Howell Cabin

 Siggy and I came up today to meet the Marson & Marson forklift bearing a load of lovely clear vertical grain fir trim wood. We assembled a portable garage tent (10x20 feet) to act as a dust- and rain-shelter for applying finish. I made the racks shown in the photo above to stack the wood that's done or waiting its turn to get finished. Siggy split a big pile of firewood.

I met the crew from Armstrong's Yakima today to get the woodstove (and its stovepipe) installed. While I was up there, I worked on a floor electrical outlet, began patching up this wall edge in the bathroom (where we'd been planning tile but changed back to just drywall), and bucked another pile of firewood rounds.  

  I drove up to the cabin today to meet a tree contractor. Since I was up there anyway, I took care of some other business. I got the wood stove out and ready to install on Monday. I vacuumed up the tiny particles of styrofoam packaging material from last year's roofing panels that would have been much easier to clean up last year. I put the bathroom outlet back into its adjusted place above the backsplash. I corrected my installation of the heat pump wiring with a pair of reducing washers. Now it's really done. I replaced the emergency brake battery system in the flatbed trailer.  I bucked a bunch of old logs into rounds for firewood.