Icing Up

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.