You could kind of say it was an old fashioned barn raising.

We wanted a barn critters would be happy in. Drawn to, even. Of the earth, and of nature.

On a recent trip to South Carolina, where it’s warm in October, I spied a small lizard creeping around on the second floor of an apartment building. The lizard watched something from his perch behind a rafter, though I’m not sure what had captured his attention. His gaze was so intent that I don’t …