Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Icing Up


On our way to check out the building progress, we spotted this tree with the icicles going up. How'd that happen?

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Beam me up Andy!


While the rest of us were out playing in the fresh new snow, Andy and Ken were busy at work, putting up beams that span the width of the house.

Friday, December 24, 2010

On Christmas Eve...


On a glorious Christmas Eve afternoon Don and I took a brief visit to see the construction progress. It's really a gift to be able to build a new home on such a lovely spot in Vermont.

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

A Gable and an Evergreen Bough


Today, in the middle of a pre-Christmas snow, the highest gable was raised. Don was there to witness it, and to help attach the tradtional evergreen bough to the peak, for good luck and as a sign of respect for the forest.

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Movin' on up


This week lots of the outside walls were erected. Stay tuned for next week's addition. Weather permitting,the front, and highest gable, will be built and put into place.

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Decked Out


In spite of winds and cold and lots of snow, the guys of Catamount North managed to get the decking on the house this week.

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Getting in on the Ground Floor


Our 'walk-out' basement will be more like a first floor, with a den (shown in the picture),a bedroom, craft/laundry room, and a bathroom as well as Don's shop and the mechanical room

Thursday, December 2, 2010

A Mighty Wind


I imagine it will become known as The Wind Storm of 2010. The strong wind storm, lasting almost 24 hours took down dozens of trees around the property, took down power lines on the road right in front, and destroyed the temporary barn that was housing the tractor and other equipment. The neighbors across the street fared far worse. No more building until the power it restored.

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good 'ole Nike, we miss you!