Cabin Construction.......Day 1

In the last few years I have turned form an early riser to "let me sleep till 7".  Every day my alarm will be going off at 5:45 am this week for a quick cup of coffee and off to pick up the Amish men working on our cabin.  Now I was not looking forward to this morning but once we started up the Eleven Mile Rd my attitude changed.  It was all about the view.  Green hills in all heights with patches of fog hanging low in the valleys or high enough that just the top of a hill stuck above the fog.  A picture can not capture the beauty we enjoyed all the way to Whitesville, NY.  I looked at a map and found Viola Rd just out of Genesee that takes us right to our destination.  The road was dirt for about 3 miles but one of those beautifully groomed with no potholes and very little dust.  It then came to the South Hill Rd which is black topped and lined with beautiful fields of wheat, corn and hay.  More rolling hills that are farmable without the danger of a tractor roll over.  This is where we saw 3 majestic buck still in the velvet.  As I will call them....."monster buck".  Of course I didn't get a picture being so intrigued with their awesomeness.   Maybe tomorrow they will give me another chance.  One thing for sure from the early morning ride there are plenty of deer and rabbits around. 

Early morning ride.

Along with our fancy clothed farmers is the plain clothed farmers.  I would like to have
had the opportunity to watch the Amish cut the wheat and stack it.  It must be quite
an art to make each stack look so neat.

The above picture was taken at the farm owned by the Amish that are building our cabin.  As I type away I can hear the pounding of nails and an occasional saw running.  In three hours they had 9 poles cut, set and leveled for the foundation the cabin will set on.  There are two doing the work today, 19 year old David and 16 year old Arron.  Tomorrow their dad and brother will be here.  If rain hold off it should be finished in 3 days!  They are amazing, each has their own position on what to do.  I had to laugh, the oldest sat in the front seat, just like my kids they knew their pecking order.  Handsome young men they are and very polite with a great smile.  Of course I had to make them Texas Sheet Cake for their afternoon break.  I am such a push over for young people!  I asked if they wanted to listen to the radio and it was an immediate yes from David.  Arron being younger let his brother do all the talking.  Then we met up with Dick in Genesee, he drove Kent's truck over with a big trailer  to haul the lumber and supplies home.  David rode with Dick from this point and Aaron with me.  Guess what?  Arron talked when his older brother wasn't in the car.  He told me he is all done with school with a big grin on his face.  Being a man and hanging with the big guys doing all that hard work must agree with him.  While we waited for Dick I bought them a cup of coffee at the Acorn Market.  They have done that a time or two, no problem knowing exactly the size cup, kind of coffee and of course cream and sugar. 

David and Aaron with their coffee headed into the lumber store to get their supplies. 
Their dad had sent them with a list.  See it sticking out of his pocket (the guy on the right).

Dick and Kent dug the holes so David and Aaron set the poles, leveled and cut
them to proper height.  Trust me these young men know what to do and get
it done.  It is amazing to watch them work with little conversation to each other.
 

This is the side that will face Clara Rd.

This is the side the front porch will be on.  Last call switch on how it would set
on the lot.  Normally front porches face the road but I liked the idea of it not.  I'm picturing
a little garden area with a bonfire pit.  Amber gave us a beautiful square copper
piece to set in a field stone frame.  Dreaming of what it should look like!

So this is Day One.  Once it is finished I am going to get a book made with pictures of the cabin and how it came to be.  I wonder, who will be the first guests at .......................still trying to come up with a name.  I have a feeling it will be after it is finished, the lawn is groomed, flowers planted and the rocking chairs added to the front porch that it will be christened officially.  With a bottle of wine to drink not break on it.
** Day 2 has been delayed for a week.  The Amish guy building the trusses is back logged, hopefully they will be delivered by next Tuesday.  With the predictions of rain all this week it is probably a good thing.