Another addition

We're working on another addition: a new baby under construction.
Landscaping continues.

Iceland

A quick trip to Iceland to do some work and to gaze at the volcano that caused all the trouble. No, we didn't get the hang of pronouncing Eyjafjallajokull.

Rustic serving boards

We're making rustic serving boards with the wood we chainsaw mill.
After a bit of planing, sanding, and finishing with butcher block oil,
they're ready for sushi or cheese. This is some cherry we brought back
from a trip to Tennessee.

Bees

We built a top-bar bee hive and ordered up 3 pounds of honeybees with
a queen. Here we shake them into their new home, cinder-block-plywood
paradise in the north Florida woods.

Story time

Reading Dr Seuss at the building site. The bench is a log we're
planing with the chainsaw mill. We've used the wood for window sills
and shelves on the porch.

Cables on stairway

Granddad Kiker and 3-year old finish off the stairway cables at floor
level of the addition loft upstairs.

Landscaping moving along!

Slowly, but surely, the landscaping goes in. This was taken in warmer
times!