Chrissy in my giant overalls
Originally uploaded by justinmaple
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Monday, June 22, 2009
Spruce Beetle
Spruce Beetle
Originally uploaded by justinmaple
Neat looking beetles, they are everywhere right now. I think each of our dogs has eaten about 20 so far.
Spray Foam
Spray Foam
Originally uploaded by justinmaple
Chrissy applying spray foam to the pipe inside a pipe setup we're using for our garage drain. 2" inside of 4" with spray foam all around.
13 hour day of platepacking
13 hour day of platepacking
Originally uploaded by justinmaple
We had a long weekend of moving gravel by hand and packing it down to make our pad area level.
Its all done now, flat and level within 1/4". We kept the packer an extra day and went ahead and wrapped up the driveway too. We got a fairly significant amount of rain on Sunday morning, so I packed and packed and packed the driveway. The rain lets the silty base absorb the sand and gravel topping and creates a concrete like material. It was really a pretty nice day. Cool from the rain and then occasional bursts of sunlight through the clouds. No bugs for a change too.
Chrissy is by far the toughest woman I have ever known.
We moved about 6 yards of gravel with shovels and wheelbarrow, spread it and packed, packed and repacked it, shot elevations over and over and worked until 2 am.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Trenching for drain
Trenching for drain
Originally uploaded by justinmaple
Trenching through pit run gravel and fractured schist is not an easy process. It would have been much much harder by hand though. The trencher would get jammed up on a rock about every other minute and we'd have to stop, turn it off and run the track back and forth to get it free.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Rhododendron tomentosum
Rhododendron tomentosum
Originally uploaded by justinmaple
not the prettiest, but one of the most fragrant.
birds
birdus
Originally uploaded by justinmaple
Chicken cant quite figure out what is going on with her reflection in the camera lens.
Monday, June 1, 2009
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