09.17.2013

T-11
 Clearly a touch of fall in the air--

nighttime temps in the 40's and the afternoon light

seeming to cast longer shadows than the day before.

Another busy and productive day at Ramsay, with some finishing 

touches--paint on the new Carriage House & shingles on the

 new barn--giving hope that the end of our feverish work

may be in sight after all!!

On site today:

Sherry & SY

Richard

Kyle

Kevin Kennedy - Parterre Garden courting benches

J&A Painters - Carriage House

Bobby's crew - Carriage House siding

Abbott's crew - Carriage House interior woodwork

Dave Roberts & Will - roofing the new barn

Chris & Todd - electricians in the Parterre Garden

Patsy, Lewis and Mario - planting, pruning, mulching, etc., etc.

Mick McWhorter - arrived from SC late afternoon

Carriage House new bath tile

Old bead board from garage ceiling becomes
wainscotting in Carriage House

Carriage  House siding primed for paint

J&A painters at Carriage House

Beautiful new weather vane on new barn

Making new cedar siding on wood shed look older!

New ipe "courting benches" in the Parterre Garden

Tack room roof going on

IDigDirt crew - Mario, Lewis, Patsy (behind the wheel)

Carriage House old shutters like new again

Monday 09.16.2013

Rough start to the day when the delivery truck from

Blue Ridge Builders broke down and blocked the driveway

for about 2 hours. But it did little to slow down the traffic which 

totaled  24 vehicles on site at 930am.!!

Just a little mild inconvenience and excitement!

Just enough time for a few pics from another busy and very

productive day.

T-12

Mini Classic 280SL event over the weekend!

Don Sites -mason- parges the base of the new tack room

Stephen engages a new mode of estate transportation!

Siding gets started on new Carriage House 2nd floor

Roof work begins on new barn

Ipe material ready to instal on new Carriage House deck

Friday 09.13.2013

The view that never grows old!

On site today:

Sherry & SY
Kyle Visano - our new yard & handy man who is learning the ropes and proving Ramsay worthy!
Kevin Kennedy - final touches on Studio deck; now on to the "Courting Benches" in the Parterre Garden
Bobby & Crew - new barn and Carriage House
J&A Painters - new barn and Carriage House
Abbot Wallenborn's carpenters - Carriage House
Weatherseal Insulation - final at Carriage House
Chris & Todd - electricians running wire for outdoor lighting at Main House
Mike Deane - dropping off his custom made windows for the Tack Room, and a
                         beautiful weather vane he procured from a friend in Fluvanna...

The wind was out of the SE this afternoon!

 ... which will sit atop
      our new barn cupola ---->       

ca 1939 ................................................. ca 2013

Barn Red for the wood shed addition!

Grelen Tree guys brought in the big guns today!!

Thursday 09.12.2013

T-16

Hottest day of recent weeks, made bearable only by

the forecast of a cold front passing through tonight

leaving much cooler temps and lower humidity

for the upcoming weekend.

(Hate to say it, but we badly need rain!!) 

22 individuals on 7 crews on site today continuing their excellent work... here are a few!

Clay & Josh almost done with wood shed addition and new roof

J&A Painters at the new barn

New  barn paint job is almost done

Bobby's crew set up an assembly line and jig to prepare the old bead board from the garage ceiling to be used as wainscoting in the new Carriage House apartment

Wednesday 09.11.2013

T-17

Incredibly hot and humid today--a 3-shirter for yours truly (SY)

All our subs and regulars are diligently aware of the deadline

facing us for our "Farm Dinner" 9/28,  and the work being
 accomplished on a daily basis is quite remarkable. The few
newcomers who come on site for various reasons immediately
comment: "Wow! There's a lot going on here!"

On site today:

Sherry and SY

Richard and Kyle

Kevin Kennedy

Bobby's framing/carpenter crew

Roofers - at the Carriage House

Kevin Waggett - tiler at the Carriage House

Abbot's carpenters - at the Carriage House

C&G Paving Co - Cottage Lane entrance

David Collier - sheet rock crew at the Carriage House

Clay & Josh Frasier - wood shed modification

Chris & Todd & Chuck - Kennedy Electric

Patsy - gardening all over"

David "A" Snyder - roofer extraordinaire at the new barn

Mike Deane - custom carpentry & loaner dump truck

Rusty Lilly - checking out the recent landscape work

David "A" working his copper magic

New louvers installed

New asphalt at Cottage Lane entrance

Electricians prepare hole for new barn lamp post

Tuesday 09.10.2013

T-18

Hot temps returned today with increasing humidity,

it felt more like early August than early September!

Nevertheless, out loyal crews continue to

work their magic all around the grounds.

The 2nd cut of hay was not as prolific as early June's yield,

but the round bales still cut a fine figure around the pastures...

Looking NE over the upper pasture - late afternoon

On site today:

Sherry and SY

Richard

Kevin Kennedy - we're thankful his injured shoulder is doing better

Bobby & crew - framers at the new barn

Roofers - Saul et al at the Carriage House

Kevin Wagget - tiler at the Carriage House

Grelen Nursery crew - all over the grounds

Kyle Lundgren and masons - returned to apply final dirt/sand sweep to the new brick walks

Clay & Josh Frazier - finishing up the rough framing of a new roof an the old wood shed

Patsy, our gardener - making things beautiful around the greenhouse foundations

David "A" Snyder - installing copper on the new barn cupola

Chris & Todd,  Kennedy Electric - wiring the old barn for our dinner party

Roof work on Carriage House is almost complete

 David "A" Snyder ("pushing 70 yrs. old") said he would be honored to cap the new cupola at Ramsay!!!

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3  ...with more to come...

The horses enjoying the new arches!!

Monday 09.09.2013

T-19 and counting until our first major

social event her at Ramsay...a Farm Dinner on 9/28.

So much to do... so little time... but we press on...

Just a few pics on tonight's post.

Here are a few highlights of the

nine different crews on site today!

Grelen nursery guys continue to beautify the grounds

The wood shed is getting one new bay

Carriage House sheet rock 1st phase complete!

                       We had to chase the horses out of the
              unfinished run-in shed first thing this morning....







And they returned within 10 minutes
of the carpenters leaving this afternoon...

Seems like this addition was sorely needed!!