The Adventure Continues

[newowneroldmontana]

Yikes, snakes! I bet there are lots of snakes around, both venomous and not. I think it would be a good idea for you to have an emergency vet in mind, and a plan for what to do for your doggies, in case they run across somebody slithering who's not so harmless. The snakes will be out early, in the morning and late in the evening, too, I think--nobody likes the heat!

[mlh]

Thanks for the update.
My brother and I used to camp on a Plantation in South Carolina, the Cowden. We would camp 2 miles from the owner’s home. No one to bother you nothing but nature, near Heaven on earth except of course the mosquitoes.
Lynwood

[DutchmenSport]

I've almost completed the inventory of all the contents in the Plantation House. I started doing this when I was here Jan, Feb, Mar and "they" wanted me to continue this time also. So, I picked up where I left off, and on those days when it fits in, I'm doing inventory. The only thing left were books, literally .... hundreds of "ancient" books. But, they need another accounting. In "it's" history, this is the 4th time doing an inventory. So, notes are being compared to the prior inventories to ensure all the items listed before are still here! I'm just making the list. Someone else is doing the cross referencing and creating a new data base.

Any, as I've had opportunity to actually handle some of these old books, I've been keeping a mental note of the oldest book here. And I think I finally found it today.

Well, there are actually 2 books that grabbed my attention. The first is a book written in French. But when I looked for the date, it 1824! What struck my attention, this book is exactly 200 years old! I sat there and gazed at this work and could only wonder about 200 years worth of history!



The oldest book is dated 1789 (The Roman Numerals at the bottom of the title page). The name of this book is called: The Christian Religion Containing The Universal Theology of the New Church Which was foretold by the Lord in Daniel, Chap. vii. 5, 13, 14, and in the Apocalypse, Chap. xxi. 1,2. By Emanuel Swedenborg, Servant of the Lord Jesus Christ. Translated from the original Latin.

(So .... how's THAT for a title of a book!

Now! That book is 235 years old!

[DutchmenSport]

Another project completed, built all from scratch. It's the sun dial stand located between the Oakley House and the outside plantation kitchen. The original was rotting out and chunks of wood were simply falling off. It looked unsightly.

The marble top is not anchored down, nor is the actual sun dial. When I lifted the top off, I looked down the inside of the shaft and it went down over 5 feet, and probably 2 or more feet in the ground. It looked like it was built on a block foundation (under ground) and might have been some kind of concrete tank for something. I'm not sure, no one knew the history either.

So, to keep from having to dig down 4 or 5 feet into the ground, I decided to simply make a sleave that would fit right over the top of the old one, since the main frame is still strong. So, that's what I did. I then cleaned up the actual metal sun dial.

Here's what it looked like before starting:



Here's the finished job.





Now, off to the next project.

I'm still doing house tours and still doing black smith demonstrations. I see the end of my stay approaching all too fast now. Well be leaving Saturday, June 29 for North Carolina.

[mlh]

Perfect. Looks like it belonged there.
Lynwood

[daboom11]

Does that book happen to say anything about the books of Enoch, or jubilees?