North side of house with new entry porch.... door will go in space that appears brown.  Not sure where the path will go to get to parking area or how it all works but time enough to consider all that....

You can tell it's the end of the week and these guys have been working hard... a lot accomplished but aarrrrghhhh!   The kitchen area is all ice and water membraned now and roof is connected to the screen porch- all good!  but, I still have "open roof".

This is end-of-the-day yesterday.  Pretty much everything is framed out on the entry but we are waiting on the concrete to cure so can't put the last beams in place and sheath the roof over the entry.  We put up roofing membrane and tarps so hopefully it WON'T rain at least until Tuesday because they should be "roofed" and ice and water membrane complete after Monday workday.  

The entry finally makes sense to me.  I had been worried it wouldn't fit into the flow of the house but it actually creates a "landing" for the front door celebrating the entry to the house and creates this "circle" of architecture pulling the little house into better relationship with the main house.  My sister's idea - brilliant.  She must be an architect....AND an engineer.

Had good meetings with Irv who brought cabinet guy in to do measurements and final drawings- those all got approved.  Talked with the roof folks to confirm shingle color and flashing colors so think that is all moving along...roof stripping and fixing should all start to hit in here next week and Irv says his plumbing and electrical folks will be moving in as well to start running things.... fast and furious!

My friend Lisa with one of her bats to release off the deck on the south side of the house..... this one was a BIG one with an almost full grown "baby".... They flew off into the night while we had a glass of wine with supper and talked.  Lisa is a very good friend and an amazing woman- kind, intelligent, and funny.....and a dedicated bat re-habilitation volunteer.  She "saves" these sweet creatures and returns them to the wild once strong enough to fly.  She has released dozens on my property and I love watching them fly in the clearing over the pond at dusk.