Non House Activities

So, what does Gary do when he's home all day and there are construction guys here. He works. Things like dropping and draining a gas tank. Ask my sister and Ayen about that one. Always lot's of fun.

He spent Friday fabricating some brackets for a job. That's his friend Wes welding. Note the freshly painted garage, that is what he did last week. It really brightened up the garage, looks great! Note my lonely clothes washer. There is not enough voltage in the garage for the dryer, so I either go to the laundry mat and do 6 loads of clothes or wash in the evening and hang them on the line first thing in the morning. When is the last time you've hung laundry out on the line to dry? I rather like it except for towels and jeans.

Bees

Have you ever stopped and watched some bees? I would guess that most folks would say, no. Dave and I were at the mentoring bee class today and hung out, learned and watched the bees. These guys are drinking. You can actually see their proboscis. The long pointy snout thing from which they are drinking.

Dave and I are splitting his hive. He aquired the bees last Saturday and today is the first day that he opened them up. We were all decked out in our bee suits, well he was. I had a cool veil and gloves. I'm not ready to go bare handed yet.

When the hive is opened up the buzzing is SO pronounced. They are such amazing little creatures. To see that many bees coming in and out of the hive, and to hear them is really neat! Most people might disagree but I think it's neat. No animals were hurt in taking these photos and no humans were stung. This disclaimer is brought to you courtesy of Whole Grain Farm.

More house "raising"

Here's the front portion of the house airborn. These are more pictures from Friday.

Here's Gary helping the set up guys. He's so handy to have around!

The roof is being opened up from its flat traveling position.

From inside the house, looking into the kitchen. I'm not sure what's up with the ladder but on another photo you can see the ladder inside the house. It's the traveling ladder. Kind of like the troll thing.

Friday's House Set Up

Here are some photo's of the house being set on the foundation. Here's the giant crane arriving that will lift the house onto the foundation.

The open view you can see the kitchen island.

House is Here!!

This afternoon the stem wall was completed, and they brought the house here. It arrived in 3 pieces and is out front in the yard and on the street.

Stem Wall Construction

Here's some pictures of the stem wall and foundation work.

Big trees gone

I'm back, on line that is. We've had phone/DSL issues. Anyway, here's more house updates. Here is the property with the large oaks removed.