Miscellany

A variety of stuff going on.

Sewing a woobie for Mom

We're working not the baseboards in the house. This seems to be taking an inordinate amount of time. It was a bit tricky to design as we need to cover the seam between the rough concrete of the footer and the smooth concrete of the floor. When we installed the walls, we centered them on the sill and that left a seam about 2 inches past the drywall that was really unsightly. We figured out a 3 layer baseboard treatment that we liked and we're now in the process of routing the boards, staining, and installing.

Many, many linear feet of trim

It hasn't been all serious work - Chris decided to try his hand at a stone arch.

Hmmm

Cute, but looks a bit haphazard

Trying to fix things

Unfortunately the arch didn't hold and collapsed into the ditch. He's now on attempt number 2.

Gatherings

We had a small gathering of the family the other day. Beautiful fall weather made for a very pleasant visit. First we climbed up to my parent's camp. No comments on getting lost and having to bush-whack our way through the woods.

At camp 

Me and Mom 

Matt and Mom

 Then we went to our house and more of the family showed up.

Bailey and Matt

We decided it was a perfect opportunity for a group photo. Have you ever tried to get 7 adults and 3 wee children to gather for a self-timer photo? Argh.

Testing the self-timer

It's much like herding cats.

Running in circles

 But we finally managed it.

Ta-dah!