20 September 2011

Laid rock in the rain all morning.  Then went into Middlebury and down to Brandon to run errands.  The rain stopped as soon as I got in the car.  Figures!  One of the Brandon errands was to have a slow leak in one of the van’s tires plugged at McDonough’s service station.  Fifteen minutes, fifteen dollars, and all fix.  Returned to Fern Lake, promptly knocked three rocks off the wall from this morning’s endeavors while doing just a little touch up cementing.  You’d think by this time idiot-me would know how long it takes for mortar to set up!  So, spent the rest of the afternoon swearing up a blue storm while repairing the damage.  Two steps forward, one step back…  The 2008 River Road Zinfandel (Russian River Valley) is going to take a major hit tonight!