We seem to be stuck in this strange in between place. A half finished house. A house with three almost, but not quite, finished rooms. All bedrooms.
A house where the end seems to be in site and yet is not arriving.
I have unpacked everything I can and there are still boxes everywhere [...]
Dennis has been working on the railing for the stairs that go to the loft in the boy’s back bedroom.
It is turning out better than I ever could have imagined.
I say that not because I am some sort of puffed up over confident egotist. Although at times… well…nevermind. I say it because the [...]
Dennis has been working on the finishing details for the porch.
These are the boards that will clad the posts that are currently supporting the porch roof.
He cut these grooves in the back of the boards. He told me why he did this, but I wasn’t tracking very well. All I heard was blah [...]
The country doctor has been working on the roof of the barn since he came home from work on Friday night. This particular man may occasionally frustrate me for a multitude of reasons, but laziness is not among them.
He has been hauling both the long sheets of metal roofing and the pieces that fit [...]
Thanks you God for my in-laws, who are always willing to come for a visit, leaving behind their garden, and their comfortable home, to sleep in our lumpy guest bed, in our noisy house full of rowdy grand and help us with our crazy projects, bringing homemade bread and a helpful hand to do a [...]
