"they stayed a little back, a little off the frontlines"

What a thing for a world leader to say about the troops of an ally.

UK 457

Condolences to the familys of the five skiiers that were killed in the avalanches in Western Salzburg Pongau region. I started skiing in St. Johann im Pongau has a teenager and know the area well, and i am sure that the Pongau mtn rescue service, red cross dog teams - tried everything they could.

😉

We have about another week, refreshing the logs on this incredible handcrafted. Douglas Fir log cabin on Lake Cascade in Donnelly, Id
Tamarack ski area got a good dusting - i believe this is the first major storm of the year. i hope it continues for them, it is a really nice friendly ski area.

October is our cabin maintenance month, before we head inside for the winter - working on an awesome cabin perched on Lake Cascade in Donnelly, Idaho
Tamarack ski area in the background, with no ❄️yet😭

Geoff G and Randy K
Skillfully applying some PPG Proluxe® Log and Siding™ wood coatings to some 14' dia #lodgepolepine logs on this cabin.

The logs on this #lodgepolepine cabin, were stripped with DumondChemicals® Smart Strip Pro™ and coated with PPG® Proluxe Log and Siding™ wood coating systems
#intermountainwest

We have Safway® - Systems™ Scaffolding and it is erected by employees trained by BrandSafway to 'competent persons' at their facilities

Jenkins Painting, llc has been in business for over 27 years and works in the Western U.S

Strong and solid #logcabins when carefully notched together, they become sturdy and reliable and will stand for generations.. Especially when professionally chinked and coated and with routine maintenance 😉

New shoots have appeared 🙂
#SycamoreGap

Image courtesy of @apnews.com

This young, but very expierenced two man crew and a lead-painter spent six weeks both staining and errecting/dismantling our Safway® Systems™ scaffold
Jenkins Painting, llc have been in business for over 25 years and works in the Western U.S.

We took a short break from a long term project in Eastern-Oregon and headed South-East to a client of over twenty years, there large cabin located in Colorado.
The logs were refreshed for the holidays with PPG ProLuxe™ clear satin water-based polyurethane wood coatings.

#longtermclients

I started to use electronic coating thickness gauges in the late 90's - they were pretty accurate, but bulky and cumbersome. I have had this little nugget since the early 2000's
It never lets me down, wipes off easy and just slides into any pocket with ease.

A decades old client had us match the color of her cabinets to her Great, Great Grandmothers Teapot.
She was originally from Sweden and moved to Minnesota, back in the day.
#sherwinwilliams Gallery coatings were applied
The teapot is now safely resting in my clients safe in its cherry wood box 😊

Kings Street in Hereford, UK
My hometown ☺️

The logs on this lodgepole pine cabin that we prepared and coated in 2016, when it was originally stacked are going to be stripped with DumondChemicals Smart Strip™ Pro and coated with a PPG Proluxe® Log and Siding™ wood coating system
Start date mid-late 2025

Project - Intermountain West

Handcrafted eastern white pine stairwell system, preped with Mirka abrasives and stained with Minwax natural - #SherwinWilliams sanding sealer applied/preped and finished with Pre-catalyzed lacquer (dre) the stair tread/faces were flashed with a fine sharp sand for traction

Project - Ketchum, Id

These logs were soft-washed and two full coats of PPG Proluxe Log and Siding applied

Project - Grand Lake, Co

Logs were prepared with Mirka abrasives and PPG Proluxe Log and Siding wood coatings applied

Project - Winter Park, Co