Last week was frame up time, which can bring both both shocks and surprises. That's when you see exactly where the doors and windows are, and how big rooms will be when completed. That's when you discover you should have paid more attention and taken off those rose colored specs when surveying plans, in order to make sure that big, bulky objects could be easily taken into the cellar from the foyer or that the refrigerator would fit in that exact corner.But aside from a few minor blips, all is going well with encouraging evidence of even quicker progress to come. Beams and trusses were delivered before the weekend. They are now awaiting the crane that will lift them into place -- a job I would like to watch, if anyone ever phones to tell us when this is going to happen! With multiple projects and crews to supervise, a popular contractor like Peter Wanless is continually yanked in different directions and customer contact, unless you are on the spot he is, might be a little low on the priority list.
The trailer we temporarily call home is slowly being set up. After the dust/dirt of our occasional stay in a house under construction, small things get us excited, like.... Lights! a working refrigerator and stove! Hot & cold water! Unfortunately, very soon the the flow of water dwindled to a trickle and then stopped. Plumber blames electrician and vice versa, but expect the finger pointing soon will stop in favour of getting it fixed.
As May draws to a close, phenomenal weather ... star studded nights, fireflies winking, roses blooming, , and daily the sun keeps blazing, turning our tin can home into a very hot pressure cooker that only a turkey would hang around, so I am mostly out doing chores. Rain this week? I sure hope so.
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