Latest room interior photos

This mornings ride...

Okay. I am going to post a bunch of photos from this mornings bike ride. Yes, most of them are of deer. But she was such a good and patient mama she deserves your attention. She held mine.

For years I have tried to catch the way the light filters through the trees early in the morning on the trail. It was very beautiful this morning and here is my latest attempt...

Looking east towards the river.

A north view of the river

The channel has changed a great deal this Spring and Summer.

And then on the way back I stopped dead in my tracks when I spotted mama and her two babies. The babes skedaddled, probably at moms request but she stuck around out of curiosity and perhaps to insure her babes safety.

She pranced around in circles on the trail trying to figure out what I was and if I posed a danger.

She maintained this awkward pose for some time.

This last shot is one of the babes crossing the trail to join mama.

Good Morning!

Just a quick hello this morning because this place needs to be polished up a little. I have reached my saturation point of tolerance for clutter and grass clippings. Primer needs to be applied to the exterior as well but the rain forest we have been living in lately is making that difficult to get accomplished.
I am so ready for all the loose strings to come together. October is looming large and we have much to do yet before we can think about packing up and heading south. I have heard that triple digit heat is still a factor in Texas so heading there now would be a mistake. 'All in good time' and 'this too shall pass' are the mantras of the day!

Done Deal...sort of

Our new room is finished on the inside! Butch and I finished putting the floor in yesterday and today. It looks great. I want to clean all the windows before placing furniture in it and plan to get right on that tomorrow. Here are the latest photos.

Progress Report

With Russ on vacation not much progress is happening on the exterior but Butch and I have been busy little beavers on the interior. The carsiding has two coats of sealer (Boiled Linseed Oil). Both doors have been painted and Butch installed the ceiling fan.  We are ready to prep the floor and then lay the tile. Prep will happen today and hopefully flooring goes down tomorrow. Perhaps the furniture in there the day after that.

Gary and Lou were still here when this was taken and Gary helped get the old siding off the north side (closet area). It didn't look bad from a distance but the siding was cheap, rotten stuff that you could poke your finger through in places so we thought it was a good time to tackle replacement with the same cement siding we put on the 3 season room.

Gary and Lou's 5th wheel. The spot looked so empty after they were gone.

This is the current status of the closet area. 

An overview looking south

Before ceiling fan, sealer and door paint.

another before view.

All that is left now is the floor

Ta Da!

On down the road...

Gary and Lou have moved on down the road as full time RVers are wont to do. We very much appreciated having them here. More was accomplished in one weeks time than has taken place all summer. It was a blessing having them here and a very unexpected happening too. We are extremely grateful. Our backyard looks empty now.
About the backyard...many of you know about our frustration in having the alley blocked by our uncooperative homeowner to the south of us. The alley is abandoned so he does have the right to block it. It is being a bad neighbor to do so however. The blockage to the alley was moved last Wednesday. We do not know why or for how long but we are grateful for that as well.
Russ is off on vacation this next week. The good news is the room interior is finished as far as Russ's part is concerned. Butch and I will do the things that remain on the inside. Russ has a few details to take care of on the outside before I can begin painting. He was going to come work on caulking so I could paint while he was gone but a thunderstorm changed that plan. Neither Butch nor I are any good at caulking so it will have to wait...unless there is someone reading this who would be good at it and like to help us out? I didn't think so.

 We are further advanced than these photos show. More pictures later...

Tidbits of this and that

This poster showed up in my inbox recently and it is the same one I am sure I saw on the wall in a barbershop in Nuevo Progreso Mexico. A blast from the past!!

Our friends Randy and Sherri Clark gave us this stained glass hanging for a Thank you/housewarming gift. It will look beautiful in the new room. Pictured here in its temporary home.

Yesterday we went to Roger Conants home near Winkleman's switch. Roger's late wife Sharon was my cousin and this gathering is basically her branch of the family. Fun to see everyone. My sister Theresa and my niece Karla also attended. I enjoyed every minute of the day.

Before Butch became swamped with our summer project he did a few jobs for some of my single friends. Butch helped Sue Durlam Lucht put together this potting shed. It came together in a wonderful way.

Rain, Rain Go away!

We are so close to the end but we still need a few days of dry weather to finish.
The inside carsiding is finished. All that is left is window trim.

Carsiding is done...

Breaktime

Outside siding is done except for the peak on the west side.

Hot August Nights

There was a car show in Jefferson last night with over 300 cars. So while I was conducting computer class Butch, Gary and Lou went up to the square for the car show. Butch took my camera with the instruction to take pictures of whatever caught his attention. I expected different pictures than what you see here. He must be getting old but I didn't think he was THAT old!

Jerry Booth-Jo Brooker's nephew.