Rusty Seeds
Welcome! We are a small real estate company in Buffalo, NY. We seek to provide excellent customer service to our tenants and maintain all of our properties with great care.
The Sound of Birds
PREGNANT IN A FOREST I'm 37 weeks pregnant and up at Story Road. Chris, our contractor, and another guy are working on the house today (and it is really looking like a house!). They are working on the trusses: those big triangles that shape the roof. Vincent and I...
Wintering
WINTERING I am writing to you on January 4th. I'm 22 weeks pregnant and sick with bronchitis, which I got from a recent trip to France. I can't really complain. Anyone who ends a sentence about getting sick with "a recent trip to France" can't complain, even though I...
How to Build a House
PLANS It's a rainy day here in Buffalo. The temperature is in the fifties. It's the first day of October. The trees yawn in their morning slumber. My cat meows softly in the background, as he cuddles into a warm blanket that I have on my bookshelf. I have a pot of...
Redefining a House
WHEN A HOUSE IS A HAUS Nearly every day at 3pm, Vincent and I sit down to watch Youtube videos about house construction. We call this "Coffee Construction Hour." With a homemade latte and slippers on, we watch all sorts of videos. The ones that I find the most...
Am I Turning into a Homesteader?
CARHARTT OVERALLS CHANGED MY LIFE I now own a pair of Carhartt overalls. They are orange. I got them for Christmas from my parents. Why did I want these, you might be thinking to yourself? Good question! I wanted them to look cool. Mission accomplished. I also wanted...
Watch us Freeze! Winter Camping in the Finger Lake
THE FINGER LAKES Last week, with two feet of snow on the ground and twenty degree temperatures, Vincent asked me if I wanted to winter camp in an RV in the Finger Lakes. Did I ever? Yes! I did. I quickly packed my warmest sweatpants. On the morning that we left, I...