Wednesday, November 5, 2008

A visit to Found Around / Fred's World

On a recent trip to the Hill Country we had a chance to visit Andy and Susan of Found Around. They shared their family and 10 acres of Freds World, where they are turning a former Army warehouse into a home. My camera battery died, so I had to take these shots of the area with my cell phone.









An Outside Living area of Fred's World



















More room outside!!
















This is the Bucket tree a hill country exclusive




























This is going to be a table someday. Andy has the eye of an artist, the dreams of a cowboy, and the skills and abiltiies for both. Susan is supportive of their dreams, and Andy too.
















This represents what happens in the Hill Country for stuff that stays a little too long. It is a metal vulture at the trough.










This is Andy and Susan's grand baby who won a blue ribbon for best cow at the Halloween Carnival that was held in town.















I look forward to more road trips, hearing from you, and seeing more of this grow.



























16 comments:

Nina said...

Great blog, I enjoyed it very much. Your pictures are great. I am from North Texas and we have some of those metal birds around here. None displayed as well though. Keep up the good work.
Nina Havins
aka Sam's Nana
blog: Grandma's Kitchen

Garden Antqs Vintage said...

Glad to see pics of Susan and Andy's place. What a cute grandbaby!!

Mindy said...

Well, look at who sat down and blogged! Where you been? Nice pics and write up. ~Mindy

The Texas Woman said...

Loved it when you said, "Andy has the eye of an artist, the dreams of a cowboy, and the skills and abiltiies for both."

See how good you are at this?

The Texas Woman

Anonymous said...

Rene, You're too sweet! Those pictures did turn out pretty darn good. We had a great time with you guys and I hope you can make it back soon so we can have more time to spend together. My favorite photo is that adorable baby! Thanks for the moral support. We did actually work some at the station last night! Love ya,

Lauri Evans said...

Well well well...welcome back darlink! Glad you had a chance to see Sweet Susan and Cowboy Andy. that grandbaby looks EXACTLY like Susan!
miss you...ox lulu

trash talk said...

Hey, I don't know how to transfer photos from my phone so you're one up on me. Great pictures. I think I saw the vulture hovering over my checkbook! Deb

time worn interiors said...

An Army Warehouse? Very interesting, I must see pictures of that! Go back soon!
Theothertheresa

French Vanilla said...

Rene,so good to meet you and spend some time visiting. Looking forward to seeing you soon. Love the idea of re-purposing a building into a home. I'd love to have a barn...the ones in PA are built with stone, so cool. Blessings. Peg

Anonymous said...

Rene, I didn't get your e-mail photos of "God"! I tried to e-mail you and it was returned. Please call me when you're not working. There's an estate sale in Thorndale Saturday 15th. Susan

Mindy said...

Renee, honey...Deb has started a rumor that your house rocks! Post pics of your abode post haste. I did see your booth while in Sulpher Springs. Now, show off the digs. The more primitives, the happier I'll be. Love the sun porch! ~Mindy

Anonymous said...

Rene, I'm with Deb, show us the homestead! I want to see the guest house also. Hope to see ya soon

Lauri Evans said...

Excuse me, is this where we beg for photos, your adoring audience awaits. Love you, Lauri @ chippys

PJHornbergerFolkArtist.com said...

OK, where's the next post at? Get it going girlfriend, I neeeed something to read. Kiss that dawg for me. ~PJ

LaurieAnna's Vintage Home said...

Wow, great blog! Glad I found you! Your junkin pics are awesome, especially love the sink!

Thanks for the post!

LaurieAnna

delighted heart said...

hey girl.....thanks for the comments! if I can do this so can you!!! the photo thing had me scared but I finally figured out you have to load the pics in reverse order. Yeah lets do lunch next time you come up....Hope you are having a wonderful December!
Hugs!
Patti