Finshed restoration

Remember that rusty old stove about three pictures below this one? Well here it is now. And the ad I posted with it.
"Vermont Castings Resolute wood/coal stove. Cleaned, sandblasted and professionally repainted wood stove. Beautiful. I took pictures of the stove with the coal kit installed (which you can buy alone from Vermont Castings or Ebay for 500.00 itself) and also with the coal kit out which shows how you can burn wood in it instead if you choose. Glass and gaskets will be installed Friday.
Would look incredible in any room of any house. $765.00 cash.
Text or message
Jay @435 660 3082"

Someone owes me five bucks.

Wonderful Saturday morning up in the woods hunting some nice hard dead oak with two of the boys today. Since I am almost six feet tall myself, you can see that we got a nice stack of wood.

R.I.P. Ray Charles the cat

Ray was a good cat. He didn't bug me as much as the other cats do. He was so soft and had the sweetest personality. My favorite things about Ray are:

* When I would call his name, he'd meow back like you were having a conversation... "Ray..." "Meow" "Ray... " "Meow". It was fun.

* OCD - this was the craziest cat I ever saw. He would wipe his paws in his water before he could drink it... and if he was interrupted, he would start over again wiping his paws in the water.

* His drop button. Zach found a spot on Ray's back that he would grab and Ray would immediately drop to the ground. Hours of fun, I tell ya!

* His lick button. Zach found another spot on Ray's back that when scratched would cause Ray to lick a lot. Also good for hours of fun.

We'll miss you RAY!!!!!!

Here comes winter....

Here is a nice Vermont Castings Resolute wood/coal stove restoration project I've started. Before any of you get any funny posting ideas, this is the "before" picture. When it is done we will post some finished pictures.