Wednesday, September 3, 2008

labor day

yes, it was a labor day. labor day weekend, emphasis on labor. in fact, pretty much any day that ed is not working will be a labor day, at least until we get to a spot where i can work by myself. i think he is secretly glad to be back to work and school so i'm not cracking the whip anymore.

we didn't do much of anything that can be seen
from the outside, though - at least with the tarps on - so no new photos of the dome. i can't wait until we get the tarps off and can actually SEE the dome. right now it looks like we are having a giant tent sale in the back. plywood scraps, anyone? buy one, get one free? oh, nevermind... i didn't call this blog rambling for no reason, ya know... what we did do is put in more plywood triangles in the hexagons. we have just 6 more to go.

we had hoped to finish the hexagons up this weekend but it seems that the weather has other plans - hanna. at least we are not forecast to get the heavy rains that we got from fay. we must have had close to a foot of rain. this is our front yard. the photo was taken after the first of the storms in those couple of days. there were 3 good sized storms and each time the front filled up like this. you should have seen the back - a sea of buff colored clay all into the woods.

the dirt here is another story. when it's muddy, the clay sucks the shoes right off my feet. when it dries, it takes a pick and a lot of muscle to break up the dirt. it is much better suited for pots than gardening. i threaten to mine our property for the clay.