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Slideshow (97 photos) |
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Jim's mountain bike |
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Dave and Kristen at a house party |
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Hema with really big ugly feet |
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Jeremy and Alex dressed up for Halloween |
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Dad, John, and Cathy in the early 1980s |
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Simon with wild hair at a house party |
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Martin and his bitch Eric |
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Jim, Lucie, and Jack sitting in the Mule |
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Clearing snow between the house and the garage on a typical snow year |
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Dad (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Lucie in her Halloween costume, dressed as a flower girl |
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Dressed as a spicy, smoked snack for Halloween |
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Sleepy little George |
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George and Posey snuggle together for warmth |
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George in her special spot on the chair by the window |
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George in her special spot on the chair by the window |
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Our house from the southeast, and the barn to the left |
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Preparing for yet another trip |
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Lucie lounging in the snow in the meadow |
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Lucie in the meadow |
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The meadow near out house |
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The path to the meadow |
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Trees near the meadow |
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Hand made heating register (that closes) and recessed light in the basement bathroom |
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The basement bedroom |
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Bedroom closets beneath the stairs |
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Hallway leading into the basement bedroom |
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One of the shelves in the stairwell |
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Hallway leading to the flat files; doors on the right lead to walk-in cedar closets |
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Entrance to Lucie's walk-in closet |
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Hand made maple heating register with cherry knob for adjusting the flow |
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Jim's walk-in cedar closet with lots of supplies |
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Cedar drawers in Jim's cedar closet |
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Laundry sink with extending faucet head |
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Hand made maple plug outlet cover |
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Hand made maple plug outlet cover and cold air return |
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Hand made maple plug outlet cover and telephone jack |
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Posey and George on the bed in the basement bedroom |
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Posey in the stairwell |
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Looking down the stairs |
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Looking up the stairs |
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Cabinets housing the electric panel and spare light bulbs |
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Another one of Jim's creations -- a hand made maple light switch cover |
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Oak braces stacked and ready for use |
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Braces made of black walnut used in the studio and dining room |
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Bustin' a move on the foundation |
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Butterfly detail in the fireplace mantle; this mantle design is actually an unplanned "fix" to an error in the frame design |
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Chandelier center detail |
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Final chandelier hanging in the living room in front of the granite fireplace |
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Chandelier before adding the pine boughs and pine cones |
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Collections of pine cone bits |
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Sample pine cone before being affixed to the chandelier |
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Steve at work on the pine needles |
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Beginning the construction of the chimney |
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The chimney tent, used to keep in the heat during construction of the chimney |
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Granite facing on the foundation |
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Extra deep foundation |
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Foundation part-way through construction |
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Mason laying the flagstone floor of the front entrance |
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Everybody standing around during the house raising |
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Standing on the frame on the day of the raising |
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The master bedroom on the second floor |
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The house, just after completion of the roof |
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John standing in front of the rafters before they were lifted into position |
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The woods on our property (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Collection of post and beams before being assembled |
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Collection of post and beams before being assembled |
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Workers busy with the barn raising |
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Intricate work and the steady hand of the crane operator |
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Working on the beams to connect the third bent |
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Chipping brush to prepare the house site |
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More site clearing activity |
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Work progresses; Brian takes a rest |
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Winter '93 -- deep snow nearly to the roof of the back porch |
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Winter '93 -- the driveway had to be shoveled by hand because no plow could move that much snow; the shoveling took three days |
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Winter '93 -- the snow is deeper than young Colin |
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Winter '93 -- front of the house after the storm |
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The stairs leading to the second floor |
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Valley rafter detail; the room below is Lucie's studio |
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Man uses giant wooden mallet during the frame raising (Copyright © John Lawyer) |
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Doing finishing work on the second floor |
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Furry face |
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The living room of our house |
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The house as seen from the back yard |
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Breakfast of champions |
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The back shelf fits into the cargo cover slots and serves as a storage place while sleeping and for organizing gear |
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The bed, extended with the seats forward |
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The bed, extended with the seats forward, seen from the side |
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The bed seen from the rear of the vehicle with the homemade futon |
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The bed sits on a platform that is attached to the floor using the existing seat bolt holes. This was accomplished using a metal plate and some washers. |
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I placed rubber-backed carpeting on the floor to protect the truck interior |
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An empty truck seen from the back without the futon |
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The floor showing the hidden compartments |
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To extend the bed to full length, the seats are moved forward and two "extenders" slide forward; these hold the extra floor and futon bits |
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Detail showing the retracted extender; the metal brackets allow the extender to easily slide forward |
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The platform before the carpeting is installed, seen from the side |
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The platform before the carpeting is installed, seen from the rear of the vehicle |
