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Re: "This is the corner of house after I tree fell on that old Volvo I just restored. Missed the house though. "
Wow. That was a close call! What type of tree was that?

We had a wooded back yard in one of the Virginia houses. There were two close calls that convinced me that I didn't ever want to live in the woods again. One storm snapped a huge tree in our back yard and it knocked down two others as it fell! We're just lucky that they weren't falling toward the house because they could have reached it easily.

A house on the same block was more or less totaled in that same storm when an oak tree in the front yard fell on it. (The "derecho" of 2012 was about the weirdest storm ever. It lasted less than half an hour but packed 85 mph winds and took out power for most of Fairfax county for a week.)

Pretty incredible photos, Nemo. I think that's the first time you've ever posted most of 'em!

Why'd you leave Orcas island?




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Re: Home Plan - exterior views
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Mon, 24 Jun 19 7:03 AM
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Yes I built my own home out on Orcas island. I enjoyed the heck out of the process!!! It was my dream home.......

This is the corner of house after I tree fell on that old Volvo I just restored. Missed the house though. Got the railing on that deck I built on that side.

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And this was my shop with an apartment up top. Look at the sign on that boat. 1957 Hollywood it was.

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Gazebo and tree house I built for the kid and he never looked at it again, after going to his dads on their weekend visit. That really sucked. Kid never accepted me as dad. Too bad his lose.


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Inside the house. Wiggles was giving me chit LOL

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Spiral stairway I built. Drug a tree in the house for the post LOL. I made that huge beam you see spanning the house/

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Winter time. I had SOOOOOOOOOO much work into that Gazebo. MY well head was in thew center under a trap door.

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Summer time

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And this was one Sunday morning waking up on my boat. I was gunkholing......

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