11 May 2015

Must have been even more wiped out than I thought from yesterday’s exertions; went to bed at 7:30 last night and didn’t get out again until 7:00 this morning.  A good thing there were, again today, no stream geese here looking for work.  Was supposed to be a showery morning (it wasn’t), so spent some quality maintenance time with Mr. Jonsered, who was feeling neglected.  Mid-morning the sun peeked out, so continued putting the Sauna deck frame together.  Got the areas in front of the door and woodshed done and didn’t feel like wrestling with the section that so frustrated me yesterday, so started putting on the Clubhouse decking.  Glad I made that decision, as the deck plank width plus spacing is ³/₆₄″ narrower than I was figuring.  Doesn’t sound like much, but that tiny discrepancy results in a ⅞″ narrower deck, which the framing needs to be shortened to accommodate… or else the framing will stick out from under the decking, which, in construction-speak, is a no-no.  After last night’s rain, the mosquitoes made their first appearance of the year, but nothin’ a couple dabs of DWO couldn’t handle.  Tom & Tim stopped by late morning to retrieve the rest of their “stuff” and give me their bill for the two holes they made last week.  The amount was exactly what they had estimated… and less than half of what we had budgeted.  Color me smiling!  Dave Todd borrowed my trailer yesterday and returned it today along with a manly serving of red asparagus (was delicious with dinner) and some homemade horseradish that will curl the ends of your mustache, i.e., just right!  And finally, a correction to the blog entry for 5 May: Chree got a missive from the Town of Leicester today raising the assessed value of our Fern Lake property by 63%.