Big Doin's in Blocksburg
A lot of exciting things have happened since we last chatted. Over the weekend, Frew and my new fast friend Tim drove up to attend the Fortuna Rodeo with me. Besides baking in the grandstands, we ate an inordinate amount of meat, drank beer, and bullshitted with a bunch of smelly cowboys (yay!). Tim also brought his photography equipment and snapped some great portraits of my friends and neighbors.
In other news, the concrete trucks came streaming in yesterday and dumped more than 40 yards of the stuff within the forms Brandon, Josh, and Cliff built last week. Brandon tells me they’ll start in with the hammers and nails next week. So exciting!
Lil' Squirt Roams Burr Creek
A couple weekends ago, I went four-wheeling down on the Chalk Mountain Ranch with a gal pal from elementary school. I took this picture of her little dog, Squirt, on Burr Creek.
They're Starting the Foundation!
If there was any disputing it before, we have now officially broken ground. Concrete trucks will be arriving next week, and then the actual sawing and hammering will be underway. Yay!
House Update
So, after about a month of waiting around, I finally got word that my building permit is ready. We’ll start the foundation early next week, but in the meantime, I’ve been putting in a spectacular water system with the help of the Rock Hound and the Diesel Mechanic (I shudder to think where I’d be at this point without the help of the Diesel Mechanic). I’ve currently got 5,000 gallons of my own water stored, and by the end of summer I should have 10,000. We ran two-inch pipe from the tanks, so the pressure is actually pretty good considering we have a short drop (it’s all gravity fed). The Rock Hound knows all about fire fighting, too, so he set me up with my own fire hydrant by the house. We’re going to put another one in by the trailer. Very cool!
Unfortunately, we accidentally cut the town water while we were digging a trench to lay the pipe. It was easily remedied, though, and no one ever seemed to notice (or at least they didn’t say anything if they did). Nevertheless, it made for an exciting half hour around here.
Darned Bummers
A few weeks ago, I did some house sitting for the Worm Lady and her husband, the Rock Hound. I spent most of my time trying to keep this maniacal bummer named Flash from hopping and peeing alll over the furniture. I captured him here all wild-eyed as he ran up and down the stairs.
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