13 October 2014

Mouse #15 was captured and moved, before dawn, to the tree stump in the Silver Lake parking lot.  Kevin, Brian, and Jimmy all arrived about 7:30.  Kevin & Brian put up half the pans on the south side roof, installed the third (west facing) skylight in the Sun Room, erected staging along the west wall, and put on the west roof drip edge. Jimmy quickly finished the big retaining wall.  How big, you ask?  12½ feet tall at the highest point and 115 feet long at the upper perimeter.  In rough-grading the croquet court filled area, he came up with a good-sized pile of smaller rocks which he moved to where Chree’s garden will be, as we’ll need a smaller retaining wall there, too. Wink brought in a truckload of crushed dirt which he spread over that part of the driveway which was re-graded earlier this summer… and has been rougher ‘n a cob ever since.  James came with the skid steer just before noon (and just as Jimmy was finishing up) and smoothed out the new fill.  Just because I could, found out you now can go 20 mph down the driveway without losing all the fillings in your teeth.  Merry came up to see the doings and invite me down for chicken soup, made with a whole chicken and every vegetable she could get her hands on.  Fabulous, as always!