Sonny and Ian continued apace, nearly completing singling the south wall
of the garage / half bath / kitchen.
Sean stopped by for an hour in the morning to review progress and
provide detailed guidance about sealing the floor of the porch (that actually
is over part of the basement, so waterproofing that area is a must do
item). I spent the day sorting and
staining the ends of cut shingles, with time out after lunch for a logistics
trip to Brandon. Marty and Merry came up the hill for BBQ chicken and zucchini
(marinated in Ken’s Northern Italian dressing), plus other fixin’s. They brought along a recently received 2014
Kingston Family Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc (from Chile) that slid down far too
easily. Had to eat inside (in noisy air-conditioned splendor) ‘cause the
mosquitoes were too bad out by the campfire, in spite of the repellant lantern
that usually is quite effective. Another delightful evening with good
neighbors… and good friends!
P.S. Saw the mosquito control
truck heading down Kate’s driveway, so threw caution to the winds and ran over
to physically intercept him as he was outbound, spraying away merrily. After promising the driver an option on our
first born male child (sorry ‘bout that, Tasi), he came through the cut-through,
then down to the house turnaround, and sprayed the bejesus out of Triangle
Square Circle. FINALLY!!!!