texas we have come to an agreement that downstairs, Urbandale will have to do for now...


Our little cowboys seem to be happy aobut that as they roll around on the new carpet...dirt on the farm!

So, the painting is done, the carpet is installed and the Ol’ McDonald Farm is finished. The closet has shelves, the dresser and changing table...finished, the base boards have been stained but the tree still needs leaves. Other than that, the farm is ready for it’s little poult (Mom has named Baby K “baby poult” since we are due around Thanksgiving. The Rancher and his wife are ready to meet baby poult.

Welcome to Ol’ McDonald’s Farm, located in a suburb of Des Moines in a cute little town called Urbandale (downstairs). Yes, one of the few things that I actually painted in detail, I painted crooked. I painted the pole on the right. It has my dad's character of his flag pole that he built in Paris.The blankety, white wall, blank farm,

now has an Aggie approved “classy” barn!

Here are the pictures of all of the hard work Rancher Karl has done. We are minus base boards (have them, just not installed yet) and the tree has leaves (purchased, just not tacked on). I will post final pictures when the room is completely set up and I have my living room back in order…Hallelujah!

You have four white walls,

What do you get?

A custom closet,

And paint and sweat!

My favorite of all are the two sets of animals. Karl did such a fantastic job all the way around. But I like the Hampshire Sheep and the Santa Gertrudis Cows! I think they are priceless! The sheep are grazing in the pasture on the south wall and the cattle are in front of the hay bales and sunrise on the east wall (near the barn).

Here is Karl's favorite spot. He probably worked the hardest and longest on this patch of corn. It is non-genetically altered Iowa corn. He did a shoot up job on it!

Sorry I didn't get a good pictures of the leafless tree...we'll try harder next time (it comes up over the ceiling)! Now that you have seen some of the detail...here are the big pictures!