Rainy

The rain gods do not want to see another building go up on the canvas below them. It was pouring all day long, and is predicted to again tomorrow. So I used today as a car day (the benefits of which are greatly increased cargo capacity and dryness over a bike). I need to get all my essential tools to the site, so that I can both start using them, and figuring out what I need and don't have.

I went back to the old house (which is not yet on the market) to scavenge through Doug's collection of tools/materials in the garage. It was a bit overwhelming for me. I expected to be in and out quick, with a wheelbarrow, a couple levels, and 3 tarps. I instead felt like I was on a shopping spree in a hardware store (of course it was a bit different, because all of these things still belong to Doug and Elaine). Everything I looked at appeared as if it might be useful, and when I would then pick an item up, there would be 3 more underneath that had just as much draw.

I packed the car, drove to the farm, and on the way thought about how I had nowhere to then store these tools. I remembered a big pile of scrap lumber, intended for burning, out of which I thought I may be able to concoct a tool shed. A quick phone call to Margaret left me with a "yes, go for it." And so a portion of this:



is now this:



which isn't much, but it gave me something to do in the rain, and it will keep all of my tools dry (once I get a tarp over it, and some pallets on the ground). So nothing got done on the actual house site, but I'm realizing how much prep work I'm going to need to do to get this project off the ground. No worries, though, just awareness.