12 August 2012

Mouse (mice?) turned up its pointy little nose(s) at the honey roasted peanuts.  Spent the first two hours of the morning undoing yesterday afternoon’s work on the walkway, fixing the railing post alignment problem and putting everything back together again. This is exactly why the walkway is being put together with bolts and screws, not nails.  After that, carried on with installing deck boards, railing caps, and railings sown to as far as I’ve built (4′ 6″ from the second landing).  Ripped toe cap boards from some really junky “used but good” 2x6’s – stalling (overheating) the radial arm saw motor twice in the process. Time to get that blade resharpened…  Went kayaking at dusk hoping to see some the Perseid meteor shower.  No joy on that, but did see one meteor that was the biggest, brightest I’ve ever seen!