3.22.2026

I just love the way Jim is so exact in everything he does.  We got new hooks for the shower - our old ones would randomly fall in the night and scare us, even when we figured what it was.  So time for new ones.  Jim measured and leveled tape... 

Starting to put the hooks up...

Perfectly level...

Perfection!

Rounding over the edges on the plywood bottom of the cabinet...

Jim put a new knife in the molder to make a rounded over edge for the face frames and then put the frame through...

Testing it out - going to look fabulous!

High 42.2/Low 31.2 - rainy

3.21.2026

 We woke up to a dusting of new snow on the ground and trees - it looked so pretty.  Winter is not over yet!

Jim was doing more wood prep today - using the planer...

We still have to make a trip to Lowe's for plywood, but Jim had enough to make the bottom of the cabinet.  I'm already planning how I want to fill it up!

An early day to stop and get ready for church.

High 39.6/Low 31.1

3.20.2026

Happy Spring!  We still have snow on the ground and it's raining, so I guess that's typical spring in Upstate New York!

Jim worked in the shop again - one set of doors made as well as the side pieces...

Using the jointer...

All the millwork is done for the second set of cabinet doors...

One door in the gluing process...

The other one gluing, as well as gluing up more wood for pieces...

The animals are slowing appearing on the property - today we saw our first deer of the season...

High 43/Low 27.6 - rain in PM

 

3.19.2026

Shopping for wood on the racks...

Door pieces gluing...

Gluing more wood for door pieces...

More gluing...

Jim did schlepping for me in between shop work, as I took down snowmen (even though we still have snow on the ground!) and St. Patrick's Day decorations, and brought up Easter tubs so I could switch things in the house.  At the end of the work day, Jim took the trash down and then headed into town to get more diesel fuel.

High 35.6/Low 26.1

 

3.18.2026

In the wood shop today, Jim has all four face frames done...

Cutting pieces for the doors...

Lots of pieces cut!

Next Jim had to size all the pieces, use both the jointer and planer to get them to the right thickness, and then he started the millworker.  Cutting the grooves...

Grooves cut!

Cutting the tongues now...

Tongues cut in this piece...

First door piece fit tested - Jim makes these tongue and groove cuts so precisely, that they all come out perfectly!

A test fit in the cabinet - gorgeous!

High 34/Low 16

 

3.17.2026

Happy St. Patrick's Day - we're all a little Irish today!  We have corned beef and cabbage in the crock pot and green cake (pistachio) for dessert.

Jim got lots done today in the shop.  He attached the face frame to the steel - look how beautiful it is even inside...

Jim will round these corners over, but the fit is perfection!

These are the side panels - Jim needs to get plywood for the centers...

The back face frame is gluing.  The design is to have the doors open on both sides for easy access (can't wait!).

Gluing wood for door pieces...

We had just crazy winds all day and the temperatures dropped dramatically after midnight.  Our power stayed on but power was out all over the area.  We did lose internet for most of the day but it's back on for now!

High 54.2/Low 24.8

3.16.2026

It was foggy all day today and it was the first day we've seen the turkeys since probably November!  

Jim gluing a side panel...

Working on the jointer...

Pieces coming together for the front face frame...

Making pocket screw holes...

Part of the frame assembled...

Adding the other piece...

Trying it out - looks fabulous!

High 56.7/Low 35 - foggy!