Where have we been?

I'm getting a sense from Neal (former track guy) that he's sensing the finish line is near.  It's not anything he's said:  it's just that he's ON IT.

If he's not rolling on another coat of paint, he's rustling through the trim pile, or comparing his latest plaster samples.  He comes back on-island with his truck full of wood; fir flooring, bead board, then gorgeous hunks of cedar and fir from Egg Lake Sawmill on San Juan.

Uma's room, with a few paint options on the wall
 (Benjamin Moore now has pints to check color: it's pretty much made for people like us)

And here's her finished room (notice that it's not blue), complete with trim!  It is the last of the alder that we milled from our land.  The live edges on the sills are particularly nice.

Here's the living room, ready for paint.

This is just one of the combinations we've tried.  You'll have to visit to see the final colors.

Neal at his chopping station, working on window trim.

Deenah, checking out the kitchen.  And, June is for the Gemini's!

Mom is first.  She, Dad and I met at the same
beach we've been going to for - how long - almost 50 years?! She showed me an album she's making of our house construction, a well-timed reminder of just how far we've come in the past year.  Thanks, Mom, it's wonderful!

 Uma's next...

then it's my turn.  Happy Birthdays!!