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I finally finished the door I have been working on. It is simular to another door I had made a few years ago, but this one is mad of Butternut Wood.

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Finally getting these carved panels done for this door. A small piece of blue glass needs to be set in the back side of the panel: Then I put the first coat of varnish on: A neighbor with a trail cam caught these images of some wolves out on the lake a few nights ago.The … Read more

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Well, for those of us that were looking for snow, we got it yesterday. It was supposed to come Saturday, everything was canceled in anticipation of the big storm, (which just meant a hockey game in Hoyt Lakes for us), but the storm never came…just light rain all day and 34 degrees.Sunday morning the rain … Read more

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Well, one may wonder if I have been to busy to keep this up lately, but the reality is, I am really just lazy. I always use the holidays as an excuse to just not do much of anything. But, I suppose that’s all behind us now. We took the tree down last weekend and … Read more

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…just working on the interior drywall now on the Moose Lake project…   They had the grand opening of the new park building/youth center in Ely this weekend. I have been helping some with that project and it is nice to feel like it is almost completed, thought there seems like a lot left to … Read more

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The lakes are all frozen over now, it has been a very cold week, 16 below zero right now as I write this.I took a picture of Burntside lake on Tuesday. This is the last lake to freeze and you can see there is still a bit of open water out there with the steam … Read more

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Winter came this past week. I was doing my weekly visits to one of the houses I recently completed that I agreed to continue checking on through the winter months, and I snapped this picture on my approach: That was Monday, when it started. It was about 30 degrees and the snow was a sit … Read more

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It was a short work week. We are finally getting some cooler temps, but no snow yet.After our quiet Thanksgiving day at home, we spent some time watching some Pee-wee level hockey games that my son was participating in, in Coleraine. Some good games. It’s been a couple years since we have had the opportunity … Read more

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We are still having great weather for building. It’s been sunny all week and highs in the 40s. The nights have been cold though, and there is a bit of thin ice on the quieter waters in the mornings and it’s taking longer and longer to melt during the days.Driving to a job site one … Read more

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Seems like not a lot happened this week, but the big thing was the concrete work for our next project was finished. The nice weather held into this week, we had highs in the 50s and for a couple days after this slab was poured, we actually had lows in the 40s. Very unusual for … Read more