Year Two, Day Eighty Eight - Destroying (one of) the Out House

Dear all, 

While the boys got to work on the Bunkhouse, I danced around like a forest fairy, clearing wood, moving brush and stacking wood ready for the winter. 

Bob, Darren and Vince were working on moving the Bunkhouse which was currently 'leaning' towards one side... without doing this very basic and time consuming work, we risk the bunkie falling over - this would be a royal pain in the arse if we had already installed the kitchen and bathroom... 

The shift involved lots of very time consuming work with chains and wood beams... so in the meantime, Darren gave me the task of destroying one of the outhouses! This was RIGHT up my alley! I love axe work. 

Not as easy as it first looked however... destroying a building, albeit a small one... is tricky, even with a sharp ( or blunt) and heavy tool!

Darren dashed over periodically to give the shed a quick wack and the structure started, slowly, to shift... As you can see, we managed to save the old sink that we (me)  will hopefully be able to transform into a flower display urn. 

Vince came over to join in the fun... He gave it some welly and down came more slats!

And finally... Timber! The shed was down!

The wood was perfect for burning and we had a mighty fine fire going ready for some of Bob's incredible home made Turkey soup for lunch.

Here are Darren and I on a well deserved break - it was hot work out there despite the zero degrees on the temperature dial. 

Vince took out the chainsaw to get the final slats off the main beam of the outhouse. The fire was roaring with all the lovely dry wood that we were able to burn. 

In the meantime, I was feverishly getting all the wood cleared for winter.. I now have two huge new brush piles for burning... 

And I am very proud of all my various wood piles distributed 'artfully' across the property... 

The boys succeeded in shifting the cottage, hurray! It was a great accomplishment and means the bunkie is ready for action in the new year!

And here are Darren and Vince enjoying a brew at the end of the day *sigh*

For your delight... some more pictures from the cottage. It was such amazing light, I couldn't resist!

Ahhh... paradise...