30 June 2014
At 6:20 (luckily I was
up and dressed), Dave Todd (across the street neighbor) knocked on the RV door
and presented me with a quart of ripe strawberries as a thank you for the use
of my trailer last week. Perry arrived at 6:40 to get set up for replacing me
on the construction team for the next few weeks. Sean and Ian got here at 7,
per usual, and the three building experts began assembling and putting up the
Garage south and east walls. I left at 7:10 with the Ranger, Mr. Jonsered, and
mouse #6 on a winding journey, first to Green Mountain Garage in Brandon to
have the Ranger fail inspection (bad bearings in the front left wheel), then to
Champlain Valley Equipment in Middlebury to drop off the chainsaw for repair,
then to Silver Lake to release the mouse. Got back to Fern Lake at 9 and got down to
some serious cleaning of Dolores’ innards, with occasional breaks to fetch and
carry for the construction crew. Sean
left at noon, so after lunch I joined the fun in the sun until Chree arrived at
2, bringing with her Geisha (our 12 year old German Sheppard) and Shlomo (our
acts-like-a- puppy 5 year old Black Lab).
Soon thereafter Shlomo snuck off down the hill and cooled off in the
lake, but then came right back… to roll in the dirt and sawdust of the building
site. Chree and I toured the house, making decisions about window and door
details (Sean is still batting 1.000 with his recommendations!), then she and
the dogs retired to the comfort of air conditioning in the RV. Just at quitting time the Goodro’s truck
arrived with another mega-thousand dollar load of lumber… with more promised
for tomorrow! Once everyone was gone,
the dogs and I partook of a refreshing swim while Chree enjoyed the waterfront
ambiance… with occasional showers from a certain black doggie who has learned
to cannonball. Lake temperature is up to
79°.
