Another week is done

For certain another work week is done. After lunch today I was ready to call it quits. Fall has arrived. I wore a stocking cap and long sleeved shirt for most of the work day. Despite the overcast day we managed to lay a few more block and stones, and even the frames for the large picture window and double windows in the downstairs living room and dining room (respectively). There were quite a few guests who stopped over and had a cup of tea and chatted. The director of the local historical society paid us a visit and liked what he saw. Jim discussed a preservation easement for the rest of his properties. I am not so sure I want such an easement placed on the octagon house. Such an easement would cause oversight of the organization that holds it, and allows them to limit any changes to the property. Most people who stopped over this week were impressed with our progress. As the block walls are going up there is a much clearer idea to those who visit as to what this project will actually look like. There is a special oohing and ahhing over the stone wall in the basement; wait until they see the exterior stone work! Earlier this week we managed to level out the dirt for the first floor that had arrived last Saturday. This had to be dumped over the wall with the front end loader and shoveled/raked around by hand. Every day brings a multitude of tasks. It would be helpful to have five or six clones of myself, but like all tasks in life this too must be accomplished by the lone willpower and strength that is daily granted to us. Sam