The best machine ever created. The dry wall lifter!

the old dry wall is down & new insulation is up 

the hardest thing to do is lift a sheet of dry wall over ones head.

after using miracle machine

  mike my partner in dust is modeling the marvelous machine.my dad came up with the miracle machine that makes it possible.  we rent it so we don't need to store it. hopefully this is the last time we will need it. Having the dry wall has made a 20'f difference than without it

 The next stage I've papered the seams with fiberglass tape started the first layer of filling the holes, I'm thinking the whole wall will need a plaster coat. i want to do a sun bas relief insert over the door just haven't figured out how yet. Next I'll do the cut and screw up the last bits of dry wall between the windows and get to work seriously mudding the rest if the walls. a layer of primer and paint and I'm back to being a finishing carpenter.

getting things done in fits & spurts

we had a detour in the house repairs
we pulled off part of the new roof
and replaced boards and then resealed it
and replaced more siding

the new roof is all done.
the new siding is primed,
up and has a final coat
just in time for winter.

It looks quiet and calm
on the outside...

Inside we're got most of the dry wall put up. today we rented the dry wall lift  to put the last bits on the ceiling.

 tomorrow I'll put up the last little 

bits and start doing the mudding of the seams.  

      

2 step forward, 4 windows back

the almost new windows

got the new windows in
and there's even boards around them nailed fast

but when i cleaned them i found the rollars are on the right side. we need to pull the wood off
unscrew the windows and pry them off
(they've been caulked in)
and rotate them 90 degrees.

well at least we didn't have siding up
yet.

then we need to put in the wiring.

the perennial garden,
 and the bird feeder
the bear swatted.

I found out then plants
need much more room
than i gave them.

I just added daisies
that grow in the ditch
so we don't have to mow
around them.

In time my whole front yard
might be a prairie of flowers.

Porch Progress

all the blue is new wood.
need to redo the white.
but the paint i used last year
is peeling. so i need a different one.

the dark windows off to the far right
will be replaced next, and we will
probably  rebuild the wall. hopefully
 we can do it all from the inside.

The plants in front of the porch
are day lilies from the cabin.
they're doing good, despite my
ladder being slid in and out often.

looking thru the window

looking thru the window

trying to find the future

I start to stitch this life back together.

each day is new

but it teeters between past and present.

today goes away so quickly.

so little gets done.

This is the old town hall

next to my old house .

I want to turn this room in to a fiber school..

I'll need comfy chairs, a heating system, sewage system would be nice...

of course we'll need to wire for sewing machines & lights.