The contractors finished the roof by the end of last week. They will be back to close the gable ends and install windows & doors soon.
…and I’ve been building a shed.
Home Update : 2025-Oct-05
Author: Paul Gorman
Home Update : 2025-Sep-29
The contractors arrived today. 🎉
The trusses were up by early afternoon.
Sheathing and fascia installation is underway.
Tomorrow they will start shingling.
Fall Construction
Another local is building a home in a nearby cove, taking advantage of existing infrastructure.
North American beaver (Castor canadensis) @ wikipedia
Nothing in Particular – Episode 12
Aired 2025-Sep-23 on CHSR-FM 97.9.
Sarah Slean is the focus of this week’s [x] Years Later segment, with a song from her 1998 debut album Blue Parade and 2017’s Metaphysics.
Playlist
| Artist | Song | Album | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pagalve | Rubber Dog | Shades & Echoes - Finest Dub Techno, Vol. 2 | 2014 |
| IAMX | I Am Terrified | Kingdom Of Welcome Addiction | 2009 |
| James Hill | What Would You Have Me Do? | Man With A Love Song | 2011 |
| Caravan Palace | Queens | Panic | 2012 |
| Thomas Dolby | The Ability to Swing | Aliens Ate My Buick | 1988 |
| Sarah Slean | Habit | Blue Parade | 1999 |
| Sarah Slean | Perfect Sky | Metaphysics | 2017 |
| Annie Lennox | September in the Rain | Nostalgia | 2014 |
| Baaba Maal | One Day | The Traveller | 2016 |
| Pukka Orchestra | Might As Well Be On Mars | Pukka Orchestra | 1984 |
| Crash Test Dummies | All You Pretty Girls | A Testimonial Dinner : The Songs Of XTC | 1995 |
| Alison Goldfrapp | Gatto Gelato (Niina Remix) | The Love Invention | 2023 |
| Podcast available at CHSR-FM 97.9 | |||
Home Update : 2025-Sep-24
Autumn has arrived (and it’s still very dry). The colours are sneaking up on me.
Materials for the shed arrived and floor construction has begun.
A contractor (Adam’s Yard Maintenance) is coming to start installing the trusses and roofing for the house this coming Monday.