Closing the Barn Door

 

Work on the shed creeps along. Here are the doors, mounted and stained, with cane bolts and latch attached. I have started on the cornice returns and eaves, but it's a bit slow, what with the heat and the guests. 

Flow Soft...

 

Late July...and the Crick is still flowing! 

Long, Hot Summer

 

We have been getting enough rain to keep the trees flourishing. Really, one cannot complain about a bit of heat in July--it is, after all, summer!

Planter?

 

This is not the first time I have lost a wheelbarrow. After digging around the foundation of the new shed, I parked the laden wheelbarrow behind the woodshed...and forgot about it from October to July. Now it's a planter.

Framed

 

I have one half of the shed's double door pieced together. Here's hoping I got all the measurements right....

Growth

 

This has been a good year for growth! The needles on these new shoots are hardening up. Our dry patch in the spring doesn't seem to have done the trees any harm--and the Crick is flowing, though it did dry up briefly. 

Hail and Farewell

 The children complained that we didn't make the house nice until they left. There is an element of truth in this, but we did make many important improvements: stabilizing the foundation, replumbing and rewiring the house, replacing the seepage bed. While necessary, none were especially interesting or attractive. However, as I say farewell to Grand Manan, I regret that the excellent deck appeared so late...that would have been nice, many years earlier.