An absolutely gorgeous day: mid-70’s and hardly a mosquito worth mentioning. Josh LaFlam showed up at 7:45 and we picked up where Steve and I had left off in the concrete column form building process. Got the final short form assembled in short order as Steve and I had already cut, built, and oiled the four sides. Then tackled the east wall double column form. Got it mostly assembled by mid-morning, only to discover that two of the sides were in backwards, i.e., they really belonged to the double column on the west side of the foundation. This is what happens when the adult supervision (aka: Steve) isn’t there to direct activities. As we needed to then cut the right pieces for the east wall double column, we cut all the pieces for all the other 10 remaining columns plus the plywood that will be used for scaffolding during the concrete pouring process. By quitting time, both double column forms were fully assembled. Josh and I then hit the lake for a totally refreshing cool down swim. After a stupendous burger cooked over the campfire, spent a delightful hour with Dan Wheeless and Kate Middleton sipping a 2005 Chrysalis Norton Estate Bottled while they were preparing their dinner. After they were replete (and the RV had been made ready for visitors), they came over to roast marshmallows and help me finish a wonderful 2007 OSF Pinot Noir from the Willamette Valley… not necessarily a pairing I would have chosen, but actually a pretty good combo after a couple of glasses or so… and the camaraderie was simply wonderful… but then all of a sudden it was midnight.
28 May 2010
An absolutely gorgeous day: mid-70’s and hardly a mosquito worth mentioning. Josh LaFlam showed up at 7:45 and we picked up where Steve and I had left off in the concrete column form building process. Got the final short form assembled in short order as Steve and I had already cut, built, and oiled the four sides. Then tackled the east wall double column form. Got it mostly assembled by mid-morning, only to discover that two of the sides were in backwards, i.e., they really belonged to the double column on the west side of the foundation. This is what happens when the adult supervision (aka: Steve) isn’t there to direct activities. As we needed to then cut the right pieces for the east wall double column, we cut all the pieces for all the other 10 remaining columns plus the plywood that will be used for scaffolding during the concrete pouring process. By quitting time, both double column forms were fully assembled. Josh and I then hit the lake for a totally refreshing cool down swim. After a stupendous burger cooked over the campfire, spent a delightful hour with Dan Wheeless and Kate Middleton sipping a 2005 Chrysalis Norton Estate Bottled while they were preparing their dinner. After they were replete (and the RV had been made ready for visitors), they came over to roast marshmallows and help me finish a wonderful 2007 OSF Pinot Noir from the Willamette Valley… not necessarily a pairing I would have chosen, but actually a pretty good combo after a couple of glasses or so… and the camaraderie was simply wonderful… but then all of a sudden it was midnight.
