Well, the weather forecast was terrible, day after day, but the actual weather gave us 4 decent days of work. The temps were not ideal, but we were finishing a ceiling, not fine furniture, after all. 
So we muddled through and got the beams and the planks for the ceiling oiled up. Even had some sun, as seen here!
Next thing was to get the beams all shaped the way they need to be to meet their plate (seat, kind of) 
Then also the other end needed to be carefully notched and drilled so that it will hang on a nifty concealed hangar that gets pinned in..... all in the interest of a nice looking exposed beam ceiling. Here are some pics of that end (that's the hanger lying on top. It slides into that groove and then three pins go through the wood and right into those 3 matching holes... we hoped: 
And there aren't just three of these..... there are 11, so it took a bit of time, even after the experimentation with templates and jigs was over.
In this one case, the ions of prep worked out and the beams were fairly easy to put up. So we got them up on Friday, along with the first few boards. THis first shot shows the side that has that hidden hanger, doing its job.
And here's from the top.
With high hopes for a dry interior next week I sign off!
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