28 July 2015

Sonny and Ian set a new productivity record today, in spite of horribly hot working conditions all afternoon: 119 ft² of shingles now are on the south wall of the kitchen / half bath / garage as a result of their efforts.  Not only that, but they knocked off shingling early in order to move staging from the west wall and set it up where they are working on the south wall.  As soon as the geese had landed, I took the Kubota down to Townline Kubota (formerly Giddings Kubota) in Pittsford where they replaced the leaking seal on the backhoe left stabilizer and buffed out the ding in the stabilizer piston (caused by a careless operator allowing a rock to impact the piston) that caused the seal to start leaking.  While the Kubota repair work was ongoing, I continued down to Rutland to find that the Home Depot there had very little of the electrical paraphernalia that I was after.  Got back to Fern Lake by 10:30 and spent the rest of the day sorting shingles, trying to keep up with the Dynamic Duo’s demands.  Sufficiently rehydrated with Woodchuck Amber, swam across the lake and back to cool down after work.