this is what i like to call "the cedar staining station", or "potentially hazardous fume central". in between all the resting and relaxing, we stained about seven thousand cedar boards for the exterior--but not before joren milled and sanded every one, bless his heart. his charming wife insisted on 2 inch, perfectly smooth boards. none of that lazy 6 inch crap for us! we like to make things as hard as we can around here.

joren's dad was here for thanksgiving. the basses love to spend their vacation working. i mean, the the real basses. not the ones that marry in. the kind that like cocktails on the beach.