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..........and a new dawn is breaking for the8747house........Phase II.....
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Jason starting the process for the open deck off the screened porch.....
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Jason and Michael with their version of an "open deck frivolity check".........
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No-grass-fire welding takes years of practice.......
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Keep your eye on this steel beam........
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The view from the soon-to-be-screened porch to the soon-to-be-deck.....
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It's gonna be nice, eh?..............
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Primed and ready to flash........
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Michael preparing the porch for the cedar that will wrap it.......
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And, here we have a sample of the cedar that will wrap the porches.......
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One skylight in.......two to go.......
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........I wanted little butterfly decals, but this is all they had....
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Someone has been walking on my roof.............
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Pretty darned awesome.......that's what I think.......
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Speaking in tongues......showing off......
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I wish everyone could live like this.......
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Much lighter with the skylights in....(standing in living room looking towards into the kitchen and down the hall past the furnace/laundry area).......how about those windows?
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Yep........that's the river down there......the James.
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The door guys arrive........and everything is ready for them.
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Judy and Jon (sister and brother-in-law) got the clearing project underway last week.......and I am following up........working with sharp objects on a slant is NOT yoga-like......
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Send any suggestions for non-mowing, low-maintenance, legal plants for this field of dreams....
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This is my bedroom side of the house......(porch area presently obstructed by rare plant)....
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If one is operating the shop vac in the living room, this is the view one would see......
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Enthusiastic old lady (looking very manly) with her SHINDAHWAH weed eater.......on a slant.
2 comments:
It's looking awesome! You must be super excited!
Your area is SO beautiful!!! The roof looks great and those skylights are AWESOME!!! Those are really tempting to think about using...
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