Last day for 2011 - Nov 5th

It's my last day here on Cortes for this year and I took these shots to remind me of what Mike and I have built and of course, how much remains to be done.

Yesterday we installed the last of the siding and painted the corner trim on the upper back side (pic #2). So now we are beginning to see what the final colour scheme will look like.
The third pic shows the west side, the living room in the foreground and the bedroom behind with its little deck.

After I leave here, Mike will carry on with some concrete work and finishing trim.
And I'll be back here next April to start on the interior...

November 2nd

It's early November and yes, I'm still here on Cortes Island at May's Garden. But not for long... I will be leaving this weekend to head back to Vancouver for the winter.
Mike and I have been plugging away in the wind and rain, pushing to get the siding finished. At this point we are about one day away. Today we did the wall of the dining room, to the right of the french doors. Yesterday we finished up around the back door and did the final wall upstairs. (The plywood you can see on the lower roof is just there for safety and will be removed before the weekend.)
So it's down to the short strokes... for this year anyway. It feels great to have got to this stage and I can walk away knowing that, as Ulysses said, "Tho' much has been accomplished, much remains." 
(Actually he said, "Tho much is taken, much remains." in Tennyson's poem. But hey, this is Cortes, who cares;)