It's spring in East Texas

Hi All,
Time for an update on progress and such.

All the exterior sheeting is up

Duncan doing his inspection as the wrapping goes on

The triple window on the left is in our bedroom. It is six feet tall and nine feet wide. It is awesome! 

Just before the rain came again about half the windows were in. And rain it did. In the last 20 hours or so we've gotten almost three inches of rain.

All work and no play makes Jack (and Susan and Brian) a dull boy / girl. So we took a day off to go to the Dallas Arboreteum for Dallas Blooms! with my brother and sister-in-law.

Half a million bulbs in bloom and perfect weather

 On St Patricks day we went to dinner with friends at a mutual friend's restaurant in Mount Vernon (Texas), The Chophouse on Bankhead. Yum!

Back at home we walked around close to the homesite and marked all the Dogwood trees so as to not accidently take them out when we get around to clearing some more underbrush. Several will be seen from the aforementioned bedroom windows.

Much easier to see in real life. Come see for yourself! 

That's all for now. Take care.

Brian

Next up, a roof

Hi All,
Since our last post lots has been happening, not all specifically on the house. Things that have been planted are starting to break ground or leaf out. On this list are pecan, apple, peach, pear, pomegranite and mulberry trees, potatoes, asparagus, rhubarb, mint, cilantro, rosemary, lavender, peas, radishes, strawberries, raspberries, blue berries, black berries, grapes, spinach, tomatoes, onions and garlic.

Two weeks ago we made a trip to LA (Lower Alabama) to visit our friends there and pick up our new acquisitions. They are not pretty but seem to be in good mechanical shape. Both have already been put to work.

1980's John Deere Backhoe that Susan has named "The Beast"

New Holland Skid Steer still looking for a name

This past week we had five days we were able to work without rain!!! That's a first since we started framing the house. Other than a few small things inside, the framing is pretty much finished. Friday afternoon we started putting the decking up for the roof. If we can get five good days this week we hope to have the roof finished. The fireplace is virtually complete as well, all that is left is the fire brick in the firebox and the cap on the chimney.

The first few sheets of roof decking

There will be windows.  They are framed but the sheeting needs to be cut away

We think we're really going to like our fireplace

That's all for now. Take care.
Brian