Farewell

 This is possibly my last November visit to the Island ever. House clearing continues but it is excruciatingly slow. Two vehicle loads to the dump, another filled with books to take away, and a large dumpster filled, and it barely shows. 

Window on the World

 I replaced two windows in the garage. For one, I had to rebuild part of the rough opening, which was rotten. Quite a pile of debris--but it has all been denailed and chopped up for firewood.

If you really zoom on the image below, you can see that the bubble in the spirit level is damn near perfect (for once). Now I'll have to make new trim boards, because the old ones can't possibly fit.

Dado

 I finally bought a new dado set. The Mastercraft one was starting to tear a bit--and it must be about 20 years old. The new one is certainly more robust looking....

Snow Fun

 Uh oh...snow before Hallowe'en. Never a auspicious sign... 

Getting Close...

 

Three walls shingled and stained...just the blind north wall to go. I recall that the north wall of the woodshed remained unshingled for nearly 20 years. We'll try not to let that happen this time. I hope to attach the crane beam to the front and of course add lights, but it is definitely coming along.

Finally

 This is the first time we have witnessed the Aurora Borealis in the Crick.

An eclipse AND the Northern Lights--what next?

Eaves

 In spite of the rain--mere drizzle--I've almost finished the eaves on the east side. I used some bits of leftover oak faced half-inch ply. After this, just the final window (under Tyvek) and then on to the north face, which has no openings at all...