One current project
is completing a Japanese-style timberframe addition begun in 2004 at the north side of the house.  It will unify all the work of the past and to remedy dry rot that has occurred over the past 135 years.

It's not a swimming pool!

Winter views of construction

The beam supports the old stairwell so it doesn't collapse in the pit.

The ridge beam extends from the house and supports the roof

Geology:  a great source for later landscaping!

Marion drove the bobcat down the west side of the house, excavating excavating excavating for 8-foot ceilings.