1 July 2012

 
Chree and I spent the day learning, the back-breaking way, why using a backhoe to excavate Leicester “soil” is way easier than using a pickax and shovel.  And then we came to the roots of a very nice hemlock situated a few feet west of the wooden walkway path.  Chree wanted to save the roots… and thereby not damage the tree.  I didn’t want a tripping hazard in the middle of the walkway.  Much “discussion” ensued, at the end of which Mr. Jonsered was called into action in exchange for the usual marital penalty.  While I desecrated the hemlock, Chree treated the footers we cut the other day with Thompson’s Water Seal.  The waterproofing tray (that I so carefully built last winter for that very purpose) leaked like a sieve… so now we won’t have to worry about water getting onto the shed’s Advantech flooring (which was already guaranteed against water damage for 50 years).  By the end of the day we were both pretty well whipped…  and, after a therapeutic dose of Vitamin I with a LARGE G&T, 8 o’clock saw me well and truly asleep... and even in my own bed.