Thanksgiving Weekend Progress--and the Next Weekend, Too

Finally! Thanksgiving weekend brought time and energy to resume work, which was a wonderful and rejuvenating time. The girls were here and each contributed to the forward progress; one worked on fittings for her kitchen (what happened that those weren't there already??!?), and the other pitched in with a whole range of helpful things, including brainstorming on how to address the problem with the back wall and roof attachment. That cleared a major logjam and permitted real progress. Now, all I have to do is see if I can execute the new plan and make it work. Stay tuned on that front.

All three houses are recognizable now and it was even time to make the final list of what remains to be done: and it all fits on one page!! Once the work got restarted and the work area uncovered from things that had piled up on it, it gained a momentum of its own. The next weekend saw progress, as well. The photos of some of the work seem to have gone AWOL, so some intermediate steps are missing here and this shows the combined progress.

Either I don't understand Blogger's editor at all--entirely possible--or it's really strange. There's something about photo placement and captions that I cannot seem to manage and haven't found the slightest clue in any documentation. It's maddening. I've done the best I can in the time available and called it good enough. It's not really, and at the same time, it's better than nothing, so here it is. Whew. 

House 1 landscaping in progress (sidewalks not attached)

House 1 landscaping in progress and preparing base for lighting

House 1 is close to complete: Tech Support helped with notching the bases for the lighting and battery, and came up with a plan and then executed it for all three houses (pictures at next opportunity).

House 1 side view: landscaping in progress

House 1 side landscaping in progress

House 1 driveway and landscaping in progress; no back fence yet

House 2 acquiring its roof and back porch

House 2 is coming right along: it's time to start its landscaping (almost). 

House 2 back porch gluing on (roof straightened after picture taken)

House 3 porch renovations: straightening crooked railings and columns

A review of the houses showed that House 3's front porch had major issues, so parts of it got taken apart and reassembled, trying to correct them. Progress there, too! The last side porch column still needs a cap, and as the column appears to be a bit shorter than others, a solution is still brewing for that one.