18 April 2011
Another cold, raw day except for the two brief occasions when the sun poked through. Alex, joined by Katy when her studying was caught up, spent the day washing and laying rock on the between-column walls while I worked in their wake parging their creations into place for all eternity. The ninth and half of the tenth courses are done. All of the east wall sections under the main part of the shed now are the height they need to be for pouring the reinforcing concrete wall behind them, i.e., no more work need be done on those five sections until after the next concrete pour. Perry came over for lunch, after which we loaded his pickup with a goodly quantity of hardwood that also used to inhabit the area where the shed is being built. Alex and Katy headed back to Boston mid-afternoon, leftover lasagna in hand. Hopefully that will be a sufficient inducement for them to return soon.
Another cold, raw day except for the two brief occasions when the sun poked through. Alex, joined by Katy when her studying was caught up, spent the day washing and laying rock on the between-column walls while I worked in their wake parging their creations into place for all eternity. The ninth and half of the tenth courses are done. All of the east wall sections under the main part of the shed now are the height they need to be for pouring the reinforcing concrete wall behind them, i.e., no more work need be done on those five sections until after the next concrete pour. Perry came over for lunch, after which we loaded his pickup with a goodly quantity of hardwood that also used to inhabit the area where the shed is being built. Alex and Katy headed back to Boston mid-afternoon, leftover lasagna in hand. Hopefully that will be a sufficient inducement for them to return soon.
