Photo Archive

The place, while it was changing.

A short visual record of the farm years: fields and animals, earthwork and stone, and the improbable process of building a pond around a 1963 Chris Craft.

2018

Fields, animals, and the first routines.

Wild meadow at Daybreak Farm beneath a patterned evening sky — The meadow at the edge of the trees.

Andrew stacking hay with a farm dog nearby — Stacking hay, with supervision.

Green fenced pasture and animal shelter viewed from the house — The pasture in its greener season.

Gotland sheep grazing near their barn — Gotland sheep working through the pasture.

2020

Moving earth and rebuilding the grade.

Freshly graded earth behind a newly built stone retaining wall — Fresh grade behind the stone terrace.

Finished stone retaining wall surrounding the planted terrace — The terrace after the wall and grading were finished.

Oblique aerial view of the pond under construction around the Chris Craft — The pond taking shape around the boat, December 2020.

2020-2024

A boat, a hole, and eventually a pond.

The 1963 Chris Craft supported above the unfinished pond liner — The Chris Craft raised while the pond work continued below it.

Wood-paneled salon inside the Chris Craft during restoration — The salon became a workshop, office, and occasional Warhammer room.

Top-down drone view of the boat centered in the pond excavation — From above, the plan made a little more sense.

Finished pond and Chris Craft viewed from the planted shoreline — The shoreline after the planting settled in.

Wide view across the finished pond and landscaped bank — The finished pond from farther back, 2024.

The full chronology, including the less photogenic parts, lives in the journal archive.