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Bob Arnold on the new hut job summer 2018 — the stone hut ( 33 years old ) is right over his shoulder |
Bob spent this past June and July clearing ground, setting sills into granite (bolted) and building this new Porch-Hut. One day it will get a name. Bob may write a small book about its construction. For now here are some photographs I took while Bob was at-work. Spruce framing with many native tamarack, hemlock and pine logs cut from trees on our land and peeled on site and set in. The floors are hand-stenciled by Bob and you can see the bookcases are ceiling to floor and permanent.
All a continuation after a many months reading on the Birdhouse of Bob's book Stone Hut (Longhouse).
Tiny one room in the woods of books to come —
and there is another room above this one
Narrow stairway built of hemlock logs and thick pine slab
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Bob hand stenciled all our house interior
but this new hut floor is a favorite
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Roof purlins on!
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Take five
By a pond