Meanwhile . . .

The ground floor of the barn is in great shape.

These are the beams which will hold up the porch of the guest cottage. That is solid wood, not laminated.

When I was a kid on my dad’s jobs, that kind of lumber was a dime a dozen. Now they are putting these two pieces carefully under cover to protect them. It is really shocking how much building has changed in my lifetime. How profligate everyone was with wood when I was young, we had no thought of scarcity or conservation. Now each piece is precious and pricy.

After lunch, the guest cottage crew finished framing the rest of the walls.

The trusses for the roof have been designed and approved. Because of the truss design, there will be a beam across the front of the little bay window inside the living room of the guest cottage. Tom, who is running the framing of the guest cottage, was going through the list of wood from the supplier, trying to puzzle out where everything was to go. He said, “Oh, I guess that piece is for the window seat."

“What window seat?” I asked.

“The one in the bay window,” came the reply.

“I don’t remember any window seat,” I said.

“It’s right here in the plans, in the bay window,” he said. He opened the plans, and sure enough, there it was. I hadn’t looked at those plans for so long, that I had forgotten it. I am glad someone’s paying attention!

At that point, I decided that I had enough and went home.