By Tuesday, our trip to Maine was already a distant memory, and the smell of our unwelcome, prematurely deceased rodent friend was finally fading. Bob's guys started working on the front steps (more on that in the next post) and the trim around the gables. The trim is such an underrated part of this whole thing - it defines the lines and makes everything look neat and intentional. It's math in action - the pieces all have to fit together, the angles have to match.
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| The thick white boards around the gables are the "Fascia" |
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| Byron on the staging, putting up fascia on the front gable |
No, putting on the trim is not as exciting as hoisting a whole wall up on the second floor, but it sure does add pizzazz. So, that's the trim - what's this about the tree? Well, on Wednesday, a guy from the town tree department showed up - to take down a big old tree from the bottom of our driveway. We were worried this might happen some day, as we knew it had been damaged and we noticed that it was starting to get diseased. According to my neighbor Kathryn, before we bought the house, a drunk driver plowed into the tree at about 10am one day. I guess the guy was OK, but the tree was permanently damaged. And so they took it down - we will miss it, especially the nice shade it provided in the driveway.
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| Now you see it (to the left of the portapotty - note the hole in the trunk) |
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| Now you don't |
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My neighbor Christina took her boys and Carys in the wagon to watch the tree work
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