Moving Rocks

Seb complained that my last entry failed to show the rocks that John was carrying. It was either a pic of John or the rocks, I went with John... Obviously a mistake. Here are the rocks.

The Retaining Wall

Construction projects take on a life of their own. There are a number of things happening now that would seem to be secondary priorities but are apparently important to do now. (1) is the pool and (2) is the retaining wall between the house and the pool. Why are we doing them now? Good question. And there is a good answer. We want to get all the heavy stuff done in backyard before we do the septic system, we dont want heavy machinery driving over the "mantle". Here are some shots of the rocks, the retaining area, and moving them. John and his backhoe are featured.

A different angle and a different house...

Here are some pics of the house viewed from the road, coming from the south. Ours is the incomplete farmhouse. Brian Tobin's is the completed cape cod style. His house is a few down the road from ours.

Thanksgiving at Jan and Scott's...

This year Mom is in NC visiting Campbell girl 2, spousal unit and offspring. (See link to "linden's life with jemma too"). Seb and I had a turkey supper hosted at Janet and Scott's with Chloe and Scott's parents. Of course, the turkey plays second fiddle to hanging with Chloe. :-)

The Forest at Mystery Hill

Yes, really, this is the forest. Seb planted 500 trees last spring in the field in front of the hill at Mystery Hill. His mom, Femmy, takes care of them for him. She has spent numerous days wrapping their skinny trunks in cardboard to protect them from mice and many more days placing landscape fabric around their bases to try to manage the meadow engulfing them. The forest is a mix of evergreen and deciduous trees. We have lost some of them to field mice (or some other animal) eating their bark but for the most part, they're intact. We also planted trees along the fence that marks the property line and lines the driveway. I think these ones are all poplars.

To and from the road

More Progress - Drywall Continues

Did I mention that when we tried to get quotes for drywall, a number of subcontractors said the job was too big? Its not just a size thing, it's more about how complicated it is. Serge is a professional plasterer so he's an expert and more than capable of our project. He's finished the ground floor, upstairs and has started on the basement.