Siding All Sawed Up

I finally finished cutting up all the redwood clapboard siding I saved from the original house. I trimmed off the beat up edges and then ripped each board almost right down the center. I wanted a couple of widths so I offset my cut a little. I wound up with two widths; 1 1/2" and 2". Each board varies in length between 18" and 36". Once I had the boards ripped and trimmed I made one last cut with the boards turned on their side. By doing this I was able to cut off the beveled edge of the clapboard. One side of each board has a fresh cut finish while the other is weathered and old looking. Both sides look pretty cool when all laid out. My plan is to panel the vaulted ceiling of the new house with these redwood planks. Now my problem is deciding which side to show. I can't decide which side looks better; the new grainy look or the old weather-beaten look. I guess I have to ask myself - do I want the inside of a barn look or more of a refined cabin look? I'm going to have to call in a couple of experts to help me with this one.

Dog Days of Summer

Went to the Dog Days of Summer event last night. It started at 6pm but Lisa and I plus Piper didn't go until 7:30. It was still 105 degrees then but at least the sun was almost down. It appeared to be a pretty good turn out. There were dogs of all shapes and sizes. Channel 15 was there with a news crew. We stopped by Papa Ed's Ice Cream to get a frozen doggie treat, but the line was pretty long so we just walked around some more. It was nice to see so many people out with their dogs for this event. We walked around both the downtown and Catlin Court areas. Most of the people were in the Catlin Court area when we were there.

Concept Farmers Market

Now that the exterior of the house is pretty much done I've turned to concentrating on the interior. As you know the Blue Myrtle House is not going to be just any ordinary farmers market, it's going to be a concept farmers market. Restaurants do it, bars do it, heck even motorcycles do it.