The Barn de-construction is coming along!

Hello folks. Thank the lord it is Sunday! The barn I am taking down is coming along nicely. I will try to get a few picks and post them this week coming. I have so many scrpas that cannot be used for anything other than firewood or small wood working projects I have been giving that stuff away to get it moved off the site. The left side of the main structure if you remember in the last photo’s was an extension to the barn is it all gone now other than a small walkway alonf the 2nd level to have access tot he main barns second level. The front 1/3 of the main barn will come down this week. I am somewhat excited about this since it will lead me to the best wood the barn has for my project of building a new barn at home. I’ve found another wood in the barn that looks like yellow poplur. I’ll get a picture of it and post an end cut and then a grain to see what you all think. Anyway just an update to what I am doing. I’ve been at it 6 days a week 5-8hrs for the last 2 weeks, so I am pleased with the progress thus far. There is a small forest fire 35 miles SE of us here as the crow flies. Witht he tropical depression coming up through Georgia the winds have carried the smoke up this way. It’s been so thick at times, even here at the house that it smells like we are burning in the back yard. The past few days have been extremely difficult as I have been wearing mask to try and filter out the smoke. Yet during the last week I wished I had worn one everyday since yesterday I had to stop working outside after a couple of hours. It was that bad.

Have a wonderful week folks! oh Grumpy, no spider bites as of this time. Only 1 live snake spotted so far. But some more fresh sheds this past week in the rafters on Monday and Tuesday. I expect after the progress this week they may be gone by now. I hope! haha.

-- Jerry, Measure 10 times cut once. Set in the foothills of the Smokey's