A perfect day in so many ways! Blue skies, temp in the low 70’s, NO flying insects! Spent the morning moving all the cement forms from down by the shed cellar hole up to temporary storage near the RV, then cleaning up the detritus that had accumulated on top of the footers. A humongous Goodro Lumber truck showed up right after lunch, bringing a pallet (45 bags x 75 pounds each = 3,375 pounds) of Type S mortar mix. Late afternoon Bob LaPorte arrived with 7,640 pounds of masonry sand, which may not be enough, given that one pound of mortar mix gets combined with three pounds of sand. Between deliveries, picked rock for an hour, then began dry-laying the first between-columns rock wall. There is a distinct line between building a stone wall quickly and building it perfectly. You’ll never guess which side of the line I fell on… The day ended with three ears of the first Kingsley sweet corn of the season (without question, the world’s BEST!!!!), a T-bone steak briefly shown to the wood fire, and some 2008 Louis Jadot Beaujolais-Villages. What could be more perfect than that?
