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Shiplap Recap

Water Shed, Yoga Instead 

Grass Tickles (Not a Nose Pick)

Side Stretch

Pine Align

Wall Sconce ... / ...Yoga Dance by Backtrack Jack feat. SRF

Bug In My Water! Bug In My Water!

Siding at 178 from Sarah Freund on Vimeo.

A side of siding

Andy's dad, Dave, came up to visit and help out. Yesterday we prepped and stained the back side of the siding for the west facing side of the house. Today they will likely finish installing the siding. It's looking like a house again!

Bounty

Remember yesterday's near pint of berries (posted earlier today, I know)?

Well what a difference a day makes!

The berries seem to respond well to being picked. This is after the 6+ raspberries I sampled while mowing the lawn this morning!

I can't wait to get some more gardens in; fresh is the only way to roll!

1love

Andy

Where did the first part of summer go?

Well things seem to be crazy these days. I find myself mowing the lawn just so the noise will drown out all the chatter between my ears!

Since my last post, the French doors are back in and ready for trim and siding. As I am planning on slightly extending the jambs, I want to have the siding in hand before I make trim and figure out the amount of extension.

I managed to make some plates for the two light sconces, though:

A good sight better than what had been in place, I assure you.

I am not excited about leaving the tar paper to the weather for the next few weeks while I'm at summer camp, but it all sheds water, and I tacked up some stickers to keep it from blowing off.

Our garden and edges of the yard continue to produce, with red and black raspberries just coming in now. A quick walk around the place yields a nice pint!

Here is the aforementioned cucumber trellis made from an aluminum ladder that was left behind. It was old enough (and full of kinks) that I figured it was safer to chop it up.

The cukes went from nothing to something basically overnight:

Though difficult to photograph, these climbers are amazing!

I caught one of them holding hands with a nearby pea plant, but I had to break that up. I'm hoping the third section of ladder will give the peas something to climb, but not make too much shade for everyone else. Tune in next summer, when we have some more garden space!

Tomorrow I am delivering a chair and taking up residency at the high school craft program at snow farm. Should be a good time!

1love

Andy

Books unpacked

There are so many updates we have lost track. To name a few:

-The doors are reinstalled and properly flashed. 

-The raspberries are weeded.

-The cucumbers have a homemade trellis. And two flowers!!

-The stump by the house has been pick axed. 

-There was a carpenter ant massacre.

-The bedroom dormer design has been sketched.

-Andy is set up to make ship lap siding here. 

And more!

Andy has spent the last two days raiding a lumber store that is going out of business. We are well stocked for many upcoming projects now! We still have to purchase the raw materials for the siding though. Unfortunately, Andy is committed to going to teach at an art camp for two weeks so all house projects will come to a screeching halt. On the upside, you don't need new material for all projects... 

Andy created two saw horses out of an old, broken firewood housing that the previous owners generously left for us.

Apparently these two contraptions will let Andy bring some work up to a comfortable working height. Neigh.

I have been busy too...

 

So I guess not all house projects will come to a halt in Andy's absense! Just the complicated and difficult ones. He leaves on Saturday for sleep away camp and likely update the blog before then.