cabin progress, in photos

Huge progress! Nearly all of the footings for the back deck are in place including one in a 48 inch deep hole (I have many bruises from that one to prove I helped get it to the correct depth). This weekend we are pouring the last of the footings and placing some of the beams. I know Robert's dad can't wait to move onto the wood work, his specialty. Digging holes in the rockiest ground on earth is slow & painful. Still, more to come...

bird dogs

A rogue chicken/roster (robert and I disagree about which it was), after spending most of the night on the other side of the fence, ventured into the yard last night. The dogs went crazy for it before it was in our yard & garden...they were nearly impossible to contain when it was in their space.

**Also, pardon our weeds! Spending every free day & minute at the cabin working on the deck is limiting the amount of weed-pulling time we have put into the garden. Soon, very soon, we will get back to weeding regularly. And, yes, you will notice that the neighbor does indeed have one single weed/plant that he cultivates in his dirt back yard. But, he doesn't mind when our vines with pumpkins & melons venture into his dirt, so what can we say?

July 2010

Deck destruction and reconstruction work at the cabin keep us pretty busy. The Sunday after our fantastic get-together in June, we started by taking out the gigantic root ball located just off the deck.

Next we removed all the wood and support for the actual deck so we could began extraction of the cement footers.

More to come.

Pool is Open

It's official - summer is here. With the annual opening of the backyard pool over Memorial Day weekend, we kick off summer in grand fashion. Blue L O V E S his pool like any lab would...swims in it, lays down in it, digs in it, blows bubbles in it...and Annie, well Annie is just happy for a bigger, second water dish so she will not be thirsty when I make her stay outside. Now, it is garden time!