Finished the Pump house Roof Panels

It is always satisfying for me to finish a project, or even a milestone in a project.  Today, I put up the last two roof panels for the pump house.

Those of you who came here from my Driftaway blog will recognize a victory beer when you see one.

And then, being on a roll, I finished the wall studs.  All I have left is the door framing.  Easy peasy.

I still have to put the roof cap on, but I didn't have any screws for that.  Friend Bill will pick those up today for me.  Ridge cap, walls, and done for this year.

The Sasquatch Stump

From Pamela:

Who can spot the differences? I left the stump where my sasquatch shares things with me..... my "dragonfly" mark on the right, my own "A" made from two red leaf stems and a small stick on the left, my dragonfly earring lying next to the "A" lying face up and flat and a cattail across the center of the stump.

 This morning it was all rearranged. Hmmm. smile emoticon I like playing stump chess with my hairy friend. I just wish I could figure out what the "A" symbol means to them.

Pamela also decided to check out a stump where an Ohio researcher left five coins on a stump deep in the woods.  This is how it was left, the "before" photo.

 

This is the "after" photo.

One thing we learned about Sasquatch is that they share.  If you leave it two apple halves, it will take one and leave one for you.  If it kills a squirrel, it will eat half and leave the other half by Pam's Miata.

Chinese Sasquatch?

The other day, we found this outside our Unabomber cabin's window.

Pam has found many of those, always in the general shape of the letter "A".  Not knowing what they mean, we figured it might be some kind of signature, or calling card.   So Pam decided to design her own and made a kind of dragonfly on her Sasquatch stump.  She also left some puffballs, which was a waste of time, it turned out.

Last night, she went out to check the stump.  She came running back to the cabin.  I was inside on my laptop, no doubt saving the world on Facebook, when she came running by.  I immediately sprang into action and looked to see if she was being chased by anything.  Nope.  But she came flying into the cabin....

"David!  Come and see this!!"

"OK.  Should I bring my camera?"

"YES!"

So I did.  What I found was this.

The sticks were rearranged into the familiar letter "A" shape.  Huh.  Me, being me, decided to peruse Al Gore's internets for some meaning.

Sasquatch are thought to have crossed the land bridge from Asia to North America many thousands of years ago, just like Native Americans, so I decided to review Chinese symbols.  I found this page -  http://www.zein.se/patrick/3000char.html

If you look at number six, you'll see that the inverted V ahape means "man".

Scroll down to number 13.  The letter "A" shape means "big".

Huh.  See the little twig placed on the left leg of the A?  Yep.  Now scroll down to number 197.  That means "great".

You've now got it.  Great big man.  OK then.

Nailing up Nailers

I don't know if "nailers" is the right term.  We put up the horizontal boards that the metal roof will be screwed onto, so I guess maybe they're "screwers".

My hammering arm gave out so Pamela took over.  And a fine job she did.

Andy pointed his horns at Ruby, which she does not like.

The last nailer!

Maybe tomorrow, the roof!

Fall Foliage At Its Peak

Our fall foliage always peaks around Columbus Day.  Maybe a tad sooner up here on Bleecker Mountain.  But it is indeed finally colorful, and our leaves are falling like snowflakes.

It is sad that the foliage doesn't last longer, but then maybe we wouldn't appreciate it as much.

Autumn in Bleecker

I got some of the rafters up on the pump house before my right arm gave out.  Hey, it's progress!

Our friend and neighbor Phil stopped by with apples for both Pamela and the goats.  These may have been for the goats, but Ruby the Pitbull ate a half a dozen.  Edible toys!

Fall is about at its peak here.  Sadly, maybe because of the drought, the colors are not as vibrant as usual.  

It was 55 degrees and cool sitting in the shade, but the sun was wonderful

Tomorrow, I'm going to try to finish the rafters and nailers, and then comes the roof.

Bleecker Mountain Swimming Pool

Heavy rain was forecast.  Water and insulation don't mix, so I covered the pump house floor with the best tarp I had, the only one without holes. Today, this is what I found.  A swimming pool.

OK, maybe a wading pool would be a better term.  Or foot bath.  But I needed to get the water off of there without slopping it onto the insulation underneath.  How?  See the rope laying in there?  I put it there.  Capillary action.  Capillary action acts something like a siphon, and the water will travel down the rope and onto the ground.

Drip... drip... drip.