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  1. Posted an entry on Jersey Girl

    Disaster averted!

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    The time has come to get Jersey Girl into position to winch her up onto the trailer...

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    I'm getting Jersey Girl's trailer ready to put her into winter storage.

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    The California grands are visiting for the week, so a special tour of Jersey Girl was...

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    It's been a while since I've posted new developments in Jersey Girl's construction.

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    I've decided to scale back a bit on the grandiosity of my tweaks to Jersey Girl,...

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    This is the day to get Jersey Girl Up on her trailer.

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    Using the Trailer Valet, I’ve started to manually maneuver the trailer into the...

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    Still working on the jig for Jersey Girl's laminated cedar roof beams.

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    Jersey Girl is in hibernation for the winter, but while she sleeps her faithful...

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    As I tuck Jersey Girl in for winter hibernation, I must not forget Thistledew, the...

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    Today’s the day for the big move to winter storage, four houses up the block.

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    Here's Jersey Girl's first roof beam, released from its jig.

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    It's back to the drawing board for Jersey Girl's roof.

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    I’ve started laying up the first of Jersey Girl’s arched roof beams against the jig I...

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    With the temperature in the 50s and the snow and ice melting, I had a chance to do a...

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    It's still a little too cold to venture out into the driveway to work on Jersey Girl,...

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    Ten more-or-less identical roof supports for Jersey Girl, with one to go.

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    It’s just too cold today to saw quarter-inch strips for Jersey Girl’s roof supports,...

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    Amping up production here, with two roof beams glued up at the same time.

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    Starting to laminate a fresh stack of quarter-inch strips into an arched roof support.

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    The new, lower arc is released from its jig, and I like it.

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    The cutting and fitting, nipping and tucking proceed.

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    Jersey Girl is growing up!

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    It’s officially Spring!

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    I spent the entire day plumbing Jersey Girl's forward deck drainage system.

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    71 degrees in Northern New Jersey today, so of course an old man's thoughts turn...

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    I am still working on the upright posts that will support Jersey Girl's roof and serve...

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    After a night of torrential rain, accompanied by lightning and long rolls of...

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    The long-term nature of a project like this has its frustrations, to be sure, but it...