Meanwhile, Back At The Ranch

 While Damon, Dan, and I are out in Pittston working on this fireplace, the rest of the guys are still down in Boothbay working on the Big House.  There have been quite a few talented self-employed stonemasons that have helped Dan on that project over the course of the last few years. They all have their particular strengths and skills and we have all learned a great deal working with and getting to know one another. It's strange to think about, but we often work so much that we end up spending more time with each other than we do our families. We create brotherly bonds and sometimes get on each others' nerves, and every morning we come back and do it again.
  I think that soon I will start doing little stonemason bios, kind of 'get to know your stonemason' pieces; but for now, here are pics of the job and some of the guys. From left: Lance, Richard Ware, Danny Harrington, and Joel.