Cement-pour day is always exciting. The huge truck churns and grunts. Out comes the goopy gray stuff. The crew spreads it, working quickly as a team. Six+ hours later, it's a foundation. (And a floor.) My first-ever garage floor, for my first-ever garage. It's actually concrete, not cement. Cement is the the binder that, when … Continue reading Garage Pt 2: Cement Pour
Siding done. Yes! Attention now turning outdoors again...to piles of gravel and wood, and the tiniest bird to grace Camp Many Moons. See also, below, a cameo appearance by our domesticated animals.... With siding all on, the Cabin at Many Moons actually looks like a cabin, both from the road... ...and from the water. Notice … Continue reading Big Piles & Tiny Birds
In the far north, the cabin's superstructure is done. That is, the big bones which give it shape and integrity...trusses, beams, roof. Now, work proceeds on the smaller bones...interior wall structure, loft, stairway. Things have moved along while I've been in Virginia! In fact, I can't believe how much we've done in four months. (Posts … Continue reading The Inside Bones
The east porch is going up. The concrete floor is polished. And I'm not there. It's strange to be away while work continues on the Cabin at Many Moons. I write this from my townhouse in Arlington, Va. and am off tomorrow to Roatan (Honduras) for a scuba trip. Is it weird that I'm heading … Continue reading Porch, Polish, Priorities
