Sunday Overcast but with spots where the sun peeks through. Rain for a few minutes, then it stops, the sun comes out, then it rains, then it stops, then rains again, then the clouds cover the sun, – all this on a rotating basis throughout the morning. I took the rebar I purchased yesterday overContinue reading “February 19, 2023”
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February 18, 2023
Saturday Rain again all day. In the morning, there was a thick fog that I could not see further than 100 feet away. By 10 am the morning for has cleared (as if Richard Harris has made a royal decree). Light drizzle all day long. Went to OceanView to the UCart Concrete place and pickedContinue reading “February 18, 2023”
February 17, 2023
Friday Rain all morning – torrential downpour for about an hour and a half – then a light, steady rain for about a half hour. Rain has quit about 11:45 but the sky is totally obscured with clouds. The rain could start up again at any moment. Spent the day watching the rain. TTFN
February 16, 2023
Thursday Rain most of the day. On and off, a light drizzle. Filled another column at Ahi with concrete. That makes three done, three more to go. Built forms on the top of one column for a concrete cap to be 23″ square by 2 3/4″ thick. I cut a piece of the wire fencingContinue reading “February 16, 2023”
February 15, 2023
Wednesday This morning at about 7:30, I was laying in bed debating on whether to get up when the bed and the shed started to vibrate, similar to one of those vibrating massage chairs or one of those vibrating beds you can find in a cheap motel room. It lasted for 15 to 20 secondsContinue reading “February 15, 2023”
February 13, 2023
Monday Dark, overcast sky this morning. The rocks that come in the 2 1/2″ minus sand/gravel mix I had delivered last week is too large to use in the grout for filling the cells of the columns. I need something to screen the material. I found some animal fencing at the local hardware store withContinue reading “February 13, 2023”
February 14, 2023
Tuesday Valentines Day I mixed concrete and filled the cells of two of the columns in spite of the fact that it was a rainy day. I made a water run to the water fill station at the transfer station in Waiohinu by the solid waste transfer station. I took all the bottles from theContinue reading “February 14, 2023”
February 12, 2023
Sunday Hauled more sand/gravel down the driveway to the gazebo. Moved enough to level the floor area between the columns. I finished with the pile dumped in the driveway and began working on the larger pile on the road. I tried driving the car down the driveway over the new gravel. I had difficulty gainingContinue reading “February 12, 2023”
February 11, 2023
Saturday Gathered up some scrap pieces of 1″ and 2″ boards to use as forms for the caps on the columns at Ahi. The load of sand and gravel was delivered today. I had most of it dumped in a pile on Ahi Road near the driveway, and about a quarter of it dumped onContinue reading “February 11, 2023”
February 10, 2023
Friday Finished the block work on all six columns for the gazebo at Ahi. The next step is to grout them (fill all the cells with concrete) and pour a concrete cap with anchor bolts to hold the metal post bases that I made in Arizona. I brought them in my checked bag (a cardboardContinue reading “February 10, 2023”
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