New lights and almost done with the siding... 

Another view of the new front ipe deck at the rental house. We found a renter ! So soon we will stop with these pictures. 

Luscher farms in Lake Oswego, Oregon houses the collection of clematis (flowering vines) of Brewster Rogerson. This is one of the largest clematis collections in the country. We went to volunteer for a few hours since Roger is a member. Then we went to Portland for the night. It was great fun !

For more information on the collection, go to: http://rogersonclematiscollection.org/

New laundry room at our rental house: the tile went down pretty easily...we bought a cool tile cutter which made cutting the odd pieces pretty simple and will help us cut the bluestone for the new patio. This will have to be grouted soon.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING ! Here is the gantry scene at night...it reminds me of Close Encounters of the Third Kind...the gantry is moving on down the property...

The front deck is so much nicer than before. The ipe wood is dark and rich. 

Back deck also has ipe boards....this is not quite done 

Laundry room is almost done. Tomorrow we will start the tile floor. 

Here is the carpenter - painter helper dawg, Newman ! 

A coat of primer on the new laundry room - almost done ! 

Here is the new ipe deck - one small section to finish plus a railing of course 

The Gantry looms over the elegant Thai hot tub Pavilion

Here is the framework for the new front deck/entrance. 

 

delta sections are being hung - we have a very close view of this !

 

looking good with the trim on

 

re-roofing the front section

 

Inside of new laundry room

 

This thing is really huge - it hums too 

This weekend the bulk of the electrical was worked on, the door amd windows went in - even Pooh helped test out the floor... 

A closer view.... 

Now the roofline matches the house 

The framework all complete... 

friend Gary helping on the new roofline