Late Tuesday afternoon and I'm at the Aerie again. The trailer is nearly cleaned out and will be by tomorrow (Wednesday) evening. I've only got a few frozen foods that need transport. The rest of the caned goods and non-refrigerated foods can stay in place to be off loaded at the Bolt Hole.
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Don and Adam started work on the staining and stone work on Monday morning. Adam has been pressure washing the logs to remove dirt and grime before staining begins. The 2500 psi machine is certainly going through the 400-450 gallons f water in the cistern pretty darn quick! With a very slow recharge rate in the well, we'll recover between 30 and 40 gallons an hour. That requires the well pump to run for just 10 minutes and rest for 50. With it having been drawn down so low, Adam will start the staining process as the cistern fills. Meanwhile, Don has put a wire mesh in place and a scratch coat on the exterior basement wall and has started to apply some of the faux stone. This is the same "stone' that we have on the fireplace and chimney. It will really look nice when it's finished.
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I harvested a couple of dozen white onions from the garden this afternoon. The reds still have their fleshy tops and were left in the ground for another time. So far we've almost as many onions as we did last fall and those nearly made it to April. Some of the onions were smaller than I like, but, since they grew without any weeding or cultivating or watering at all other than what Mother Nature provided, I'll take the results.
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Weather has been nearly perfect for outdoor work. The sky remains clear although the days are, perhaps, a bit too warm. (It's reached the 90s the last three days.) We haven't seen any rain since the 23rd and the forecast shows only a chance on Friday night into Saturday--depending upon Earl's behavior.
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Tomorrow I will be heading over to the Muck to assist other members of the Tiadaghton Audubon Society with the annual maintenance of the boardwalk and blind. There will be some carpentry, some weed whacking, and some staining to do there as well.
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Thursday, I'll hitch the trailer up and head to Amsterdam, NY and the Alpin Haus to get its slide out motor replaced. I'll then retire to the Bolt Hole for the weekend. Hopefully, Earl will swing out to sea and there won't be much in the way of rain Friday night into Saturday.
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