The weather was beautiful on the coast of Maine this weekend. Unseasonably high temperatures up in the mid-70s with bright beautiful sunshine meant that we had to get outdoors. And what could we do outside?
Hmmmm….
Well, there was a little bit of this:

That’s copper flashing (in case there are any Cheries out there).
Then there was some of these:

Yes, we know that it is misspelled on the can. We know what we mean, so let’s all move on, eh?
And, of course, where you find those, you find this:

Hello, old friend.
Because we are almost up to the second floor windows, we needed some of this:

Trimmy trim trim. (You try to find something witty to say about trim.)
And, of course, it almost goes without saying that we had plenty of these:

Cherie occasionally has nightmares about being attacked by shingles. We have no idea why.
And that was our weekend in a nut shell. A little of this, a little of that, and a whole lotta this:

You are impressed at our progress, right? Please tell us you are impressed.
Because this was an incredibly boring post and you deserve a reward for making it this far, we include a gratuitous Annabel shot for your enjoyment. You’re welcome.

Look at that wary expression. She knows what’s in store at the top of that ladder.

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April 28, 2009 at 11:09 am
Pablo
I am impressed, impressed with the amount of work you have done, impressed by your sense of design style, impressed by the picture-laden post, and always impressed by the wit that goes into your posts.
When we were last in St. Louis, we drove by our old house, which is nearly 90 years old now. We’d heard that the current owners had taken off all of the shingles that had sided the house for almost a century and put on siding. We were prepared for an abomination. We were pleasantly surprised, though, to find that they had made a nice addition and spruced up the place magnificently. Such a nice respite from all of the McMansions I see here in the Kansas City suburbia.
By the way, does the nursery still feel like a circus tent to you?
April 28, 2009 at 12:44 pm
Kathy from NJ
I am very impressed. Annabel is BEAUTIFUL! And it appears that she’s probably old enough to use the nail gun… Or at least dip some shingles…
April 30, 2009 at 3:14 pm
Bill Carlson
I’m impressed!!!!!!! And that little Annabel, just when you think that she couldn’t possibly get any cuter …
May 4, 2009 at 12:23 am
kathy
Yes, I’m impressed.
May 4, 2009 at 5:08 pm
zilla
I’m impressed!
May 9, 2009 at 9:12 pm
Sandy
I am most definitely impressed! A picture of Annabel (who gets more adorable with every posted picture) is always a special treat. Happy Mother’s Day!