Journal of Progress--July 8-14
Monday, July 9, 2018 Stood up four joists today, making ten total. At this rate, I should have all done and be putting up rim joists, maybe even starting on decking, by the end of the week. Tuesday, July 10, 2018 Two more joists, and the compressor died. Spent the rest of the day in Provo. I’ll never buy anything important from Harbor Freight Tools again! Don spends a lot of his time moving the ladder. But half the joists are done, now! Visited by the deer while sitting under the apricot tree. They vacuum up the windfalls. Guess it’s a windfall for them! A (relatively) small doe I call “Hoover” came within five feet of me and Barbara, as we sat, not moving an eyelash, Barbara taking pictures. Even the slightest eyeball twitch is sufficient to scare Hoover off, but she doesn’t mind mechanical camera noises, or even our very low murmurs to each other. She definitely knows we’re there, and alive, but only movement seems to threaten her. T...