tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412556112231214747.post2422086930974058020..comments2023-12-17T22:24:54.778-05:00Comments on taylorbakercousins: A Tale of Two Log CabinsPat Herdeghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17049766276043715800noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412556112231214747.post-54788832023278145332007-12-28T10:42:00.000-05:002007-12-28T10:42:00.000-05:00I like Jim's cabin. It's made of good, solid logs...I like Jim's cabin. It's made of good, solid logs. Pat has used an old picture of my cabin, with the original roof that only made it through one or two Canadian winters before collapsing. I finished it around 1975. Several years after the collapse, my younger brother Chris helped me revamp the cabin and put on a new roof, much stronger. That summer I recorded a typical work day in our cottage log, so for the sake of complete and utter honesty, I present the entry here.<BR/><BR/>"August 21, 1986. Summer has nearly turned to Fall; it is cool at night, the colors are appearing in the hardwoods; the rain is heavy and constant. Still there is time for willing hands to work, and it will come as no surprise that Chris 'Let's work harder' Kinsella is raring to go. Today he woke up at ten and immediately made Tom join him in chinking the cabin. Tom had been up since seven-thirty, but he's a lazy slug and hadn't been doing much. As the rain fell Chris pushed Tom to mix batch after batch of cement. Tom's fingers cracked and split from the cement lime -- they began to dry into painful human-prune fingers -- but still Chris drove him on: 'Work is the essence of fruitful living, Tom; mix more.' Finally, well past dusk, the two young men broke off from their task. There was more work to be done, but then tomorrow was another day. Chris smiled and patted Tom's head as he rode piggy back to the old cottage on his older brother's back."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412556112231214747.post-26892619203590740952007-12-18T23:27:00.000-05:002007-12-18T23:27:00.000-05:00I never knew that Jim built that one. Looked grand...I never knew that Jim built that one. Looked grand!!<BR/> I know that Tom agonized over how to roof his until he took a trip to Valley Forge and saw theirs , then he did same! CBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412556112231214747.post-62554591201164428612007-12-18T22:01:00.000-05:002007-12-18T22:01:00.000-05:00IMO - I think that the older Taylor men convinced ...IMO - I think that the older Taylor men convinced the younger Taylor men to build these to keep them away from girls. LOLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412556112231214747.post-56694014427349527742007-12-17T21:36:00.000-05:002007-12-17T21:36:00.000-05:00log cabin building must be a Taylor traitlog cabin building must be a Taylor traitAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com