How I Developed my Arkansas Ozarks land from Texas

This short-story sprang off a different, recent short-story, "Angel Creek: Finally a yard!!!" I'll put a link at the end. I went back and added this part. I then updated the first story and created this as a stand-alone. xo

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"How I Developed my Arkansas Ozarks land from Texas"

Angel (this part is now in my story I wrote about bringing in the heavy machinery for the first time, to clear my front yard. I'm now describing how I took it to that point where I could):

"I did it placing local ads. Year after year we dug it out, weedeating, chainsawing. By hand. All by hand. I'd place an ad. I'd hire a local. He'd/She'd go out there and take photos/videos and send them to me. I'd tell them what I wanted them to do next. I'd buy the tools. I'd pay them first to prove I was honest. Sometimes they were honest, sometimes they weren't. If they weren't I wouldn't hire them again. If they were, I would. They'd do the work. They'd send me photos. I'd put the photos in a folder on my computer with their name and what they did.

I'd write any stories that popped up (how I got my Cryptid photos; I always specified the photos they took for me belonged to me so I could write my stories). I'd try to decide whether or not to tell them about the Cryptids. I'd decide yes, it was only fair. I would. They wouldn't care, just wanted the money.

I'd search the photos as soon as they sent me the "Before" ones, while they were there, to keep them safe, unknown to them. I'd send possible Cryptids photos to my expert friends I've culled out of the Cryptid groups who know their stuff (there is a saying in the groups "there are no experts," but yes, there are and I found them.) My expert friends would confirm or find ones I didn't see. I'd write my stories. I'd tell the workers but they didn't care. They just wanted the money.

That's pretty much how I did it. If one worker didn't work out, I'd just place another ad and find a new one and keep going. I've only been there myself a very, very few times. But I know it like the back of my hand and I love it like my safety net. I did everything one baby step at a time, paying as I went. That means no debt. Safety net/Security. Plus it was a blast, a lot of fun to figure everything out, walk with God, write my stories. I came back and added this 1/8/26 at 10:50 pm. I think I'll leave it here, and also go turn it into it's own story. I'm finding people like me who like this idea. So I thought I'd go deeper for them."

***Now back to what I was originally saying***

"Angel Creek: Finally a yard!!!" is HERE

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Written January 8, 2026 at 10:56 pm