Hidden progress

Not a lot of blog-worthy progress on the house this summer, eh? Lots of great North Country activities to report, but not many new pix on the house. The Husband has been working for clients on The Lake on our non-rainy days and makin' a livin'. Keeps the visible progress to a minimum. {sigh} Except that The Husband and his father have been steadily milling boards for the house. Totally necessary, but totally un-sexy, blog-wise. We need boards for floors, ceilings, trim.... but it looks the same after the first few pics of Bob and his father standing at the sawmill....

hey look, a board!

ooh, another board.

wow. a. board.

yeee.

So, I'm distracting you all with tales of blueberries and such, hoping for some blog-worthy progress to show soon. One day you'll check in expecting some fascinating tale of ....oh, I don't know... mowing my lawn, and KA-POW! You'll get a staircase or something.

Please.

Something!

Picnic Pavillion AND campfire location

It's all a lie.

We're not actually building a log house. Apparently, we're building a log picnic pavillion and campfire location.

Don't get me wrong: I love picnics and campfires -- and this picture shows a particularly lovely evening with a handful of friends from church -- but I'd love to actually be living there AND hosting said picnics and campfires! *sigh* I'm getting impatient again, aren't I?

Guess it's time for more Progress and Perspective.

Blueberries for Anne

Just can't get enough blueberrying! Our friend Paul has a tremendous number of blueberries - both wild and cultivated. (Yes, this is the same Paul who spent all last summer helping Bob build our house.) He generously allows me to re-enact one of my favorite children's books of all time.

Ka-plink, Ka-plank, Ka-plunk! Grandma & Baby M harvesting the plump little blue berries on a beautiful August morning ... is there anything more wonderful?

Familyness

This week at At-Home-In-Logs: Baptism, Boating and Blueberrying

Except for the sunburn... not a bad trip.

More pictures from our trip to Bear Pond.


Mother-in-law, Father-in-law, niece and nephew


Yes, I groaned when I found out there were TWO carries in our trip.... but they were short and sweet and I got to pretend I was contributing to the manual labor part of the excursion.

Bear Pond

Bob's sister and family are visiting again from Dee-Cee and we had a wonderful excursion today to Bear Pond. As a general rule, I dislike canoeing. But, with 7 adults and three canoes, I was released from the obligation to paddle and found the experience much more enjoyable. We put in at Upper St. Regis and carried over to Bog Pond and then carried again into Bear Pond. There was swimming and picnicking and pitcher plants and a beautiful blue sky day.