Cold weather is making for little to no progress on the house as there is no boiler therefore no heat. Last weekend however I managed to rent a wood chipper and clean up the badly overgrown front yard.  I got rid of all the saplings, thorn bushes, brush, and dead and fallen trees.

     This photo of the front of the house from August shows some of the thorn bushes on the left:

After I cut everything down and chipped it up, there is actually a nice front yard:

Now I can see the house from the road, and I can see the Delaware River from the front porch!

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