The Ceiling

We have had a pile of wood sitting in the middle of our floor downstairs for a couple years now. I milled it up from some free slabs that I got. Finally, I get to turn it into a ceiling! Got the lighting all wired up, the spacers and trim put in, and now the boards start to go up. The pattern is a bit tricky so I will need to do lots of careful measuring today, but it will be a bold, different kind of look. Keeping everything up there easy to access too!

Hard to believe it was only a week ago, but we managed to head out to lower harbor to skate on the ice and explore the ore dock and the island. Super cool. Plenty of others out there too, but later in the day someone found a soft spot and fell through, so they don't want people out there anymore. 

Had a lot of fun with snow club on Thursday. A few extra teachers from the girl's school joined in. Abigail even tried out the snowboard! She made some good progress and managed to detach herself from the bunny hill. She also made a special dinner last night - pot stickers - that took a few hours to put together. 

Skates on!

Sunny and cold.

Looks a bit like wood.

Fireworks get launched from right around this spot.

A bit of snow in the way.

Ice crystals.

View from the island.

Nature taking over.

Bubbles.

Strange surface tension.

A new kind of corner.

Pegs, not plugs.

Walnut and aspen.

All done!