The roof is almost all felted in preparation for the rain! Now for the painting to keep up, and we might be ready!
Even the ducks are getting in on the action...with the creek gaining so much ice on frosty days, they are coming into the yard more and more. I just hope they don't eat my daffodils which are shooting up right now. What do ducks eat anyway? They don't go to the bird feeders, they rummage under the oaks! Some flights bring in up to 30 or 40 Mallards!
The bad part of the day was the seemingly never ending covering of the bays in the loft...my god, it went on and on and on...with error compounding error at one point. But they are up now and look great as you will see below!
It took three men and a lots of groans to finally lift the steel plate into position over the front door...
Then getting it positioned just right for the welding took another massive push. But they did it and made it look effortless...the guesstimate is that it weighed around 500#.
Today, the awnings are going up on the other side...it is sure hard to photograph them...once the side is up, I can try from the yard.
Mat getting the last, most difficult panel up...Cindy helped with one, and I helped with this one, so some woman power helped save the day!
My new chair arrived...made up for a lot of the annoyance of today. IT is wonderful on my neck and back. I think I was just too used to having the house back and really resented all the mess and traffic of an indoor work day. Grrrrrr!
Early this morning when I turned on the lights, they really made a beautiful glow both inside and outside...so after all the stress and turmoil of yesterday, do have some beautiful lights all finished except for the paint. And believe me, I might wait until Andres comes back before letting anyone up there again!
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