Dinner Time

Glenn & Barbara brought us Thai food for dinner ~ our favorite dishes too!

Thank you!

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Plan Review ~ Hard Work

We started the first round of cement on Saturday late afternoon about 5:00 p.m.  We were able to get 10 of the posts set and headed home at 10:30 p.m.  Almost half way ~ back tomorrow for the rest.

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Confess

 

 

I must confess

I cannot lie

I smoked a stogy

While you were on the fly

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Break Time

Yes he was goofing off on the log and yes he fell off!

For Laurin

This building sits where the old one you lived in use to be.

Where the Captain Bartlett use to be.

Well I guess you could say that the place has changed some.

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The Old Fashioned Way

Posts in the holes but not supported yet

Walk like an Egyptian!

Put your back into it ~ not really ~ protect your back!

Does?

Does anger displace the fear? Does love displace the anger and replace the fear with something you can live with? Does the warmth of a pile fill your heart with a sense of belonging? Does love fill the void?

 

I Want to Play Too!

OK play time is over ~ get back to work!

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Sonotubes

Me marking the Sonotubes to get cut into 12 inch sections.

Tongue out for accuracy!

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Checking for Plumb

Showing a friend who is helping how to check if the hole you are digging is plumb or not.  It was a good technique, quick and simple.

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Good Way to End the Day

Smiles at the end of the day too!

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Ready~Get Set~Dig

The first two of 24

We used a total of 8320 pounds of cement

12 x 12 treated timbers ~ original length 20 feet

A smile at the start of the day!

Humor

A bit of humor can make any task more enjoyable and easy.  

Especially if the work is manual labor.  Let's hope our humor can hold out  to the end of each days hard work.

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P.S. Food always helps the humor hold out!

In the youngest case... food... lots of food!

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I Knew it was HOT!!!

 



Yesterday we set a temperature record and we were in the heat working up at the property.  I knew it was hot but I did not know it was 91 degrees Fahrenheit ~ we were most likely hotter than that in the direct sun at the property.  Don't tell the boys I made them work in such heat. 

Local news article about yesterdays temperatures.

Holy Cow!!! No wonder I am enjoying my desk job today!
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The Plan

A man with a plan!

A map to a new direction!

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Our Local Reindeer ~ Rip

Rip the Reindeer at one of our outreach event last spring.  

You never know what will be walking down the hallways at work.

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Fireweed

True to its name ~ the Fireweed is growing right where the land burned this spring.

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Getting Ready to Dig

12 post holes per cabin...

All staked out and ready for digging. Have fun!

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Fire

When you do not know what will or will not catch fire, you do not know where you stand.  

Will the heart ignite? 

Will the skin be engulfed with passion? 

Will the romance catch fire?  

Or will a kiss bring about a beginning to the end?  

A romance of a life never lived.
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A Shed Too

They also built a shed.  Great job guys ~ I am totally impressed!

Next ~ foundation holes and post ~ oh yeah power too.

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Anybody Have to Go?

Yesterdays View

The hot and sunny days have given the fires an extra boost.  They are getting closer and closer to the Tanana and town.  Our friend Tim said goodbye to his moose camp and the firewood he just cut and stacked in preparation for the fall hunt. 
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