2020
This spring the brothers turn 15; Chloe & Annie, 12; Flynn, 9 and Willie, 5
![01/11/2020](images/2020/01112020.jpg)
11 Jan: It's 55° at 10:00 am. The sun is shining. It does not look like January. I cut and sanded the boards that will close the bedroom doorway.
![dewalt-chainsaw](images/2020/dewalt-chainsaw.jpg)
16 March: Got my new electric chainsaw. Hopefully it will inspire me to do what needs to be done.
![tent up 06/20/2020](images/2020/tent06202020.jpg)
20 June: The deer flies drove me to set up the tent.
![rock work](images/2020/rockwork1.jpg)
26 June: Beginning rock work.
10 Aug @ 10:15 am: an epic moment. Willy started eating canned food. With gusto. Now all the cats are eating canned food with garlic/yeast powder and I have not had to apply flea meds for 3 months.
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![ash limb down](images/2020/ashlimbdown2.jpg)
March: Huge limb broke off the top of a dead ash and was standing straight up, embedded in the soft ground because it had been raining for a day. It was leaning slightly toward the house and when the ground defrosted it would have fallen toward the house and hit my bedroom window so I pulled it over toward the road with the truck, and there it lies.
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14 May: The JD goes to work at 3600
![chair in brook](images/2020/brookchair.jpg)
Dammed up the stream, got a half-way decent bathtub out of it and a comfy place to sit during the heat of the day.
![front/deck09/12/2020](images/2020/frontdeck09122020.jpg)
12 Sept
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![wood frogs](images/2020/woodfrogs.jpg)
20 March: The wood frogs came last night with the rain. There will be much merriment tonight and lots of egg masses tomorrow. It's the first day of Spring and 58° right now at noon, raining lightly all day.
![front deck job](images/2020/frontdeck1.jpg)
19 June: Starting the front deck job
![old-deck](images/2020/old-deck.jpg)
27 June: Moved the deck closer to its destination. I pulled my QL muscle and won't be doing much heavy lifting for whileat least that is the recommendation.
![front/deck/09/12/2020-2](images/2020/frontdeck09122020-2.jpg) 12 Sept: Starting framing
15 Sept: Turned on heat today. Temps going into the 30's this week.
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![barn door 10102020](images/2020/barndoor10102020.jpg)
10 Oct: Finally painted the barn door |
![front deck 10/12/2020](images/2020/frontdeck10122020.jpg)
12 Oct: Finished enough for this year |
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18 Oct: Wrestling the back deck into place. |
![back deck 10/18/2020-b](images/2020/backdeck10182020-b.jpg)
18 Oct: Gotta get it up over the gutter drain pipe. |
![birchdown](images/2020/birchdown.jpg)
20 Oct: The leaning birch drops along side the barn, damaging the edge of the roof. |
![2ashesdown](images/2020/2ashesdown.jpg)
Can't remember when #1 came down. |
![Second ash comes down](images/2020/ash2down.jpg)
11 Nov: Second ash comes down. This one fell on the guy wire, ripped the electric line anchor from Cotiaux's house and tightened up the lines to my house in a disturbing way. |
![11/29/2020](images/2020/11292020.jpg)
This is what Nov 29 looked like. This was the balmiest November I can remember. Lovely. |
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