Pete's Greens Prize sweater at the new barn--construction site.

Woo Hoo! It's done, knitting, photography and everything.

First of all, I want to send a big thank you to Susan and Jenny at Juniper Moon Farm, who made this possible. The giveaway/fund-raiser they put together raised over $11,000.00 to help rebuild the barn. I am so moved when I think about it.

This seemed so far away back in January when I learned about the fire at Pete's Greens. Construction has begun on the barn, and you can read about it on the farm blog, here. It is definitely mud season. My husband, also a Pete, tried to get photos last week, when construction was really just beginning, but it was just too muddy and he and the three older kids had not brought their mudboots. Don't worry--they made sure to keep the sweater in its plastic bag until absolutely necessary!

They drive right by Pete's every week on their way to and from their violin and piano lessons, so he gave it a try again this Thursday, and they brought their boots. They had to walk a quarter mile down to the barn site, and really there's not much to see besides mud, but the kids are standing next to the walls that have already been built. In fact the wall you see is a 30" thick wall for a freezer, if I understand correctly from the blog. Fintan's mud boot got stuck in the mud, and his foot came right out, so that he fell down--he doesn't look too upset about it.

This has been such a lovely experience for me.