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
Category Archives: Spring 2023
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 9, 2023
Thursday Very windy today. All day, the wind blew from the south. Worked on the columns for the gazebo at the Ahi lot. Four of the six columns are up to the 4’8″ height I want. This is a deceiving figure, as some of the columns are six foot tall from the footing level. TheContinue reading “February 9, 2023”
February 8, 2023
Wednesday Bright and sunny. Very few clouds on the horizon. Good for my solar system – I saw 12.1 volts at one time during the day! Worked at the Ahi lot most of the day. Moved the pile of lumber I had stacked on top of the partially built columns for the gazebo. Using myContinue reading “February 8, 2023”
February 7, 2023
Tuesday I hauled some of the branches from next to the road, back to the wood yard area above the septic field. Using the chainsaw, I proceeded to cut them into 4″ to 6″ pieces. One of the larger logs was a root that had some rocks imbedded inside the root. Now I need aContinue reading “February 7, 2023”
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