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| 303 Commercial Ave - Laurel's studio and first roof |
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| Second roof - their house |
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| Third roof - the barn (foreground) |
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| Fourth and last roof today - The Woodworking Shop |
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| Laurel and Butch at work |
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| Owens house getting new windows today - new roof last month |
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| Working on the windows |
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| My office had to have new skylights |
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| My house - fence was repainted |
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| All the windows were repainted, and a smashed window replaced |
daily haiku
along the valley
cottonwoods turn gold
a sea of treasure
along the valley
cottonwoods turn gold
a sea of treasure
It is a beautiful fall day today and I should be doing housework, but I could not resist the opportunity to take photographs and write. So much work has been completed around our little town. The hailstorm on May 31st damaged property for many of us, and we've hastened to finish the repairs before the snow flies and brings outside work to a halt.
I've had help repairing the skylights at my office, mending the broken windows and repainting the house. It is great to have a person like Fred Welter who comes out here from Sheridan WY. Fred is so multi-talented and has been able to solve a lot of problems for me over the last few years.
But the people who amaze me are Laurel and Butch Fjell. Butch is really skilled at auto repairs and just about anything mechanical. Laurel amazes me with her indefatigable energy and talent for all kinds of projects. I had no idea until this summer that she could be a roofer! Laurel and Butch between them have re-roofed their four buildings in Birney, that were affected by the hail. Today they were re-roofing their woodworking shop in which they both build and carve anything for which they get an idea. Butch makes chairs and wooden toys, Laurel, picture frames, and anything else for which she has an idea!
Down the street Owen and Diana Cartwright were getting windows and skirting replaced on their house. The hail made holes in the skirting and cracked the windows and their surrounds. Last month their damaged roof was replaced.
All our houses are now ready for winter; in the meantime the trees are turning to sunshine gold; they take my breath away as the sun comes up each morning.
sun breaks through dawn clouds
paints the hills with gold
blue sky clouds tinged pink
rosy outlook for fall day
paints the hills with gold
blue sky clouds tinged pink
rosy outlook for fall day
That sure looks like one hail of a lot of work to me. I remember as a kid neighbors pitching in to help when others had work to do. Often a keg of beer sat somewhere nearby and the end of the job seemed to coincide with the emptying of the keg.
ReplyDeleteDear Chris, I sighed deeply upon reading your posting. A sigh of real contentment. An autumn sigh as I read of your friends and you preparing for the winter and being provident. Peace
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