Animals
Christmas Eve's ice storm left us with a few fallen trees and limbs.Cleaning up was a necessity as one of the trees had fallen over the lane from the barn to the house. This road will be used tomorrow for delivery of our log home beams.
Construction continued the day after Christmas. All of the walls seen in the previous pictures were finished up to the level of the beams (ceiling). It is more exciting than I could have imagined. Even though we know this house so well on paper....as it goes up, each little step has surprises along the way.
I was looking at the window frames yesterday, and was amazed at just how enormous the windows are. On paper, they just don't seem so big. It is all good, though, as I like a lot of natural light and the windows are of a good quality and energy efficient.
- Why Am I Working While Everyone Else Is Sleeping?
Finally,after months and months of waiting...Spring has arrived on the farm! Yesterday reached 68 degrees.I worked in the garden for 6 hours in a t-shirt.Let me tell you...it was heaven.The feel of sun on my skin...wind in my hair...heaven! And while...
- Picnic, Anyone?
Yesterday was day one of a new building project here on the farm.We are building a picnic pavilion in the woods. There is a small area of woods next to our vegetable garden that has had a lot of fallen trees in the past few years. Wind damage...
- Construction Update
Another busy week of construction has flown by. The walls on the first and second floors are painted and all of the tongue and groove panelling is in place...and it looks great! It is finally starting to look like a home on the inside. Here is the living...
- Clear Skies
Clear skies make for great construction days. Today was a big day...our contractor hired a crane to lift the main beams into place. Very soon we will start to see the logs of the second floor go up. This is a 10 by 10 solid pine post that helps to hold...
- First Log Delivery
Today was an exciting day, indeed... our first load of logs was delivered. These logs will make the outside walls of our first floor. Two more deliveries will bring the second floor logs and window jams and roof trusses. Oh if only we could control the...
Animals
Cleaning Up
Christmas Eve's ice storm left us with a few fallen trees and limbs.Cleaning up was a necessity as one of the trees had fallen over the lane from the barn to the house. This road will be used tomorrow for delivery of our log home beams.
Construction continued the day after Christmas. All of the walls seen in the previous pictures were finished up to the level of the beams (ceiling). It is more exciting than I could have imagined. Even though we know this house so well on paper....as it goes up, each little step has surprises along the way.I was looking at the window frames yesterday, and was amazed at just how enormous the windows are. On paper, they just don't seem so big. It is all good, though, as I like a lot of natural light and the windows are of a good quality and energy efficient.
- Why Am I Working While Everyone Else Is Sleeping?
Finally,after months and months of waiting...Spring has arrived on the farm! Yesterday reached 68 degrees.I worked in the garden for 6 hours in a t-shirt.Let me tell you...it was heaven.The feel of sun on my skin...wind in my hair...heaven! And while...
- Picnic, Anyone?
Yesterday was day one of a new building project here on the farm.We are building a picnic pavilion in the woods. There is a small area of woods next to our vegetable garden that has had a lot of fallen trees in the past few years. Wind damage...
- Construction Update
Another busy week of construction has flown by. The walls on the first and second floors are painted and all of the tongue and groove panelling is in place...and it looks great! It is finally starting to look like a home on the inside. Here is the living...
- Clear Skies
Clear skies make for great construction days. Today was a big day...our contractor hired a crane to lift the main beams into place. Very soon we will start to see the logs of the second floor go up. This is a 10 by 10 solid pine post that helps to hold...
- First Log Delivery
Today was an exciting day, indeed... our first load of logs was delivered. These logs will make the outside walls of our first floor. Two more deliveries will bring the second floor logs and window jams and roof trusses. Oh if only we could control the...