Here's Paul, rough cutting the last notch in the last log section. |
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Jeff planes the notch to the correct shape. |
Doing a little extra work now saves doing it in the air. |
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Jeff guides the saddle notch toward the girder. |
Looking up at Paul from outside the back wall. |
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Jeff drills the first hole near the girder. |
Jeff tries driving a pin one-handed. |
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Paul took over driving pins while Jeff continued drilling. |
Paul poses with our newly-invented "wind chimes". |
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Course #11 was the hardest course, and took the longest, but it's finally complete! Here's a look at the finished east wall... |
...and the completed west wall. |
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LouElla helping out at the chop saw again. |
Working after sunset to set the first log of course #12, LouElla continued cutting rebar for her dad. |
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Paul with his LED visor light. |
It was nice to work on a normal wall log for a change. This one went rather quickly. Here Paul finishes pinning this log before quitting for the night. |
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An eerie shot of our house lit from the inside. That's Jupiter in the upper right. |
The biggest "skylight" we'll ever have in our house. This is a view of the night sky looking almost straight up from the basement through the 2nd floor girders. |
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Looking over the north wall at the constellation
Cassiopeia, the Queen. |