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Still way above normal temp for this time of year…all the snow is gone. A year ago today we had about 8″ of new wet snow.…but what is one to do about the weather. It is what it is. Maybe we wont even get the end of season snow storm, but I am not putting … Read more

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The Moose lake project is getting close to being finished inside.We are finishing some doors getting ready to hang them and bathroom tile is going in: On the sauna remodel project, we have finished the roofing shingles and the eves and soffets with the vent strip: We got a bit of a cold snap this … Read more

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A year ago yesterday, we had 25 below zero in the morning after a snowstorm dropped at least 6 inches. This year, we have had above freezing temps in the mornings and highs mid to high 40s. The last few days it has been drizzly with even some period of hard rain. It’s kind of … Read more

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I finally finished the door I have been working on. It is simular to another door I had made a few years ago, but this one is mad of Butternut Wood.

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Finally getting these carved panels done for this door. A small piece of blue glass needs to be set in the back side of the panel: Then I put the first coat of varnish on: A neighbor with a trail cam caught these images of some wolves out on the lake a few nights ago.The … Read more

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Well, for those of us that were looking for snow, we got it yesterday. It was supposed to come Saturday, everything was canceled in anticipation of the big storm, (which just meant a hockey game in Hoyt Lakes for us), but the storm never came…just light rain all day and 34 degrees.Sunday morning the rain … Read more

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Well, one may wonder if I have been to busy to keep this up lately, but the reality is, I am really just lazy. I always use the holidays as an excuse to just not do much of anything. But, I suppose that’s all behind us now. We took the tree down last weekend and … Read more

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…just working on the interior drywall now on the Moose Lake project…   They had the grand opening of the new park building/youth center in Ely this weekend. I have been helping some with that project and it is nice to feel like it is almost completed, thought there seems like a lot left to … Read more

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The lakes are all frozen over now, it has been a very cold week, 16 below zero right now as I write this.I took a picture of Burntside lake on Tuesday. This is the last lake to freeze and you can see there is still a bit of open water out there with the steam … Read more

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Winter came this past week. I was doing my weekly visits to one of the houses I recently completed that I agreed to continue checking on through the winter months, and I snapped this picture on my approach: That was Monday, when it started. It was about 30 degrees and the snow was a sit … Read more