Christmas Lights

I'm Stuck

More of the Basement Door to tunnel is left of the corner

Footings are complete and the floor above will be 2 feet above the top of the re-bar

That will be a tall basement. --- 16 feeet

Footings for the new building

After Moving the Beaver lodge

Moving the Beaver Lodge

Before the move

Mulching the sticks and logs

Hauling away the mulch and small sticks

Construction begins

Digging Footings

One wall of re-bar up

Heavy duty Re-Bar

Base rock for the tunnel -- Black tarp covers dome home

Tons of re-bar for basement & tunnel. Many 40 feet long.

 

 

 

Hole for the basement garage is complete. It will be 16 feet deep on the sides and back

View from the top of the mountain (excavated soil)

An unbelievable view up here

A very big hole in the ground This is where the new building will be

The white and black area below is the wall of the dome home where the connection will be.

New trees will add more color next fall

Flame Maple, Crimson fire Oak, Chinkapin Oak, Serviceberry and Red Point Maple

Views from the great room in the new building

The first view is Northeast and the second view is Southeast.

Stake out of the new building

Digging will probably begin on Tuesday of this week.

Ian & Owen pick osage oranges for charity

Ian & Owen Launch rockets

Wendy and AJ make plum cake from plumbrush

Flower Child We walked across the lake to pick these American Lotus flowers

Even during the drought Nature supplies beauty -- Snow on the mountain and Swamp Milkweed

Beauty during the drought Dinner plate sizedAmerican Lotus bloom on dry land. The leaves are over 2 feet across.

Wild Plums turned into Wild Plum Jam

Great Blue Heron visits the beaver lodge

24 pints of Elaine's Sweet Relish

Owen and Ian totally pulling out a fencepost

Phillis on a log that washed out of the lake this Spring

Our first watermelon 11.2 pounds Good eats and watermelon pickles

Best cousins go swimmin

Wendy inspects the new Beaver Lodge then we backed the boat away and exposed the inside