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Cold, cold, cold Washington’s Birthday holiday in Carlisle

This morning (Sunday), at sunrise, it was a chilly -21 degrees Fahrenheit on our front porch (indicated at -16 but we normally find a 5 degree difference due to heat from the house impacting the thermometer). The temperature at the town center is showing at -11. I think the difference is that we are downhill […]

And yet more bragging about a relative

Good morning all –

It is a fine Sunday morning here in Carlisle and I have a nice cup of coffee in hand while I surf the internet and listen to music from Firephly – aka my sister-in-law Meghan. I have done a couple of brag posts about my other sister-in-law Tenley and my Mom […]

Rainy January Sunday

It is rather warm today (low 40’s) and raining rather hard. This is a good thing since it is erasing the ice that has been coating our driveway since Christmas. Long term, I would like to see snow so that we can go Nordic skiing – but getting rid of the pond ice on the […]

Happy New Year. 2016 opens with snow and ice

Good morning all.

I was down and out for several days with a cold, starting with Christmas. We got a snow/ice storm with some freezing rain as a follow on and it got sufficiently heavy that when I felt better and was able to go to work on 12/30, I couldn’t break through the ice […]

Happy Week before Christmas!

I have been on the road for the last three weeks and didn’t really have the time or energy to make an update – so this one will be a bit on the rambling side.

I was able to get a cheap American Airlines ticket – so I was able to go from Boston, to […]

Getting ready for winter in Carlisle

This past week has been very mild in Carlisle, though it rained most of the day on Saturday. Today my dad and I took care of some stuff that needed doing

We cleaned out the wood shed in preparation for fixing the roof Cleaned out all the leaves in the Sea Pearl (my parent’s whale […]

Guest Artisan at Carlisle Artisans: Nancy Fohl

A little bragging here – my Mom was invited to show and sell her quilting at the local art co-operative in the center of Carlisle – the Carlisle Artisans

Their shop is very small but the stuff they have is great. They saw her work during the Old Home Day art show on the town […]

Design Philosophy Series: Building a mid-century modern Atomic Ranch – turning feelings and thoughts into ideas on paper

Please see the prior post here for the answer to the question – Why build a mid century modern house in the early 21st century

At this point in my process, I had the land, the permits (thanks to the Fields hard work prior to selling the land to me!), and a builder picked out. […]

Some construction photos

Very short post this week

Roofing materials are onsite – Everlast metal – and are going up. The siding is going up too and the colors, layout and species of wood are really starting to pop.

Plus some random, Cow, Sheep and Hawk photos

 

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Sunbeams on the fireplace for the win!

Roofing is happening

remaining tongue and groove cedar siding going up

The colors are starting to look really good. Paul was telling me Friday that the exterior is starting to look like furniture with the complimentary and contrasting colors and wood species

Hey look – Cows – and a Sheep that thinks it is a Cow. There have been some Coyote kills of sheep around the area – this sheep, by hanging out with the cows exclusively seems to have avoided that fate

A hawk on the weather vane in my parent’s side yard

Fall 2015 in Carlisle – a short construction update and other things

Fall has started to arrive in Carlisle and it is a misty Saturday here. Things are continuing to move apace at the job site. As you can see below in the pictures, things have moved forward quite quickly during the week, with lots of progress on the electrical, sprinkler system, fireplace and the cedar siding […]