2 May 2014

Worked most of the day making the sauna hole ever larger while dodging rain showers and ignoring the black flies, who grow ever more pesky.  The stump for the white oak that was close by the 90° corner in the wood walkway is, of course, right where the sauna hole retaining wall needs to go.  Mid-afternoon, was intensely focused on nibbling away at the roots of that stump with the backhoe when I glimpsed a flash of yellow above my head… giving me quite a startle.  Marty had come down to check on progress, looking ready for the weather in his rain slicker,  and to invite me to be treated by the Lapidii for dinner at The Magic Wok in Middlebury.  A very good repast and excellent company!