Jan 28 - As promised, here are some pictures of Pine Point from the south and east! I'm looking forward to the third deck and the roof. Hersh

Jan 28 - Winter has finally really arrived on Silver Lake. The pictures show a congregation of ice fisherman drinking the "State Beverage", a para-skier, an ice boat(!), a quiet family picnic on the ice, and the new community near the north end of the lake. See the next post for pictures of Pine Point from the ice! Stay tuned. Hersh

Jan 26 - Interior framing continues....Adam & Jim are nailing up interior walls. The pictures show the outline of the master bedroom closets and bath with the roof plan tacked to the wall. The second floor stairs are in and lumber for the 3rd floor is on site. Today's noon temp: 4 (and windy). Stay tuned.

Jan 20 - The second story went up in two days! Here are some pictures from the south, east and west elevations. Look at those windows!! And while the walls were going up, the lake froze solidly for the first time this season. I've also included a photo of the "backyard" of our temporary home in North Conway. Note the Beaver pond (foreground) and Mt.Cranmore (background). Stay tuned. Hersh

Jan 17 - Today, our crew started nailing up the exterior walls for the second story. The first two sections framed the stairway; others started from the northeast corner. I was able to get a picture of the view from our bedroom looking south across the lake! PRETTY GOOD! I was also able to get a picture of the first ice in our cove. More is surely on the way. Air temp: 5; water temp : 34. Stay tuned.

JAN 12 - Progress continues... The central support beam arrived and is now"in". Adam, our foreman, hangs joists from a scaffold while Jim cuts sub-flooring. By the end of the day, most of the second floor joists were in place and some of the sub-flooring was glued and nailed. A view from the lakefront summarizes it all. Stay tuned.

JAN. 10 - Big progress continues... The first floor exterior walls completely surround the house. The open floor plan requires a single gigantic beam running almost the length of the house to support the second floor. The beam will arrive by truck tomorrow morning. Meanwhile, our crew continues to put headers in place. The second "floor" should be in by Friday!! Stay tuned.

January 4 - Today, we witnessed remarkable progress. The first floor wall panels had arrived by truck and were being raised. This was the first time we could get a real sense of the shape of the house FROM INSIDE! Here are some pictures: Mary Anne frames a wall; Hersh gets crazy with the BIG hammer. Stay tuned.

January 3 - Today, we visited Pine Point for the first time since our "Christmas Break". We found the first snow and good progress. The basement had been fully capped and the deck framing was in place. I inspected the breakfast nook while Mary Anne checked out the kitchen.