Wow, It's been awhile since I have seen the forest ablaze like today. Man, I wish I could do some hiking becouse the leaves are soon to fall, and the weather is fixin to change. It is so hard to concentrate on what I'm doing becouse it is sooo beautiful. These are the days I really wish I were done, becouse as much fun building this place has been, living here is gonna be 10 times better. The cliffs in the gorge are slowly beginning to peak out behind the trees, and I'm starting to see what our winter views will be like. Another wow is what it's like, it appears that we will be able to see around 6 or 7 hundred feet of the creek, and we will surounded by cliffs. We have had a couple of visitors this past weekend and their reaction has really made me proud of my work. Were talking about folks oohing and ahing at every detail revealed. The typical reaction is; "it will be like living at a resort", which is exactly how I planned it. However, I'm not sure that I realized just how special this place is gonna be. Our family friend Dennis Lee came by with his girlfreind Candy, and were just blown away by the whole place, but especially the decks and outdoor fireplace. Those seem to be everone's favorite features. It's been real hard lately staying motivated, I have not felt good, and I seem to have the blues for whatever reason. However, hard work is always the best remedy for the blues, so the best thing is to force myself to be productive. I made the trip to the mill today to select the logs for the posts, I was a little disapointed, but they still are massive and will work just fine. Just wish there was less damage , but it's hard to get em out of the forest unblemished. My project now is the ext. door frames, and the picture window frames. I can't get the insulation blown in without them. The schedule has taken a big hit the past couple of weeks with one thing after another going wrong, so I gotta get back on track. One really good thing is that a 12" sliding compound miter saw made by Rigid came into the store on a load we bought of Home Depot returns. This is an awesome 600.00 machine that I desperately needed and would have bought, and I also got a air compressor off the same load. Everyone should get out and enjoy these beautiful days. Hope to SYOTMS , Roger
Yesterday was like working in a masterpiece painting, one of the top days for foilage in my life. Very hard to concentrate becouse of the stunning beauty all around me. Everything peaked at same time, oaks-glorious, maples-stunning, ash-awesome, hickorys-glowing, and all the rest of the bushes and vines just blazing away. I feel very lucky to be able to stand on our back deck and witness these special days. Get out and enjoy this.
Great weekend of weather up here, just wish I felt better to enjoy it. The fall is just really moving slow, but it has been beautiful. I keep expecting to wake up one day and it be at peak, but man has it been wonderful to have such a long fall. Matt and I went to Boxley Valley yesterday and the tourists were crawling all over the place. We went to the Ponca bridge to test Matt's pirate ship that we made, and there was a fawn that appeared to be tame. Was not afraid of people at all, and I snapped a couple of pictures of Matt actually petting him. The progress of the house has slowed considerably, mainly becouse I have not felt well for over a week. But I'm feeling a little better and it's time to really put it in gear. I won't have Scott working with me this week, and the electrician has been gone for over 2 weeks, so if somethings gonna get done it will be me. Just got a call from the mill, the big cedar logs are on the yard!!!!!! I'm gonna go check em out becouse this is exciting and will make a huge differance in how the house looks. My projects now are Ext. door frames and plate glass frames and finishing the railing. Time to get moving and I highly recommend that everyone get out and enjoy this beautiful fall. SYOTMS