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As many of you have pointed out, I haven’t blogged in a long time. I haven’t worked in a long time, so you’re not missing much. If truth be told, this is all so much harder than I anticipated that I have been barely able to face it some days. December was my month off, which bled into January a bit. I burnt out pretty seriously during the building of the frame, so a month of holing up next to a warm fire and NOT THINKING ABOUT IT AT ALL was very theraputic.<\/p>\n
However, I do need to get on with it, as walls are scheduled to be built in late March and they need a roof to cover them. Ben has returned and is, as before, an absolute blessing: pleasant to work with, knowledgeable and skilled. But we are still taking it a bit slow, not working in the wind and rain, etc. I am dying for spring. Earlier this week we had a beautiful, sunny, windless day. It was so lovely.<\/p>\n
So thanks for all messages of support and “when are you going to blog?!” and soforth. Please do come visit me if you can. Meanwhile here are a few pictures of the last few days.<\/p>\n
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St. Antony, who has done more than any other single person to help me with this project, once again took the prize by donating all the old double-glazed units from the house he tore down.<\/p>\n
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We popped them out, stacked them in his van, and now I just need to audit them and design frames for them.<\/p>\n
Helene came back for a visit, on her way north to graduate with an MA in Building Conservation from York. It was lovely to see her and have her help nailing in joist hangers.<\/p>\n
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We’re mainly intalling floors right now, some permanent and some temporary so that we have someplace to walk while we’re putting up rafters, stacked in the foreground below.<\/p>\n
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Tomorrow Bob is going to help us rig up some ropes and harnesses to help us not fall to our deaths at any point during the roofing. Thanks Bob.<\/p>\n
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And Jack had his first wander upstairs. He liked it fine until something got dropped, and then panicked because he couldn’t find a way down. I rescued him and carried him down a ladder on my shoulder like a fireman.<\/p>\n
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Hi. As many of you have pointed out, I haven’t blogged in a long time. I haven’t worked in a long time, so you’re not missing much. If truth be told, this is all so much harder than I anticipated … Continue reading