Over spring break we get to spend a number of days:  paint touch-up, bathroom cabinet and furniture assembly, cabinet pulls--odds-n-ends get done; we are close, very close to having the inside done.

Neighbor Laura and her husband, both deeply into work on their beautiful home a few lots down the road, stop by to see our progress.  Unlike us, they know how to do most of the work themselves.

These bathroom cabinets from Mill's Pride were the only do-it-yourself assembly not from IKEA, which just didn't have the scale or look we wanted for the bathroom.  Much of the assembly hardware and methods were identical to IKEA's.

I throw this last photo in, despite its poor clarity, because of its content:  When we took a lunch break on the porch one day, we watched two adult and one yearling bald eagle waddling awkwardy on the few remaining slips of ice--chowing on fish.