September 27th, Concrete work

Some very visible work done this week included new concrete. This is the walkway from the mud room to the back porch. The opening is where a sliding glass door will be.

Here is a view of that same walkway from the north side. The box in the foreground is the well, used to be well house.

The following picture is the west side of the house. The concrete pad will house a propane generator in the future to protect us from the frequent power outages we have here in the boonies. An opening to a wood box will be under the window. Inside the house the wood box will serve as a window seat beside the wood burning stove. The blue pipes are part of the drainage system to control water flow around the house. The land the house sits on is on a slight hill, but it's enough to cause a water problem.

And here's the gazebo with roof completed. The gazebo sits just north of the concrete pad in the previous picture.

This picture shows Denis doing his job of cleanup crew. I thought you might be able to see that the trees are turning but the hill is too distant. The one that looks dead is not. It's just a black walnut tree and they always lose their leaves before all the other hardwoods.