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thanateAppalling carnage next door continues, and I continue to be good for nothing at all but fretting over stuff. Also, the new web host had unspecified service issues which included my e-mail being out most of the day; they claim they were pooling the messages, but they appear to be letting them out of the pool one drop at a time. The oak... well, the cement truck rolled heavily over the ground about two feet from the trunk. This is not good. Also, Warren keeps trying to offer to smooth over the grade of the backyard; I need to explain to him how oak roots work, and that NOBODY IS DAMN WELL TOUCHING the parts of the yard that haven't already been severely compacted, particularly to drop more dirt on top of the poor tree. Yes, it looks fine today. Come back in three years and tell me you haven't done any harm. Also, I like my terrain the way it is. But anyway, we have a footer, and as my website is back up to host them, I can give you pictures.
Monday:
Tuesday:
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grauwulf mourns the demise of his stair railing. Also, note the complete lack of vegetation below 15 ft on the other side of the fence.)
and the hole itself:
This afternoon:
At the far left of the picture, you can kind of see the line in the sidewall of the hole where the clay suddenly goes from being dark to being much lighter (under the backfill which has dried out, so you may just see a dark line next to the concrete); this is where the concrete pad at the bottom of the steps left off, and it's pretty noticeable. No, that area didn't get any of the 9" of rain everywhere else got.
...Other than that, I've been reading the Saga of the People of Laxardal out of the Icelandic Sagas book I picked up almost a decade ago off a Borders sale table, and it's quite fascinating. Drama, disturbing dead people, lots of women, and much voyaging about amongst Iceland & Norway & Ireland. Although when you come to the third Thord in the same paragraph, it can get a bit confusing. Unrelatedly, I have packed up the dolls in the steamer trunk that houses all their stuff (ok, all but Boston, who is still on my desk) so they can't fall off things when people start messing with the roofline. No pictures, sorry. :(
Also, I picked up some storebrand pumpernickel at shoprite, not expecting much, and it's really quite good. So, that's nice. And you should watch this video of a song with the singer dancing with John/Don Kenn monsters. Pretty cool.
Xposty from dreamwidth, but yes, I'm still here.
Monday:
Tuesday:
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grauwulf mourns the demise of his stair railing. Also, note the complete lack of vegetation below 15 ft on the other side of the fence.)and the hole itself:
This afternoon:
At the far left of the picture, you can kind of see the line in the sidewall of the hole where the clay suddenly goes from being dark to being much lighter (under the backfill which has dried out, so you may just see a dark line next to the concrete); this is where the concrete pad at the bottom of the steps left off, and it's pretty noticeable. No, that area didn't get any of the 9" of rain everywhere else got.
...Other than that, I've been reading the Saga of the People of Laxardal out of the Icelandic Sagas book I picked up almost a decade ago off a Borders sale table, and it's quite fascinating. Drama, disturbing dead people, lots of women, and much voyaging about amongst Iceland & Norway & Ireland. Although when you come to the third Thord in the same paragraph, it can get a bit confusing. Unrelatedly, I have packed up the dolls in the steamer trunk that houses all their stuff (ok, all but Boston, who is still on my desk) so they can't fall off things when people start messing with the roofline. No pictures, sorry. :(
Also, I picked up some storebrand pumpernickel at shoprite, not expecting much, and it's really quite good. So, that's nice. And you should watch this video of a song with the singer dancing with John/Don Kenn monsters. Pretty cool.
Xposty from dreamwidth, but yes, I'm still here.