17 May 2015

When Dave Todd (life-long Vermonter) says, “(Mild blasphemy for emphasis; hint: starts with a J), the mosquitoes are bad this year!”, you know they are bordering on Intolerable (a town in New Hampshire), which is quite a ways from here.  Decided to put the KOMA trim on the 4x6 post holding up the southwest corner of the Sauna roof, in keeping with last fall’s voting results.  But, alas, found that the post, rated for over 6½ tons of load, has bowed ½″ to the north over the winter.  Scratch that project for the time being.  Leveled the ground by the ∆□O sign, then moved the mailbox back from the road edge 3 feet, hopefully far enough that the snowplow won’t clobber it next winter.  Shoveled (literally) out the basement, which was knee-deep in sawdust and other detritus from the Sauna woodshed and deck projects.  It being a warm, sunny Sunday afternoon, decided to see if (a) the lake water temperature was any warmer and (b) the mosquitoes were less dense out in the bright sunshine down by the lake.  Answer was no to both.  Instead, Delores provided a refreshing and semi-insect-free shower.