Hello everyone,

We are back in business. After a summer of warm water, fire smoke, and repairing damage done by ice to the dock pilings at the lake, we are on our way back to our other island - the Big Island of Hawaii and the renewal of the blog.  Below is the latest picture taken in August by our good Hawaiian friend, Bernie Hite - the second to arrive as a visitor.  Sharon and Hank Hankins came in July I believe.   Of course, while it's finished on the outside, we have a lot to do on the inside.  So starting Tuesday, we'll have at it.  Let's see if two 70 year old codgers can put some things together.  We don't have much time because our first inside staying visitors come in Feb.  

So stay tuned for all the excitement of finishing our house and all the adventures we will have doing it.

Here's Bernie admiring our front door.  When we left it was just a white sheet.  The wood is called
Sepele - a type of African Mahogany. They call it poor man's Koa (which is very expensive and hard to get - native to Hawaii) because when it darkens, it looks like Koa.  I guess like fake news, it will be fake Koa.