MARCH 2017

Mother Nature was not kind during March....I thought Spring would arrive instead Winter continued with a vengeance with some very cold days and lots more snow. But Francis hung up tarps and started a propane heater and set to work. There is only one word to describe this man... DRIVEN... 

Progress has been steady despite the weather, and me pulling him away from his work to attend family dinners and entertain.

Unfortunately, I don't have many pictures to post as they are on Francis' phone, or maybe I should say they WERE on on his phone. Apparently, today his phone had a fatal drowning accident which means all the photos I have taken on his phone are now likely kaput 😭 

I have a few that he sent me a couple of weeks ago, but last week he was too busy to download to my computer before he left... so I will have to take more but my "action " shots will be gone- you know the ones I mean- the ones where he is caught doing the work- not just the before and after ones.

BEFORE

So thus far this season the  tasks accomplished are:

• outside walls insulated/ vapour barrier up
• tongue and groove pine lumber to interior walls 
• the gaps in the soffit also stuffed with insulation ( No more nasty drafts)
• new interior  framing around the windows
• window grills ( made by Francis from wood and metal electrical conduits)installed with locking mechanisms( also MacGyvered by Francis)  -- these allow certain individuals who shall be  nameless to open/close the windows and "wash them when dirty"
• PVC conduit placed in the wall to allow the new expected electrical supply into the barn ( a project  planned for the summer)
• installation of a flashy new monitor "thingy" for the solar power

AFTER

We are having problems taking pictures due to the light coming in the windows so we have t o go back up at night to take them... and besides we are neither great photographers nor have great cameras- just what's in our phones. 

These photos show the new finished walls-- I don't have any other pictures at this time as they are ( WERE???) on Francis' phone. I will either retrieve or take new ones this weekend...

So for now, this is all I can post....