Soon to be no more Bill in San Jose....

[Bill]

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[Bill]

The mason will never win a race based on speed! Glad we’re paying him per sq ft and not by the hour.

Here’s where it was yesterday. Dry stack is the style.

4 cords of split fir and pine are being dumped today. Stacking gives me ‘something to do’.




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[Bill]

Some wood- let’s see how long 4 cords of fir lasts in Montana winter.



Fireplace will be finished Monday. Or so he says








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[Dale Moser]

That’s beautiful dry stack work though, those pieces need to fit close.

What do they call that stone? I bet it came from eastern Oklahoma.


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[Bill]

Soon to be no more Bill in San Jose....

Dale, Prarie Fieldstone, we need to buy more, and I think the stone sales person said they’re waiting for a truckload from Arkansas.

But you could be right. The 2 slabs making the mantle and hearth are from central Montana.


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[Dale Moser]

Yep, around Clarksville Ar. And right across the line around Wister Ok.

Same stuff I have on my outdoor fireplace.

Things are progressing nicely, Billy!


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[Darton]

Excellent work! A very big congratulations to you and your wife sir!

[Bill]

Thank you.

Fireplace stone finished today.



We decided to paint all window trim bronze to match exterior aluminum. Primer and first coat done today. There’s mountains I can’t see with the smoke and haze from California burning up.

Were having a rough sawn dog fir shelf under the windows, doug fir boards matching the living room ceiling on the walls and then the same dry-stack stone wrapping around below on 3 walls in south-facing sun room.

This season I have to watch the pronghorns walk 100 yards below the house since I did not draw a tag . So it goes.

[Texas Grown]

That fireplace gonna beautiful!

The fish are biting, and there's hogs to be kill-t. Gotta go!

[RascalArms]

Love that fireplace brother! [emoji106][emoji106]

[Fritz]

Fireplace is looking great.

[Mertzon Man]

Looking great Bill!
Beautiful home and country!

[Bill]

Thanks. The smoke from the California fires is awful. I guess better than being there- I’m praying for those people.

Last week and today comparison.






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[tps7742]

It’s coming together nicely. Your views are breathtaking and priceless. Again thanks for taking us along in your journey of dreams becoming reality.

[Bill]

I cut out early today- spent hours hiking some BLM land looking for elk. Gosh that felt good putting on a camo shirt and filling the Kuiu’s hydration bladder from our well.

Lots of scrubby cedar that gets thick in the draws.

.... also learned from the GW it’s one of 2 routes griz use moving between the Tobacco Roots and the Gravelies. First and last time I take my 9mm with me!


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