21 May 2014

Mosquitoes were out in force this morning and evening.  Kevin, Victor, and Ben came at 8 and continued loading the Long Ridge trucks with all their concrete forms and associated gear. By 9 that job was done and the crew joined me in breaking form ties, finishing that not-so-pleasant task by 10.  Once the Long Ridge folks had headed for greener pastures, I used Perry’s big magnet to collect nails, rebar ties, form tie ends, and other scrap metal that were thick on the ground in the cellar hole.  Got 22 pounds, destined for recycling.  Just as I was wrapping up that activity, heard the beep, beep, beep of a piece of heavy machinery up on the driveway.  It was Jimmy Ploof, dropping off his John Deere skid-steer, which he will be using tomorrow.  I then spent a couple of hours getting all the big rocks out of the cellar hole (actually, dumped them in the frost wall trench).  VERY hot, sweaty, and dirty at that point, discovered that the lake temperature was up to 68°, so took the plunge for the first time this year.  Brisk, but refreshing! Lynne came by to check on progress as I was enjoying a late dinner.