the saddle

 Day 3 already! The guys finished twirling (a word that does not mirror the sheer strength needed to impale the dirt), the posts into the ground. They used a transit to level them up and have started the next step: the underpinning also known as the saddle. It’s made up of doubled 2x10s screwed together and attached to the posts.

This afternoon Carm and I started the task of moving wood around. We offloaded some decking boards from a stack to reveal the 2x10s… we moved some other wood around… we fully expect to be moving the same wood from one place to another… could this be an evil plan of John’s to get a certain someone from being underfoot ;-)

Actually Carm was barely here as he made one run after the other to the lumber store - 3 trips in all. Then he was on the phone for another wood delivery. In the afternoon he was moving wood. A busy day :-)

I spent some time this morning making Greek meatballs. I’m not sure if they turned out right but they were good. I made little lettuce wraps with them as the filler. They were tasty enough that all 12 wraps were eaten…

Awesome!

“sunny morning”

“sitting in a chair under the bird feeder tree”