FINALLY!

It only took all year, but I finally finished the siding and trim on the wood shop, even building a new door that matches.

 The south side (with the door) has antique eastern white pine instead of antique southern yellow longleaf ("Heart") pine (to the left), and so looks a little darker due to the dark brown patina. The heart pine has been re-cut from huge beams, and so has a newly cut surface. The south wall is made from antique flooring from Colonial-era homes. Some even has the Roman numerals designating where it went in its original building. This wood was rejected at the shop for one reason or other, and being a good little scrounger, I squirrelled it away for a few years to use on this side. Heart pine has more pitch and a tendency to weep sap (even after five hundred years) and split in high heat, and the south side is certainly in the sun all day. Drier, more stable white pine can stand the sun better.

 Autumn is nigh. The yellowjackets are going crazy, landing on anything in a panic; they know from the warm days and cold nights that their time above ground is limited. The mulberry, brought here as a six-inch stick from the roof where it was growing, has grown to about fifteen feet; the pile of glass from the old greenhouse leans against it. It made two berries this year!

The north side, complete with festoons. The shutter for the fan window will soon be shut for winter; I'm not sure what I'll do for a finish. Probably flat black.

Funny thing about those wood signs. They were harvested from the now-demolished section of the 1860s barn's milking floor, and I put them on the wood shop over two years ago. I suppose someone scarfed them up when the DOT went to metal alloy signs. Strange thing is that they still shine like beacons when car headlights hit them. They're only visible for a second, but I often hear car tires squeal from people hitting their brakes, despite them being a hundred feet from the road.

I'm happy this is done. It shows the passerby that work is actually being finished at The Farm, and what the exteriors of the other barns might look like someday.

Now to get the Tractor Shed roof straightened.