Decorating with dead animals

I commented yesterday on the dead animals decorating the cabin we're staying in, but until I looked around, I didn't realize how many there were. We won't count the animal silhouettes on the light switches, or the animal art that decorates the lamps and picture frames. Shown below is the veritable dead zoo that we live with (it's really not as creepy as that sounds).

This raccoon looks over the living and dining rooms from his perch above the kitchen cabinets.

This deer is directly over your head when you enter the front door.

This pheasant has taken up roost on top of the cabinet over the refrigerator.

This set of antlers is mounted to the wall in the living room.

Here's the chandelier over the dining table... sing along with me, "...I use antlers in all of my decorating!"

A collection of three fish over the door to the deck. Is it cruel to mount them with the weapon that brought their demise?

The second deer; this one mounted over the fireplace.

A lovely arrangement of antlers, fish, and tool of capture artfully placed above the bed in the master bedroom.

Finally, the antler end door and drawer pulls. I'm pretty sure these are mass produced replicas, but there are 31 of them throughout the cabin.

Again, probably not how we would decorate at home, but it definitely sets a theme around the cabin.

Beautiful sunrise #6

October 15, 7:15 AM

Table Rock Lake, Missouri

Relaxing at Big Cedar

No corn or garage photos for the next few days as we relax at Big Cedar Wilderness Club on Table Rock Lake in SW Missouri. This resort is a favorite of ours for its distinctive architecture and decor, and there are plenty of things to do outside or in.
One favorite thing to do is enjoy coffee on the deck overlooking the lake valley.

This shot gives you a little better look at the 2-bedroom cabin we are staying in. Kinda makes you want to live in a log cabin all the time.

There are all kinds of cool details around the cabin and resort like the 3-dimensional accents on this wall light.


This is the view from the deck. There are too many leaves on the trees to see the lake from our deck, but its still pretty pleasant.

The fireplace in our living room, complete with stuffed deer head. We probably wouldn't decorate with so many dead animals, but while we're here we can pretend we're Gaston!

The front of the cabin is not as charming, but you can't beat the convenience of the parking.

This is the view from the Worman House Restaurant on the property. The marina on Table Rock Lake is in the near distance.

Another cool detail outside the Worman House Restaurant. The building had been built by a wealthy lumber baron (?) on 300 secluded acres before WWII as a private vacation spot. I think it would take a pretty big budget to produce the same thing today.

Beautiful metal work around the windows on the Worman House.

Here's the front entrance to the building, which I think was actually one of the secondary buildings on the property at the time it was built.

This used to be the carriage house, and has been converted to a coffee shop/restaurant.

Finally, the west side of the Worman House. Maybe our next house should be something like this....

Corn in the backyard, week 20

October 12

Construction update #18

Gene and I were too busy today to get any in-process shots, so these end-of-the-day shots will have to do. We spent the day adding sheathing to the east and west walls to make them complete enough to run the house wrap over the entire end (at least on the east side). The trusses on the dormers are also braced plumb now, and several trusses have received 6" spikes to make sure they don't escape from the rest of the building.

This shot of the east side is for all our friends that look at the building and say, "What is it?" I thought it was obvious with the 9 foot wide openings at the bottom, but I think the windows on the second floor are too incongruent with the first floor for some of our friends' minds to comprehend. For the record: just because it has a gambrel roof, we do not have to have livestock or crops to store.

As always, the view from the house roof. As you saw in yesterday's post, and can tell from the perspective lines, the peak of the roof is above my head when I stand on the house roof.