Summer time at the cabin.

Don't get out to the cabin much this time of year, heat and bugs, but it cooled off last week where I got to spend a good day out there catching up.

Sure looks green. 

Nice spring day out.

 Beautiful, rainy spring day out at the cabin.

Dogwoods were in bloom, along with many other spring flowers.




















Was just cool enough to have a fire going for my break times.

 

Worked on the small kitchen addition.

Added this little shelf, and will eventually add two more.
Just ran out of lumber for that project.














Also did more weather and critter sealing. And made a little shelf for my vintage water cooler.





















Had too much stuff in the little area so while I had some stuff out, I left it out.

Need to build a counter top over storage and get the big old white stove out. It still works but is to big.

Reusing old logs.

Nearby our house this small business has reused some old logs or old log building to make this nice front.

As soon as all this craziness is over I will check it out closer.

Always something to be learned.

 The other day I talked about this classic not to far from me and how I checked on it the other day and found . . . .













. . .  some guys hard at work taking it down. Which is a good thing.
Today they were tagging more of the logs and I had a chance to have a good long talk with them while they worked.

 I have talked about Carpenters marks before, roman numerals in logs, usually used to number logs way back when, when a cabin was going to be moved.

The only place I had ever seen them used before was either on the top plate logs and rafters, or on post and beam buildings.

Today I had a neat surprise.

Each log on one pen of this dogtrot cabin had roman numerals.
If you look at the center of each one of these logs you can see the numbers. The center one has 'VII' marked in it. The others are also marked but a little harder to see.

 What was also neat about this cabin is that it had a
'W' on the west logs and an 'N' on the north logs.


That was so cool.


















Here is a close up of four of the numbers.

Another one got away, but to a good end.

A few years ago I posted a blog post about this building here.

Wow! Has it really been six years.

Well any way. I got out that way again today and there are a few changes.
My timing could not have been better planned.

This is almost the same view, but today.


This is really a classic and had so many neat features going on.

My opinion back then was a fear that some water damage may have taken place around a bad roof corner.
That did not out to be the case, there was however a little damage around the windows.

 But some real cool features. This interior wall, which you see a little further back in the photo was actually constructed with mortis and tenon joints. Usually interior wall were added later and not part of the construction.

 And these logs on the dog-trot were also M&T'ed in. All hewn with square nails.

 This opening would have been for the fireplace.

And you can also see the wood between the logs for holding the chinking.
Much of the chinking was still mud.

You can see the second floor joists here in this photo.

 A little more of the dogtrot framing.
The top log ran from left to right over the dogtrot.

 Look how unfinished the window logs are.

 The three guys working today had started tagging the logs.

All the stuff that was removed.

The only dogtrot I had ever done I gave away. I wish it had been as nice as this.

Nice day out log building hunting and working at the cabin.

Went for a drive out to the cabin today, but took a couple side roads looking for old log buildings.
Spotted this old farm house and the buildings behind, so I pulled up and knocked on the door to get permission to take some photos.
This old house could also be hiding a log pen inside.

Mostly I was interested in this old barn.

And as I walked up I could tell it had a log pen inside.

This one corner was exposed and you could see a log frame.

You can tell this building was never going to be more than a barn.
The logs aren't hewn, the notches are rough.
Bark still on the logs.

I love the hand made ladder on the right going up to the loft.

I would love to explore for all the hidden treasure inside.

 Also made it out to my place today and got a little cleanup done on this 55 degree Feb. day.

 I take so many photos of the cabin that I have been trying to find new angles for new views.

Here are a couple today.

Don't think I posted any photos of the just about finished kitchen.

 Here it is from the east, the way you would see it coming down the drive.

From the west, a little further away.
All the windows are from an old church. The door from an old farm house.

 Also from the west, but closer.

 Last week I sealed around the door and windows a little bit better. Cut down on the drafts.

Looking in through the small door side window.

Nothing inside is as it will be.