A year ago today, the time of the first Halloween of the project, it was becoming very clear that it would take longer than we had hoped to finish. One of our neighbor's at the time reassured us that, "a year from now", everything will be finished and we will be enjoying the finished product. Well, while we have made a lot of progress, we are not yet finished. But, we are very close. If we can just get someone to show up to work, the inside work could be finished in just a few days. Weather permitting, the first phase of the landscaping will be done in a week or two.
No work at all this week inside. The stone masons were supposed to be here last week to finish the work they started several months ago. The electrical is still unfinished and the carpentry is unfinished. Once the carpentry is finished, we still have Bob's cabinetry finisher to come in to touch up all the blemishes. Again, if anyone would show up, this could all be finished in a week or so.
All the work this past week has been landscaping. Thursday and Friday were nice days. Scot worked on finishing the stone walls on the back side of the pond while John's other folks brought in trees and shrubs. It is really starting to take shape. Today (Halloween) it is supposed to be rainy all day but clear off tomorrow. By Monday, it should be nice weather again with the highs in the mid-70's and little chance of rain until Thursday.
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| Sod area and flag stone steppers |
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| Beech Tree |
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| Junipers along chess board, Service Berry and Arborvitae by pond (and Spenser) |
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| Azaleas around Red Maple |
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| Flag stone around bay |
Wally called last night to say he will be stopping by today to present us with the lighting proposal.
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