Realism - more than Patriotism

• Aug 2, 2020

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michaelmaltby

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August 2 - more, more, biblical rains ...... from the Gulf.

Little feet make for a future

 

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• Aug 3, 2020

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Shinpachi

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Looks a little taller than before, MM

 

• Aug 5, 2020

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michaelmaltby

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.... 20 minutes after Tiina and I left, Sunday
'We think we dodged a bullet': Environment Canada says worst of Ontario storms is over

 

• Aug 8, 2020

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michaelmaltby

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August 4 - 6 Gorgeous weather.
William's first over-night
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• Aug 10, 2020

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I don't doubt you are remembering good old days with tiny Leks, MM

 

• Aug 10, 2020

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indeed ... but most I'm loving that the kids have fallen into a routine that worked so well with Leks.

 

• Sep 6, 2020

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September 4, sunny, windy, cool.
Rising moon over the Burnt river, taken by a neighbor downstream.

On our stretch of river, the moon rises in line with the river - on cold February nights, hares sit on the ice and are 'moonstruck' - until the red fox nabs them from behind. Blood trail the next morning tells the story.

 

• Sep 11, 2020

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Lest I should forget to tell,
Happy Birthday, MM !
I believe this will be one of your most memorable ones in your life with your first grandson William

 

• Sep 11, 2020

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michaelmaltby

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Thank you.
It's 07:12 and Tiina and I are just about to leave for day-trip to cabin, with meet up, Mr. W.
My contribution to lunch is lobster rolls, no Mobster Rolls

 

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• Sep 20, 2020

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September 19. Minus 4 over night.

The best time of year. Hummingbirds are still with us.

 

• Sep 21, 2020

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Yes, the beautiful season has come.

 

• Sep 26, 2020

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September 26. Tropical.
... burning bush

 

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• Oct 4, 2020

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October 3. Cool. Aftermath of heavy rain.
... on a rip

 

• Oct 5, 2020

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Man, that's just gorgeous!

 

• Oct 19, 2020

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October 21, 1981 ....
... 4 week ends and the roof was on

 

• Oct 19, 2020

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Serendipity! My brother and I were building his log house at the same time. Not a pre-cut kit like yours. Piece en piece a les Quebecois, from scratch. Took us two years.

 

• Oct 19, 2020

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michaelmaltby

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.... what species of tree did you use?

 

• Oct 19, 2020

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michaelmaltby said:

.... what species of tree did you use?

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Thoroughly dry eastern white cedar (like huge balsa logs), scribed and sculpted for a paper tight fit, no chinking. That cedar carves so sweet.

 

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• Oct 19, 2020

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... white cedar is wonderful to work with. After the pre-cut build I went on to build an 18 x 15 sauna using the technique I had gained from the kit ... I used pine logs ... and would never do that again. Heavy and ant-prone.
My challenge was finding white cedar logs of a decent length (18 ft) .... but I always had logs milled to 5" flat side to flat side.
You and your bro did it the classic way ... love to see pics if you feel like posting.

 

• Oct 19, 2020

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michaelmaltby said:

... white cedar is wonderful to work with.

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michaelmaltby said:

My challenge was finding white cedar logs of a decent length (18 ft) .... but I always had logs milled to 5" flat side to flat side.
You and your bro did it the classic way ... love to see pics if you feel like posting.

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My brother was a consulting forester at the time and cruised a lot of timber. When he could find a good stand of cedar on a client's property, he'd take his fee in cedar stumpage. Gathered quite a collection over the years.
Cedar has so much taper we gave up on trying to build a wall as a single panel. We alternated panels of fourteen and eleven foot lengths with uprights between. The forty foot walls had a fourteen and two elevens, and the thirty footers had two fourteens. We used the butt ends of some of the longer logs to make the uprights and used the rest of the log in an eleven.
I'd love to send you pics, but a botched software upgrade wiped my disk and my photo archive, so I've got to go over to the log house and rescan the construction pics.
Cheers,
Wes