7 Years, 682 Blog Posts
They say that like 99.9 % of all blogs are abandoned, living lives of quiet desperation - unread, un-updated, and un-taken down. Just out there in cyberspace, casualties of lost enthusiasm. Of big plans scaled down. Of hyperbole tamed.
So our 2 blog posts a week, for 7 years, stands out as a remarkable effort of retained enthusiasm and effort. It's one of those things that just can't be faked, and one of the first things to go when a business hits a bump of prosperity or outlook. On the same hand, it's one of those things that can be out prioritized as a business grows and demands on time grow severe.
The Blog of Catskill Farms is a regular testament to our legitimacy, our survival, our progress, our focus and our belief that our clients get what we are doing, not just with our homes, but our general approach to business and life.
Very few marketing efforts trust their clients and potential clients enough to tell the truth. The personalization of our message, from Me to You, is an easy thing to take or leave - and luckily for us, enough families choose to take it to keep us in business for 11 years.
And to me, as the writer and editor, its a neat way to organize my thoughts and efforts when so much is won and lost on a daily basis.
Construction Progress
Barn 7 sold on Wednesday.
Cottage 45 is shaping up, with the interior painted and the kitchen going in.
And the Hudson River Renovation turning a major corner.
Our Projects
Stone Ridge Farmhouse ion 20+ acres- 2200 sq ft plus a finished basement.
Olivebridge NY 2100 sq ft Barn 9 on 5 acres rising beside this Old Heifer ('who's calling me old?' "Actually, who's calling me a heifer?")
Hudson River Modern Rehab
1390 sq ft Cottage 45 in Barryville.
Barn VII, 1750 sq ft, in Barryville closing tomorrow.
Mini Barn in Barryville - all 720 sq ft of it.
1800 sq ft Farm 24 in Woodstock NY.
Then we got Cottage 46 starting in December in Rhinebeck.
And Cottage 47 starting in Narrowsburg in November.
And Barn 10 starting in Narrowsburg in December, unspoken for.
That's a lot of construction.
Miami Beach
So, I was on my way home from sending back UPS-like the sales closing papers for Barn 7, that is all done and ready for the new owners, and at the same time taking advantage of their Notary Public services to have my affidavit and lawsuit against Jeff Meola and Chris Ryan notarized and faxed back so they can have a pleasant weekend contemplating the destruction and retribution I shall levy on them, and so it was getting late and I'm tooling around on my new bike cruiser and came across the beginning of the Miami Beach HS Homecoming football game in Flamingo Park (yes, the same park in which I'm taking tennis lessons from a real mean no nonsense bastard).
You're not gonna believe this - guess what the school sports team's name is -
The High Tides. Yep. The High Tides. I thought that was great.
The new beach bike, fully outfitted-
Carrying rack with mesh net with flashing back light-
Krypton lock with water bottle...
Nother place to store things.
Front light and odometer.
My new old school Wilson getup for the courts.
And the beach.
