Shed Bones
Posted in farming on 05/16/2005 06:39 am by TamYesterday was lovely (though a bit chilly in the shade). Stephen(R) and Jennifer came over to help with the shed-raising & between the four of us, we got tons done:
Stephen and I had gotten the rafters and braces up on Friday, and did the first bay of purlins (the beams that go between the rafters) Saturday AM. Then the Stephens finished the purlins while Jennifer and I sussed out the instructions for making the canopy components (it involved 15 degree angles, a hand calculator, and a certain amount of trial and error). We got the canopy done just as the light was failing. *whew* But it’s really looking like a building now !
Weather is overcast today, and Stephen is off gaming. Weather is supposed to be crap tomorrow, and then I start work, so I suspect progress will now grind to a halt. Darn. I should have asked for another week off.
On Monday we’re going to make an appointment for a vet to come out and ultrasound Victoria and Cariboo and confirm one way or the other whether they’re pregnant. If they are, then they are certainly not showing any signs. If they’re not, then both Jim and a previous ultrasound are wrong. *sigh*
In other news, our latest theory is that the kitten is actually an alien trying desperately to warn us of an incoming invasion fleet, but due to language difficulties, the only way she can think of to communicate this vital information is to try and lick her way to the center of our heads and there meld her tiny alien brain directly with ours. Explanations like this start to make sense when you have a purring kitten try — on multiple occasions on successive nights — to shove her head up your nose at 4am.