Some pictures
from the weekend
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| A blue heron perches on the
rafters |
A blue heron checking
out the view before we get started |
The first sheets of plywood go up
for the roof decking |
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| Cowboy Luke cutting down some
lumber |
Joe fixing up one of
the circular saws |
Joe and Cowboy Luke working on
the circular saws |
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| Patrick before Saturday really
got started |
Putting up the first
row of decking through the middle of the rafters |
Getting some of the decking
nailed down |
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| Patrick standing by |
A shot of the roof as
the decking starts to get into place |
A longer view as Joe pushes some
plywood up onto the roof |
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| Cowboy Luke and Patrick about
finished with the first row of decking |
Nailing down the
decking as the storm clouds begin to gather |
Getting started on the last row
of decking |
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| Joe doing some finish work on the
rafters |
The decking work
continues |
A longer shot of the barn from
the grove |
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| Getting the last few pieces of
decking into place |
Moving the decking
into place |
Making the piece of wood line up
just right in the plywood clips |
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| Patrick nailing like a madman |
One more piece of
decking to go |
Checking for any spots that need
nailing |
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| Just before the tar paper goes on |
Sunday morning -
getting ready after the big storm the night before |
Looking at the roof decking from
inside a stall |
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| Checking out the roof before
lugging the shingles up |
The first part of the
shingles have been hauled to the roof |
The roof with some of the shingle
bundles just waiting |
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| A shot of the work so far |
Looking at the stalls
from the grove |
The inside of the stalls before
the dividers go in |
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| Another shot of the space under
the roof |
The cows come up to
see what's going on |
They can't figure out how to get
through the gate |
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| Boo making his inspection rounds
on Sunday |
The horses come up to
see the new digs |
Thunder and Stormy trying to get
a closer look at the barn |
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| The two left stalls from the
front of the barn |
The stalls as the
dividing lumber goes in |
A longer shot of the stalls as
the dividing lumber goes in |
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| Cowboy Luke cutting more lumber |
Joe and Cowboy Luke
discussing how to lay shingles |
The stalls with most of the
lumber in place |
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| A longer shot of all three stalls |
Getting ready to get
started on the roof |
Adam checking out the work so far |
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| As shingling gets ready to begin |
One last break before
shingling |
One of the cows is still trying
to get closer to the barn |
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| Stormy and Thunder still trying
to get into the grove |
Adam and Joe
discussing something about the roof |
Getting the first line of
shingles set |
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| The edge work on the left hand
side of the roof |
Stormy and Thunder
still hanging around |
Adam and Cowboy Luke working
through the first row of shingles |
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| More shingles wait their turn |
A long shot of the
barn from the yard |
Adam working on the edge of the
roof |
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| Adam finishes up some nailing
work |
Adam waiting for the
next round |
Trying to sqare up the roof |
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| Adam getting set for some sawing |
Sawing down some of
the roof edge |
Still cutting... |
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| Just about finished with the new
roof edge |
What's next? |
Some of the cows come up from the
wetlands to see whats going on |
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| Monday morning after the big
storm on Sunday night |
About one quarter of
the shingling got completed |
Another shot - one quarter done,
only three quarters to go |
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| The framing goes in around the
base of the tack room |
Looking at the tack
room from a different direction |
A shot of the house through the
barn |
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| Cowboy Luke getting some cleanup
work done |
Boo checks out the
day's progress. First one side... |
And then the other. |
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| We passed - he's
sitting! |
The floor joists -
cut; just waiting on the nailgun |
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| Ace enjoying the
first meal in one of the new stall |
Even a couple of cows
wanted to share dinner |
