More chimney, please

When it rains, it pours. At the same time that the north slope of the roof was getting its shingles on Friday, our mason worked on the top part of the chimney. So much work going on at the same time on our log house? My heart goes pitter-pat.

Here's the chimney in August 2008:

And here's the chimney on Friday:

Here's another shot for perspective:

And from the inside: (notice the darker-colored mortar; that's where the new section was added on Friday) And this last pic is to illustrate how much The Husband loves this stuff. He's not a particularly smiley guy, but he is just in heaven working on this house. Especially learning from the mason. Well, you see what I mean: