news from the country estate 2-17-09

Greetings from the 'didn't get any snow this time either' country estate,

Other than the reliably pleasant mid winter weather, we've got a few other news items:

-work has been slower than slow, but thats February in Maine.

-housebuilding or more like housebuilding planning has begun in earnest. Septic system design is underway, estimates are being made, financing pursued

-I traded some work for a 6.5 kW generator recently.

-I've been prototyping some new furniture with my friend Paul over at Paul Baines Fine Woodworking. I'll post pictures just as soon as we've got something to show for it. Think about Bamboo though.

-We were down in Boston doing some preliminary marketing work for the above mentioned PBFW's line of Cathance River Stools. We're trying to get them some exposure, so I can work more building furniture as well as houses. Boston is a bit of a culture shock after being on the country estate for a while

-And, that's about it, now go over and read my other blog about Porch Restorations.

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Not this East Coast

I would certainly love to post all sorts of pictures of the blizzards that have been pounding us here on the East Coast, but wait, oh yeah, all the blizzards went way south of here. We haven't gotten any new snow in weeks. Just day after day of clear skies and 25 degrees. I don't know how much more of this I can take!

Can we get some snow here in Maine? Come, on ! They don't even deserve it in D.C., at least around here we appreciate a good blizzard. I might even say we enjoy it.

How am I supposed to go snowshoeing if we don't get a little more accumulation?

Dear Mid-Atlantic and Mid-Western states,
Please deliver any excess or unwanted snow to Coastal Maine via air-mail.

Warmest Winter Regards,

Maine.

PS. please feel free to keep the acid rain and mercury from your soot-spewing coal-fired power plants. we don't need any more ;)

Guillotine Tree

I saw this goofy tree scene this afternoon while traipsing round the woods on the Wagner Estate. Off with its head!

The guillotine tree.

Earlier in the day, I was turning reclaimed lumber into window and door trim, like this:



You can read about the rest of that story here.

Other than that, Winter drags on, slowly here in Maine.