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Back to the water access site on Burntside… As we approach, we can see the gable glass is now installed: …and from the inside: We have cut a few of the other window and door holes and they are ready for installation.The roof shingles have been finished since the last time I was able to … Read more

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I guess I’ve gotten a bit lazy over the summer and not posted much here. We have been working on a project that is water access on Burntside Lake…a small log cabin. These pictures were taken the last time I was out there a couple weeks ago. This is the approach from the lake as … Read more

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This project was, for the most part, finished a couple months ago, but I was there this past week installing a microwave oven and finishing some other loose ends and thought I would take some finished shots. Not the most impressive of projects, but it turned out nice, and these people will make good use … Read more

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Interesting little side project I am helping out with. A small log cabin on a lake access site…I made my first visit to the site last week. It was a nice sunny day for a boat ride. The owner had been contracting with a local barge and excavating company to work on the site prep … Read more

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I managed to throw together a quick screen door this week and get some other things in order before I went on a trip with the 6th grade class as a chaperon, to the Environmental Learning Center in Finland, (Minnesota).Here’s the screen door. I have to build a lot of these since decent wood screen … Read more

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A week ago we drove a car out to Phoenix for my son who is living there. We took a ton of pictures, but here are just a few:We started off in the afternoon about 4:30 PM from Ely. We took two cars from to the cities and left one there by the airport so … Read more

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In the last couple weeks, we god some window in this little project and started on the siding. We pre-stained the siding a dark brown. Here the first courses are going on: It seems like the project is going slow, but we have run into some decision making snags and things that took some time. … Read more

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Interesting little project this last week, installing an elevator.We constructed the elevator shaft when we built the house, not knowing exactly when the actual elevator would go in, but the scheduled it for last week and there you go. Not mush else going on. The ice went out on all the lakes last Monday or … Read more

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Still way above normal temp for this time of year…all the snow is gone. A year ago today we had about 8″ of new wet snow.…but what is one to do about the weather. It is what it is. Maybe we wont even get the end of season snow storm, but I am not putting … Read more

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The Moose lake project is getting close to being finished inside.We are finishing some doors getting ready to hang them and bathroom tile is going in: On the sauna remodel project, we have finished the roofing shingles and the eves and soffets with the vent strip: We got a bit of a cold snap this … Read more