Temporary roof for winter

After a long summer of trying to find log suppliers and dwindling money, we reluctantly had to cap off the roof until 2011 when we were financially able to get back to work.

 Angelo looking across the floor joists to the first wall we put in. This would eventually be the mid-point of our shed roof covering the whole basement.

The bare frame of our shed roof. Along with the 2x12 roof rafters, the majority of the lumber used in this project will be salvaged to be used when building our log home.

No good pictures of the completed cap handy. Once the roof and walls were up, though, we had to scrape and shovel about 8" of snow and ice from the floor into the corner where the drain is.

Cap completion celebration party! We had to stay pretty close to the converted oil barrel that was our wood stove as it really didn't put out much heat and our walls/roof were completely uninsulated. Still, much fun was had by all.

Full basement is poured

Footings...

Wall forms are up and ready to be poured.

Steve helping seal the foundation before backfilling. 2 year old Ari in the foreground and Steve's dog, Dasia, to the right.

Rebar coming up out of foundation wall roughly every 4ft, and our bulkhead (aka bilco).

We bought our land!

The world's tallest snow woman when we closed on our property in June, 2008.

Angelo in the middle of the property the day we closed.

World's tallest snow woman in all her glory.

At 122ft, here's the world's tallest snow woman in Bethel, Maine. This photo was taken when we first went to check out the property, probably some time in March, 2008.