Stone
After 5 years of living here, we finally got stone on the front of the house. We had to redo the tar paper for water protection, but then we were ready to get the stone on. We did some pre work before the weekend to shop for the stone and other things we would need. But by the long weekend, things were ordered and delivered and ready to go. We had Brian's cousin Tina and her family join us for the weekend. Her husband Jesse is a talented stone mason and worked to get the stone on the wall as Brian did a lot of the mortar mixing and stone moving. While I did help a little, and we each placed our own stone on the wall, Tina and I were on kid duty for most of the weekend. Her four kids are quite busy as they are all under the age of 6, so after a day of exploring our house and property, it was time to get the kids out to explore Audley park, Lynde Shores and the Toronto Zoo. Thank goodness the days were full of sunshine! We even met up with Wes and Ted at the zoo, and then enjoyed some pizza back at our house with them as well. Wes and Ted also had two planter boxes they wanted to build so they brought their supplies to our house and were able to make the cuts they needed and use some tools we had to complete their project. They looked great!
The stone work took about 35 hours of labour, so the long weekend was necessary to get it done. It looks so good! The days were long but it finally feels finished. Now to get a day without rain so we can do the clean up of scaffolding, and cut stone etc.
I am so happy!