Workin' in the Timber~

It's been two-weeks since the Cabin arrived.  Butch got the walls insulated this last weekend & the ceiling will be next. Items that had spent years on the Cottage, are sprucing up the Cabin.  I'm leaning away from a western theme & more toward rustic.  We found a weathered cedar paneling with a nice reveal.  The edges overlap, giving the look of individual planks.  The chairs came & fit perfect on the small porch.  Eventually Butch will add a step & side railings.  We're going to change out the pickets for the same wire we used on the house porch.

Late afternoon~

I had the curtains from the Cottage & only had to order a couple more panels to do all the windows.  With only one nursery in town that carries any kind of yard art, I was lucky to get end of the year prices for the concrete pillar & indigo blue gazing ball.  We've found galvanized sheeting Butch plans to use for skirting.

Final three Serviceberry planted

You can just see the orange string marking the north property line.  We sat the bushes in five feet & the Cabin in ten.  Now, my job of moving out all the rotten wood, dumped over the edge of the hillside has taken some priority.

The property line along the edge of the Timber~

It took me half a day just to clear out the NW corner enough we could put in a corner post marker. I'm tossing it up from below, then we'll back the truck up & fill it I'm sure.  Probably at least one more trip to the landfill.

My brush pile~

This pile is the one I made last year working to clar the trail.  A hollow spot, made a natural place to toss it all out of my way.  I've learned letting it dry for a few months, makes it easier to cut it into smaller pieces & load.

Trail & horse trailer~

The horse trailer has become multi-purpose.  It works for bike storage.  We couldn't build a garage without combining all three lots into one.  The City doesn't allow a garage on a property, without a house.  Of course we didn't realize that when we bought the lots.  The idea was to sell one - if we wanted to eventually.  A garage has not been in the cards, but having space around us works! 

Start of the Trail~

Deciding where the trail would go was relatively easy.  Between the trees, cutting across the slope, down the hillside & over to the creek.  From there we can turn east toward our backyard, or west out along the creek for quite a way.  The west end will take a lot of work too.  A couple big, old trees are down & there's plenty of greenbriar.

Looking SW, down the hillside from behind the Cabin~

the first post, marks our corner.  We'll put in a couple sign posts & I hope to paint them this winter.  I've done so much work, but there's a lot to go, clearing to the far west corner.

Looking East up at the back of the Cabin`

We've finally had a couple days of decent weather.  Sunshine & temperatures in the 40's during the day.  The nights are unseasonably cold though, low 20's.  It takes things a while to warm up in the mornings.  I go from fleece, to cotton, to fleece & finally a jacket by late afternoon!