Not much to take pictures of construction-wise these days…I was out and about yesterday and saw some tracks down on the lake-shore on Burntside Lake.I decided to take a walk. It was a warm day and we hadn’t seen the sun in a while.I’m not good at track identification. I am guessing Fox.I found the … Read more
As a younger family, we occasionally enjoyed a trip to the North Shore of Lake Superior.There is no better place than the shore of the Big Lake to look for interesting stones… “Mother and Daughter, Searching For Stones on Lake Superior”, 14″x22″ pencil drawing on Bristol Board by John Huisman http://huismanconcepts.com/artwork-gallery/
Some more pictures of the island project we have been working on through the summer.These, of course, were taken a few weeks ago during that nice stretch of Autumn we had this year.I have since taken the boat out of the water and parked it for the winter. Rock floor in the bathroom area. Rock … Read more
Trying to get concrete work done to get a new cabin construction project started before the snow comes. Another week of beautiful weather. Conditions could certainly be a lot worse this time of year for this type of work: Here we have the footings poured and ready for the ICF wall. It is a very … Read more
Some late season work on an island project. The weather has been beautiful the last couple weeks and a ride across Burntside Lake is particularly enjoyable. Traveling alone, it is nice to have a little extra weight in the front. Here I am taking a mini refrigerator that will go under the kitchen counter-top in … Read more
…interesting project this summer in Whiteside Park in Ely. We bid to do the re-roofing and refinishing of the buildings in the park as well as doing something with the lower logs on the bandshell that had not weathered so well over the 20 years or so since this had been built. In the course … Read more
A few pictures of the nearly finished kitchen in the timber frame home we have been working on.Cabinets are a Red Birch Blend supplied by Voyageur Lumber in Ely.Counter-tops are Honed Mesabi Black granite supplied by Laurentian Monument. This past Monday evening I attended our monthly Parks and Rec meeting. It was held outside at … Read more
Some deck railing we completed in the last few weeks. Cedar top and bottom rails and then stainless cable in between.It took me a while to warm up to the stainless cable look, but I am liking it more and more now.It really is a lot less obstructive to the view, especially on a lake … Read more
Some progress on a current project, some ceramic tile has been installed in the kitchen and hallway areas over the “Gypcrete” and “in-floor heating system. This is the entry area and the walkway back to the master bedroom. To the lift, just past that timber post, is the stairway going to the basement and up … Read more
…and as quick as it started, it is over.The baseball season has come and gone once again leaving us with this sort of vague emptiness…Sure there will be some “fall ball” stuff going on and some camps here and there and we can always go to the batting cage and practice, but there is just … Read more