6 June 2014

So Larry didn’t want to pour the cellar floor slab on Wednesday because the weather was supposed to be unsettled after a frontal passage Tuesday night.  The weather Wednesday was fabulous.  Then Larry didn’t want to pour yesterday because there was a 40% chance of showers, but only a 20% chance today.  Yesterday also was gorgeous.  Today I awoke to the pitter patter of raindrops falling on Dolores’ head.  The drizzle persisted most of the morning.  The concrete trucks started rolling in at 8 and by 10 there were 20 yards spread around in the cellar (plus a half yard in the sauna).  At noon, just when Larry and crew wanted to start the final smoothing of the floor, the rain came down hard for 15 minutes or so, turning the cellar into a soggy mess.  Fortunately, no further rain fell the remainder of the day and, after sweeping the excess water off the floor with a push broom, the Long Ridge crew were able to resurrect the floor.  Meanwhile, Jimmy was here all day backfilling around the Garage frost walls, prepping the Garage floor for a concrete pour sometime next week, and doing some grading around the house foundation so that Sean can put up scaffolding sometime in the not so distant future.  Had a nice chat with Kate, who is up for the weekend.  Marty & Merry invited Kate and me down for another great dinner á la Restaurant Formidable Lapidus.