The 4th Day - Tuesday - April 11, 2006

Pa is building scaffolding so not much happened to the frame today (He did get one rafter up). I'll take photos tomorrow of the rafters being hung.

This old, rusty barbeque has been on our property for years before we bought it. I opened it up a few days ago and discovered this nest. At first we thought it was a bird, but upon peeking in the wee entrance hole - its a mouse and her babies.













Echo is doing time on a 20 foot lead. She is so excited to be outside in the open that she simply wants to run off and explore. In rural country, loose dogs are sometimes feral. Rural folk view them with suspicion and tend to shoot first and ask questions later. Yesterday she disappeared in the bush and I finally found her on the next property...where the property owner nicely warned me that hunting season for turkey starts next week and after that, more seasons for other animals. And hunters tend to shoot at moving targets. Hence, Echo is now leashed at all times.













Pa keeps the tools in the truck bed for mobility. Whenever he leaves the site, he simply starts the truck and goes, no need to worry where all the tools are upon leaving. Here, the truck is parked in the curved part of the future driveway. To the right of the truck is the proposed site for the garage apartment.













Flint likes to run around for a little bit, staying in sight and obeying his commands to stay and stop (unlike a certain Princess Echo). Once he's done exploring its NAPTIME. He curled up in the leaves and was obviously cold, so Mom covered him with Pa's cast-off sweatshirt. Flint nosed into the leaves and went to sleep, warm and content.