it was another nice morning. i had a couple of visitors this time. a male and female duck had discovered the pond across from me and were spending their saturday morning bathing and dining together and alone. quite sweet. i enjoyed watching them bob for food while i ate my breakfast.
sunday june 23
so, by the good grace of god, cainin showed up to help with the roof. the saturday before, i had taken all my measurements and gotten all my wood cut and ready to install on the rafters. this would be the first layer to the roof; the second being the tin. we were so busy trying to get it done before the sun was beating down on us, there wasn't time to take pictures until the work for the day was done.
roof from the inside
and outside
a few days later i met bonnie after work to pick up more plywood and also by the good grace of god, she decided to come back up and lend a hand and bring her brother! i cut wood and they screwed it to the railing and in 3 hours the exterior of the railing was completed. by 9:30 that night i was home. this was a huge relief. it's one thing when something is heavy, it's another all together when, by mere dimension, it just flat out takes another person to hold it up.
the following night i went up and starting cuttin my tin sheets for the roof. bonnie came back again and lent a hand. it just so happens that the landscaping crew had been doing some watering and finally gotten the sprinkler systems working and working they were! i'll attach a photo to demonstrate the efficiency of their watering. but first...... anyone who knows bonnie, knows that she wears flip-flops year round. everyday. even doing crazy construction work. obviously she's never dropped a sheet of plywood on her foot, but that's neither here nor there i guess. regardless, i'm getting ready to get up on the roof when i hear a scream followed by a scream of laughter. i came around the corner to find this-
if you look closely- bonnie's flip flop is deep in the mud after being sucked right off her foot! must have been a foot deep!
while she was off washing her foot, i climbed up on the roof to begin screwing down the tin. after many laurel and hardy moments of hilarity, we were wrapping it up by dark. the very end of the roof cap required some monkey maneuvering on tippy toes on the top step of the ladder so i was relieved that the younger, more adventurous of us two happened to be the one in that position. and again, too busy to snaps photos while trying to beat the sun. even after, somehow i didn't get photos of the roof. after cutting my leg and then noticing what this sticker said, i did stop for this one.
sat. 27/sunday june 28
the following saturday i woke up not feeling well. i had injured my arm/neck/shoulder a couple of weekends earlier. the tick tock of the clock and having to push on through was really taking it's toll on me. both mentally and physically. that, coupled with a heat advisory and warnings on the news, i decided to stay in and get some rest. the best thing i could have done for myself. i woke up refreshed and ready to go.
the essentials
bonnie had concerns that i was making more work for myself by not doing my measuring and cutting of my plywood before attaching it to the railing. i was relieved to see that i was right and it was indeed easier for me to do it after it was up~ as opposed to~ on a work mate, trying to hold the sheet with one hand and cut with a saw in the other. this way it was attached and i could just drill my holes and cut away. almost like carving.
at least this picture includes the tin roof
i got the sides cut, the scallops cut, and the holes cut. i attached the finials, belt sanded the rough edges on plywood and cut (32) 8ft. strips of molding, all cut from my scrap cut aways. can't tell you the satisfied feeling to have gotten that much work done in one day, without injury, and still have enough energy to stay up and enjoy dinner. good day.
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