Chinking and Archway and Sweeps

Chinking
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Fred gets his tools
and buckets ready
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The first thing you
do is suck the
chinking out of the
bucket into the gun
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Next, Fred shows
us how to apply
the chinking		 1-chinking-dan3
Look at how intent
Dan looks!
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Fred puts the
 chinking on in
 nice, even lines
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Ours are not quite
so nice and
even though.		 1-chinking-anne4
Next step is to
smooth it out
with a combo of
water and trowel
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Brian learns the
fine art of
smoothing.
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More chinking
lessons
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More chinking
lessons		 1-chinking-bri93
Will this chinking
ever end?		 1-chinking-fred20
Fred and his wife
take a moment out
to smile for
the camera
 
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Yeah, keep smiling
Bri, you're almost
done...really...
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Brian & Anne
Chinking away		 1-chinking-dan&anne6
Anne & Dan
Smile for the
Christmas Card!		 1-chinking-dan&anne85
More chinking
fun with Dan
and Anne
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And a little more...		 1-chinking-bri91
Climbing up high
for more chinking
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A cheesy smile
from Gary		 1-chinking-gary92
We've got Gary to
forget that whole
"fear of heights"
thing.
 
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Brian does his
best RAMBO pose

 

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A glimpse of what
the corners will
look like		 1-chinking-z9
And my new
FAVORITE photo
pretty cool, huh?		 1-chinking-z97
And my second
favorite picture.
The front view.
Anybody Want a Wendy's Frosty?
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Anne thinks that
the Chinking looks
like a Wendy's
Frosty...mmm...

 

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She soon learns
that looks can
often be deceiving		 5-frosty-24
As you can see,
I found it quite
entertaining.
Oh, come on!
You don't really
think she ate that
did you?  We were
only playing!
 
Cutting the Log Ends
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Kevin chainsaws
the log ends to
make the sweeps		 2-sweeps-99
And here we have
"the action shot"
with the log falling
in mid-air !
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Mike grinding the
log ends to make
them smooth
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The log ends cut
into the sweeps
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Another view of
the sweeps.		 2-sweeps-902
Check this out!
 
Building My Archway
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Setting up the
scaffolds to put
up the archway
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Walking up the
path towards my
new archway.		 3-archway-07
Mike and Kevin
attach the supports
for the archway.
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It's coming
together!
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How cool
is this ?

 

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I took this one with
my truck in the
picture to give a
little perspective

 

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Pretty neat, huh?
It's exactly what
I was looking for		  
Canoeing With Dan and Anne
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Brian and Anne
on the Lake		 4-canoeing-13
Dan and Anne
on the Lake

 

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Anne shows
off her assets 		4-canoeing-15
Dan and Anne
get comfy.
Gary Plays Croc Hunter
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Crikey!

 

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Tim's dog Winston
started digging in
the wood pile.		 7-crochunter-27
Gary digs in to
investigate.		 7-crochunter-28
It's a beauty!
Other Random Pics
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Brian puts in
some cheapy
stairs
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A year later, here's
my temporary stairs		 6-random-20
Dan poses in
the loft		 6-random-19
Anne poses
in the loft
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Anne makes
the rounds

 

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Dan stops for a
photo op.		 6-random-anne-stripper-pole17
Anne looks right at
home dancing on
that pole, huh?