barn-storming

Tiling Eichling's Bathroom Window

2010-09-07T13:17:00.000-07:00

So Eichling had a larger window installed in her bathroom, but the tile surround had to be cut during the process. A little decorative trim ought to take care of the problem, and that was the plan.

Bill inspects the window (while the shower head dribbles on his head).

More inspection by Bill and Eichling. The window has to open all the way, so the trim can't impede the hinge mechanism.

A piece of trim duct-taped in position to test the hinge.

Eichling cuts long thin pieces of dryboard.

Every job goes better with a dog. Lucifer supervises.

If one dog is good, three must be better. Freya and Loki concur. (Lady has more sense and stays outside.)

The working area has to be brought up to the level of the tile.

Steph cuts and snaps a piece of dryboard.

All the human bodies that will fit in one bathroom.

Steph posing in the tub for a progress shot. A Mudder doing the mudding. ;-j

Freya and Loki sure got their exercise going up and down the stairs. A lot. (No pictures, but Lady shunned the whole project for the front yard.)

Bill cuts down a whole lot of 4" tiles to make the trim.

Surprisingly effective work station.

Mitered cuts were called for.

Chicken break. Time to feed the chickens...and goat...and horse. Eichling and Steph carry the sack of cracked corn.

Veggies for the chickies and carrots for Bo (who thought the camera might be something to eat - hard to take pics with a horse head in your face).

Bo looking for more carrots. The mesh is a fly mask.

Jolly is looking for carrots too.

Bill, Steph and Jolly watch the chickies feast.

They're getting big, but they'll get bigger!

Veggie tops are a real treat.

A couple wayward chickies needed corraling.

Jolly and Bo eat companionly.

As do we. Time for our dinner break...nom, nom.

And back to work, getting ready to tile...finally!

Loki pauses before heading down.

It's a major task for his old bones.

But a dog's gotta do what a dog's gotta do.

Of course what goes down must come back up again. (Lucifer had more sense - he stayed upstairs.)

Bill applies tiles!

Pause for a progress shot.

Dang! Real progress!

Just the tile-on-tile hinge side to go.

Any project goes better with dogs underfoot. Lucifer and Loki think so.

Eiching applies liquid nails to the hinge-side tiles while Bill applies them to the wall.

Duct-tape and tootpicks hold the tiles in place until they dry.

Ask for a simple pose and this is what you get. ;- j

Sing it with me now ~ A ten hour job ~

Snack Time for the Pack

2009-02-22T15:48:00.000-08:00

Elliott caught Eichling feeding cookies to her hungry pack of dogs, goat...and chickens! So where was the horse? ;- j

Nobody Here But Us Chickens (And Goat)

2009-02-22T15:38:00.001-08:00

Wash In Transition

2008-03-25T12:10:00.001-07:00

After the Fire -- Spring Has Sprung 1

2008-03-25T11:21:00.001-07:00

Spring Has Sprung 2

2008-03-24T20:00:00.000-07:00

Spring Has Sprung 3

2008-03-24T17:13:00.000-07:00

The Face of Bo

2007-11-01T17:58:00.001-07:00

Who knew?

Wash After the Fire

2007-10-28T20:30:00.000-07:00

Starting out.

Lady and Lucifer racing.

Can you find all five dogs?

Road dips down to the wash toward the right.

A surprising touch of green amid the desolation.

This was my favorite vista along the wash. I was always going to paint it...
good thing I took pictures. ;-\

Ellen and Loki take a water break.

Utter desolation.

Bill contemplates the view along the wash. Bushes should have hidden him from the camera.

The camera had a great deal of trouble focusing in all this sameness.

Yes this picture is in color.

More ashen sameness.

Steph among the trees.

Fireline

2007-10-28T14:47:00.001-07:00

Jolly wants a cookie.

No I'm not happy at the vista -- I just take lousy posed pictures. The white on the ground is ash, not sand. Loki is helping me check it out.

Those used to be trees.

Bill, Bo (the horse), Jolly (the goat), Jan & Steph (petting Jolly) check out the damage -- note the fire came right down to the fence.

Red barn (where Jan lives greathall-style), green grass, black hills. Awesome color contrast.

Unjolly Jolly

2007-05-28T18:56:00.000-07:00

Jolly was attacked by a couple of stray dogs about a week ago. He seemed to be healing fine, trotting around and eating hay, but closer examination showed he was more seriously injured than anyone thought.

After a midnight trip to the vet, he's now on serious antibiotics and doing better. And he has a nifty accessory.

Be warned -- some of it is not pretty.

Jolly is now sporting this nifty new harness, courtesy of Ariadne.

Barn Yard

2007-03-10T22:51:00.000-08:00

Spin, Span, Spun

2007-03-06T19:15:00.000-08:00

See Eichling spin.

That's why they call it a drop spindle.

Fluff and stuff.

The impliments of torture.

Where's Eichling?

2007-02-22T16:59:00.000-08:00

How To Post to the Blog... 8-]

2007-02-22T16:47:00.000-08:00

Team members can post equally to the blog. They can upload pictures and enter text.

To create a post, first go to the top of the screen on the right. Click on the work New Post, which will take you to a box for adding text. You can type in the box, and even add pictures. To add pictures, click on the blue square over toward the right on the Font line (it will say Add Image) and proceed from there.

If you wish to edit an existing post, then click on Edit Posts on the tan line (next to the highlighted Create). This will take you to a screen with all the posts listed. Click Edit on the one you wish to add to or change.

Now go forth and add text to your pictures. 8-]

The Wash

2007-02-21T17:33:00.000-08:00

The Pack

2007-02-20T14:54:00.000-08:00

American Gothic

2007-02-16T11:49:00.000-08:00

American Gothic...?

Jolly Pics

2007-02-16T11:24:00.000-08:00

come back and play with me!

Assorted Barn Pics 8-]

2007-02-16T11:03:00.000-08:00