More posts and boards

Monday, Jeremy and Tim milled a couple more logs into 2 more of our principal posts and several boards that will become roof decking.  We are only 3 posts from having all of our main posts ready to go.

Trailer loaded at Tim's

Stacked to cure in the greenhouse

In the bottom picture you can see 3 of the corner posts with 1-3/4" roof decking boards on top.  The very top layer is quarter rounds from the logs that we plan to peel and turn into siding.

We also heard from the miller in Colorado today.  He is well on his way and expects to be finished with the logs he has sometime next week.  Depending on exactly which timbers he was able to get out of those logs, that will put us somewhere around 3/4 of the way finished with the structure of the cottage/cabin. 

An update on my arm, for those who are interested:  I went to Dr. Chang in Lawrence.  He is a practioner of traditional chinese medicine (a combination of chiropractic, accupuncture and herbs).  He quickly figured out that one of the bones in my elbow had shifted and was putting pressure on a tendon.  He moved it back (no, that didn't hurt) which immediately made it feel better.  He also gave me some herbs to use topically to help the tendons heal where they were rubbed and inflamed from the bone being out of place.  Things are improving, but it will take a week or two before the tendons have finished healing enough for me to be back to normal-ish.  Until then, I'm figuring out how much I can do with 1 arm.  ;-)