Christmas

The house with a few inches of new snow.  Cozy don't you think?

Nancy and Steve at tjhe front porch.  We put modest decorations up this year.  Next year we'll do better and hope to be in the local parade of decorated homes.

We have a White Christmas this year (more unusual in Colorado than you'd think).  We're expecting 8 to 12 inches with temperatures in the low 20s.  Tomorrow (Christmas) morning will be a beautiful winter wonderland.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Window Trim

Jamb extensions installed but no face trim yet.  This window has just been stained, varhish comes later.

The windows need trim.  Those set in log walls need substantial (5 1/2 inch) jamb extensions to account for the extra wall thickness.  Those in the log walls also need special trim to allow for the walls to settle about 3 inchdes at the top.

Fireplace Mantle

Mantle being cut on mill's circular saw.

Here's our 2 (double sided fireplace) mantles being cut at a local log yard.  They're using a beatle kill log, both mantles are cut from the same log.