John,  We got that snow too, still have GIGANTIC piles in the yard.  No
early spring planting going on here!!!!!  When you get to Atlanta write and
tell us what spring looks like.  Ruth



At 3:41 PM -0400 3/20/08, John Leeke wrote:
> >>there is one NR-listed house (the Zuber-Jarrell House, a big
>turn-of-the-century house) at 810 Flat Shoals Road (between Pasley and
>Blake streets) several blocks from the tornado's path.<<
>
>I consulted at the Jarrell in the late 90s on porch/columns. The mansion
>is one of those amazing extravaganzas, but the entire property is
>astonishing, it is an arboretum that takes up most of a city block
>filled with gigantic trees collected from around the world a century
>ago. At the Traditional Building  conference in Boston last week the new
>owners of the Jarrell tapped me on the shoulder for another consult. I
>just talked with them yesterday and found that their house and trees
>were spared, but just one block away dozes and dozens of trees were
>blown over into houses. They were picking up pieces of the Tabernacle
>windows in their yard.
>
>I was already scheduled to be at the Grant Mansion in Atlanta directing
>the window restoration program for two weeks next month, then added on a
>couple days for the Jarrell house, so I guess I'd better add another
>week for assessing storm damage, etc.
>
>The tornado blasted a track right between the Grant Mansion and the
>Jarrell. Both escaped damage, but it sounds like hundreds in between did
>not. I'll file a field report when I get there.
>
>Latest Report from the Field, Deborah Mills, Woodcarver:
>
>http://www.historichomeworks.com/hhw/video/rftf.htm
>
>Oh, and they want me out in northern Minnesota at Grandview Lodge, so
>I'm hoping to track down John Callan on my way.
>
>It's a hoppin' spring after a productive but quiet winter. (well not
>quite spring here in maine, where we got eight feet of snow (so far)
>this winter, and it's snow squalls again today)
>
>
>
>John
>by hammer and hand
>by mind and heart
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Ruth Barton
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