June 29
technical
Insulation of the windows has begun and Arnold has set up wood-working shops in two places now. I see new stuff all the time: new equipment, new pipes, a door! The crew is working on another job simultaneously with this one so they get pulled away to work that job sometimes. Progress is still being made, though, and the other job should be finished in August. Steve has to juggle projects like everyone else and he is very good about staying on schedule and keeping me updated on where we are and what is happening next. He still does not want me to move in yet, though.
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- Wait! That’s a door! First door = garage door
- New stuff for the HVAC system
- Wood shop #1 is window trim in the garage
- New plumbing
- See the insulation peeking out?
- After living with old windows for years in the Houston house, these new windows are divine!
- Wood-working shop #2 is in the Living Room
- More insulation. Love this wood!
- It all goes together very nicely, don’t you think?
- Bella asks: is this a doggy door?
- Living Room. Waiting for the window-door combo to be installed in that big hole in the wall!
- So nice to see a door, even one that is closed. 😉
- Looks like a house now!
- Remember all the silver dots? Replaced by flashing.
personal
We’ve been having a heat wave: 98-99 degrees with high humidity. So today I decided to try our old hike since it is easier to get to it. Hike was cut short when we discovered cattle on the road! Niles always barks at the cattle when we drive by them in the Jeep, but he is smart and knows that he should stay away from them on the ground. One smack with a hoof and he is history. Bella is very quiet in the Jeep, but wants to chase them when she sees them on the road. She thinks they are fat deer.
- The sotol has matured.
- Lovely velvety-rust color
- The sotol are everywhere!
- This landscape has greened up so much since the rains began
- I had no idea the desert could ever look like this.
- Love the layers of mountains
- Everything is green and it is really hot!
- Bella says: let’s go home, please. Pant, pant.
The windows look great.
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