Water lines and wonderful pasture

The weather in Eastern Kansas has been fabulous, perfect for growing beautiful tall grass in our pastures. So Brent and I had a little picnic Friday evening in the summer kitchen at the farm. We opened up the double doors and enjoyed the breeze and the quiet evening birdsongs. We even took a walk out to the draw to see if the pecan trees were alive.

Here's what we found:

Me (with a little wine) in the lush pasture.

And, yes, the 2 pecan trees are coming back.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed that we will have pecans before I'm 60.

It was a very beautiful evening. And on our walk we saw many flowers blooming in the pasture including: rudbeckia, yarrow, Deptford pink, and spider milkweed. Strangely we also noticed the blackberries on the west side of the draw that in previous years had been thick are now nearly gone. Hopefully they are still growing on the West side and in the fencerows.

The most exciting development we noticed in the construction of the house was the water lines. They have been installed and we have hydrants for the greenhouse and the barn. We also can see the placement of the cisterns for rainwater collection.

The water line enters the house on the West side (right behind where Brent is standing).
The orange rectangle is the placement of the 2000 gal. cistern.

This is the hydrant that will provide water for the greenhouse.

This orange rectangle marks the placement of the 1000 gal. cistern
where we will collect the run-off from the east side of the house.

And our septic tank was installed.
Unfortunately all the yuccas in the area were destroyed.
I wouldn't be surprised if I could revive them by simply sticking them in the ground.

This is the second hydrant we had installed. It will provide water to the barn.

Before we ended our very fun evening, Brent took this awesome picture. It's the view through one of the rectangular cut glass pieces in the sidelight by the front door. I'm hoping the front door, when it's installed, will have a few spots at my height so I can enjoy this view without a stool.

Two girls fishing from a paddle boat in the pond across the street to the West.