Sunday and the back of the house is complete...next week the front and skylights!
They do however, get a great view from up there, while working, they saw 2 moose pass through our field en route to the other side of the road! (see more moose stuff below)
Well deserved beer at day's end! (Jim even supervised this activity...actually, he joins in!)
The back is finished!...'course now, Jim (Jerome) says the barn doesn't "match"!
Logger Jim brought his youngest son Ken, to help with the removal of a tricky poplar that was 5' from the barn, and leaning over it. The banker was very nervous thinking this exercise may create yet another expense. But their experience was evident at the end of it all...some rope, a winch or two and tow hitch on the pick up...and she fell right where he said it would. One of the large lilac got an unexpected pruning though! And the sun shone through!
Kennedy is getting concerned with the "open concept" of the front though, thinking it's getting to bare. But after I took him up to our bedroom (someday) and showed him that with the trees gone we could now see the bay and West Quaco in the distance...OMG! we're practically ocean view! he's starting to see the benefit of my vision.
Ken and Jim (not Kennedy) prepare the rigging..
The front view before logging...
...and after...OMG! we can see the buildings now!
Later, logger Jim dropped by with a brown paper shopping bag of fresh dulse for us. He had just picked and dried it that day. (eat yer heart out Kristen!)
For those of you not familiar with this Maritime delicacy, it is seaweed that is dried and eaten as a snack or to soups and stews. Kinda salty and full of vitamins and nutrients (see sidebar on the right) it is gaining popularity with natural food foodies and health gurus. Love it!
I found a shareware to download, that allows me to design the "Grand Plan" of the property for future reference...buildings, and gardens. First the layout in 2D then it reproduces it in 3D - all views: aerial, ground view, spins the 'camera' around the entire "estate"! etc...tooooo cool!
The 2 D....
...and 3 D still
So then I found this gal
and was inspired (Kathi has started one as well) to create a mermaid in the dry riverbed garden...I think the moss has to take hold and grow before the trimming reveals the details, but it kept be entertained for a day!It's supposed to look like she's coming up and out of the "water"...
O.K....so she needs more work!
Kevin (Jim's cousin) and Carmel came to visit on Sunday, bearing gifts of food and wine (they must know our culinary situation - none!). Carmel also brought a posy of pretty pink peonies
from her garden (gotta get me some of those!) We dined at our local eatery, a tad more casual than we would have liked to offer, but the only place with any sitting space - all are VERY busy on Sundays during the tourist season. In fact everything, everywhere is busy here, especially on the weekends.
Moose season opened today (three days only, and licenses are awarded by a lottery) and the guys told me they saw 2 walk through our field while they were on the roof!...no one here gets excited about seeing moose (there are approximately 210,000 in the province), so no pictures for the blog. Jim had one stroll in front of him on the road last week...he said it was HUGE and they obviously have no need to hurry when a car comes they're way! The road signs are funny (see sidebar). They show a moose and car to scale...the car comes up to the moose's chest!
Monday morning (for the whole day) the roof in front was started, shingles off, decking and paper on and skylight position measured. Woo Hoo! Stay tuned!
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