it was a kit, of sorts, that we bought from a guy in alabama. we got the plans, connector plates and templates to cut the wood. i opted for that since it was lots cheaper and i figured that, since i had been a picture framer, how hard could cutting wood be? it wasn't - there was just a lot of it. 160 struts, 1/2 dozen different angles/ends - 30 of this one, 35 of that one... i got a cool chop saw with $ saved.
yours truly cutting wood. it was HOT that week so i set the saw up under some trees. not a bad place to work.
after cutting the lengths, i took the wood to my brother's to use his band saw. the struts all need to be notched and using a band saw was the best way to do that. one morning i went out to find another place to stack the wood that was in my
truck. right between the back porch steps and our heat pump was a just born fawn - and i mean just born. it was still wet and one eye hadn't opened all the way. i called ed out to take a look and then he called a wildlife place to find out what to do with it. we've got wildlife all around us but what did we know about new baby deer?
they told ed to just leave the fawn alone, that mama would come back for it or it would leave on
its own. it was really tiny - smaller than my cats. we continued getting the wood out of my truck - although the stacking place was changed since baby was in it. within 20 minutes it was on its feet. talk about toothpick legs! he was probably about 18" tall. here's baby taking his first steps. and then he just slipped into the woods and was gone.
yours truly cutting wood. it was HOT that week so i set the saw up under some trees. not a bad place to work.after cutting the lengths, i took the wood to my brother's to use his band saw. the struts all need to be notched and using a band saw was the best way to do that. one morning i went out to find another place to stack the wood that was in my
truck. right between the back porch steps and our heat pump was a just born fawn - and i mean just born. it was still wet and one eye hadn't opened all the way. i called ed out to take a look and then he called a wildlife place to find out what to do with it. we've got wildlife all around us but what did we know about new baby deer?they told ed to just leave the fawn alone, that mama would come back for it or it would leave on
its own. it was really tiny - smaller than my cats. we continued getting the wood out of my truck - although the stacking place was changed since baby was in it. within 20 minutes it was on its feet. talk about toothpick legs! he was probably about 18" tall. here's baby taking his first steps. and then he just slipped into the woods and was gone.
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So kewl !
You picked a great location for the dome.
It is this day to day beauty that you don't find in a big city.
Trees, fauna and fawns!
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