A week ago we drove a car out to Phoenix for my son who is living there. We took a ton of pictures, but here are just a few:We started off in the afternoon about 4:30 PM from Ely. We took two cars from to the cities and left one there by the airport so … Read more
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In the last couple weeks, we god some window in this little project and started on the siding. We pre-stained the siding a dark brown. Here the first courses are going on: It seems like the project is going slow, but we have run into some decision making snags and things that took some time. … Read more
Interesting little project this last week, installing an elevator.We constructed the elevator shaft when we built the house, not knowing exactly when the actual elevator would go in, but the scheduled it for last week and there you go. Not mush else going on. The ice went out on all the lakes last Monday or … Read more
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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