A fellow in TX who ran, essentially, a cabinet manufacturing outfit, and was a customer of the company I then worked for, bought a piece of land with many large oak and cedar trees on it, built himself a small sawmill, and proceeded to build a big house with lumber from his own land, featuring of course the beauty of the wood itself. Everything was varnished, not painted. It was SPECTACULAR. Given today’s cedar prices, not to mention construction costs in general, I can’t even begin to guess it’s present value. Except... It might not pass fire codes.
SNAKE? Yikes! We have Bullheads and they can get massive. Harmless, but they still give me a heart attack whenever I see one!
I admire people that can build things. I can GROW things, but not necessarily BUILD anything. Well, maybe a scarf or a hat or an afghan, LOL!