Dry Spells
First full week of construction and the granite has been all cleaned off and the outside forms are all up. Cut one 2×4 today! Did some fastening too with the air nailer and a regular hammer without hitting my thumb or firing stray nails around. Cut a hole in the lower corner and installed a nice drain through the future cement with the reciprocating saw, carried plywood and lots of two by fours and one by tens and hardly any shovelling dirt today which was nice for a Friday.
Global warming is still coming on strong in this part of the world, warm days almost like summer already and hardly any rain through the spring so there won’t be too many campfires around this summer. Everything is up in the garden now; even poppies and they aren’t supposed to be out for a few weeks yet. The first rose is out, a red one and the raspberries are getting bigger too. Someone reminded me that about 15 or so years ago they were seeing things this early, but I don’t think it’s been a sustained dry like this – it’s beyond a “dry spell” now.