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50+ Degrees

The three days following Thanksgiving were unbelievably warm.  Temperatures in the mid-50s and low 60s. The days dawned sunny and clear.  On Sunday morning two deer grazed below the pond as the sun came up.

Saturday we had a cookout and saw an ermine that was living in our wood pile.

Saturday [...]

Barn Roof Painted

After twenty five years I got the barn roof painted.  Not a task I relished so I had it done.

New Imagery

I did a search today and found that updated imagery had been loaded into Google.  It was taken between July 20 and August 2.  I had a lot of fun looking at the details of the image to help determine the exact date.  Based on the tree shadows I believe the picture was taken late [...]

The New Back Deck

Nearly finished the new back deck bridges the gap between the old deck on the south side of the house and the garage/mud room.

It provides a very sheltered area from the wind and we moved the table and chairs to this area.

Inside work continues on the attachment.  The knotty pine is [...]

Labor Day Weekend

Thursday night all the AYSO soccer coaches met at the HP Library for discussion and to pick our teams.  I am an assistant coach working with Doug Wynne this year.  Our U10 boys team has 13 kids.  This year they play 7 v 7 with a goalie.

Friday I worked.  We got the lawn mowed [...]

Garage Trusses

On Tuesday the crane arrived and lifted the trusses into place over the garage. The end truss and wall for the south were the first to go up.

 

 

 

Eric and Trevor watch as the last truss (and northern wall) go up to be nailed into place.

 

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Roof Goes On

 

Friday the door and windows went into the living room.  It provides a lot of glass on the south side and a great view.

The roofing joists went on the addition today.

 

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Garage and Siding

We returned from our weekend camping trips to find the concrete block walls in place and the back filling of dirt around the walls.

Next the floor for the garage was poured, the walls framed for the garage and attachment and wrapped with Tyvek.

The laundry room and bathroom will be located on [...]

Foundation is Backfilled

When I came home Wednesday afternoon Troy Cole and company were just finishing up back-filling around the foundation walls.  This is the view from our kitchen door. In the future this will exit into the mud room attached to the garage.

This is looking west towards the two car garage.  Concrete is to be [...]

Beginning The Concrete Block Wall

After the footings were poured concrete blocks were delivered and row one of the block wall was laid out.