SOME INTERIOR STUFF

As promised here are some photos of what the floor looks like - the Tuscan Stone from Home Depot - I liked it from the first time I saw it and it goes very well with the colors in the pine - it is red pine and there are some boards with a lot of the red in it and the color we want to do the interior doors matches the red also. It is in the middle as far as price goes - not too expensive but not cheap either. We are not that far from needing it so I guess I better get some measurements. I varathaned the moldings for the ceiling today and we are going to use the same ones for the floor. It looks pretty good. Rejean is planing down some pine for the door and window trim.
I also got a picture of the sconces - I think they look pretty good - they match the ceiling fan and they provide good light - with the wood stove and the new lights I am going to set up a chair down there are that's where I'll do my reading. I just have to get some speakers for on the wall - I need good sound when I am working out - I need the tunes!!! It just makes it more interesting.
Tomorrow we will pick up the new sled at Axe Lake - it is supposed to snow some more tomorrow so it will be great conditions for sledding.
Hey, I now have a flock of pine grosbeaks - there are four that have been coming around and I think 4 officially makes it a flock. I couldn't get my picture of the bird to post - but I will keep trying.
I will have to post my pictures the old way - I just tried the new way Stacey showed me and it won't post - it keeps kicking me out so I can take a hint - enjoy.
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PINICOLA ENUCLEATOR

For those of you who don't speak Latin that translates to Pine Grosbeak -hopefully I can get my picture to post - I always spend time watching the birds at the feeders - and I can't forget my little squirrel who doesn't know he should like peanuts - it is a form of entertainment up here and they do put on a show. I usually have the Blue Jays - BIG Jays - the little chickadees and the nuthatches - both the white breasted and the red breasted ones and the sparrows. But today I saw a big red bird out there that I have never seen before - so I quickly got out my trusty Birds of Ontario book and looked it up - it helps to helps to have the binoculars handy as well. I have to take my glasses off to look thru them and because of my tremor I have to lean the binocs up against the window to see - I know, not a pretty sight but you do what you have to do. Then you have to check the description of the bird to what you are seeing - some birds are very similar like the hairy and downy woodpeckers (I still am not sure about my woodpecker) - my grosbeak could have been a red cross bill but thru the powers of deduction I settled on the grosbeak. Then there were two!!! I read that they are rare to very uncommon to see so I am lucky.
We decided to continue to work on the pine today - keep going until we ran out of wood. We got the front wall done and half of the inside wall done - and Rejean put up the sconces (ok lights - but sconces sounds better). Looks really good - it really brightens up the room - I put my sample piece of flooring down and it looks perfect. We still have a ton of pine in the garage that we will cut to length and put the V cut in them - then I can get to work finishing them off to finish up the workout room and enough for the bathroom. But you are starting to see what it will look like finished and I can't wait.
This morning I started TWO fires!!! I got up and started the fire up here first, made sure it was going ok then went downstairs to light the new one - it was tricky and I had smoke coming out of the pipes and everything - every stove is different and you have to get to know what to do - it may take me a few more times to get it right but I eventually got her going. I didn't hear the furnace go off last night or this morning so that is a good thing.
Tomorrow I hit Blind River - I have to go to the bank and do some shopping then we go get the sled - but it is supposed to snow big time tomorrow so we will have to play it by ear - as we usually do.
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A BETTER PICTURE

A LITTLE DECORATIVE GLASS ACCENT

It may be a little hard to see but the two glass panels over top of the bathroom door are made to resemble frost - but it is clear not frosted. We found the glass in Windsor at Zuliani Glass - I was going to get it at Bayview Glass as I knew the owner from my years at the Bank but there was no one around to cut the glass so we went to Zuliani's - my sister, Joanne, knows the owner - Bruce - he is married to her friend Barb. We walked in and there was the glass - like it was waiting for us - and the piece was the exact size we needed - we only needed it to be cut in half. Sometimes your guardian angel is right on the money. We will do the same over the door going upstairs. It just adds a little something special :0)
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didn't work this time

ONE MORE HUNGRY STOVE TO FILL

Finally we could get some work done because there is no snow to blow. We got the rest of the pine up behind the Novabrick. I even got to cut some boards to length on the mitre saw. Who says I can't use power tools? I cut while Rejean tacked them in place. We used up the pile of pine that I had finished a few months ago. Then we moved the stove in place, made sure it was level and stood back and admired our handy work with a cold beer. The fire started easily and we have had it going all evening - the temp downstairs is a balmy 64 and the furnace has not kicked on since. We figure it will keep the area warm enough that we won't need the furnace. It is smaller than our other two stoves so you can't feed it more than 1 or 2 logs and it burns very nicely. We still have to put the mantel up - oak finished in the ebony stain that all the cabinetry is going to be down there and the frames around the window - we are putting in sills - we saw it over at Roger's and it looked really great so we are going to copy. Tomorrow we will be finishing the front wall with the pine I just finished today and with that done, we can put up the light sconces and the speakers. Slowly but surely we are getting it done. There is still a pile o'pine for me to do next week in my spare time. I think it turned out just fine - it is what I wanted.

Maybe we will have some spare time on Wednesday to go over to pick up the new sled (as my nephews and niece call them) It is over on Axe Lake so we will get to it by the lake and drive it back over the lake because the roads are buried in about three feet of snow. Can't wait to get on it - our lake is perfect for zipping around on - nice and long for flat out speed and wide enough that the corners are very wide. It is safe to be on.

Well that's it - I'll get some more pics of the front wall tomorrow.

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OUR NEW SKIDOO (POLARIS)

FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW