On the day this posts, we’re supposed to get a cold front through, possibly accompanied by some snow. But for a week or so, we had some almost-springish weather, and the animals were all grazing for the new shoots. Shiloh has figured out some new way to escape the paddock, but she knows it’s her home and she doesn’t like to be far from Jonathan, so I’m not terribly concerned when she gets out (especially since she can sometimes figure out how to get back in when she’s ready). It’s long past time to expand the fence anyhow, so I’ll make time to do that the next time I have both dry weather and a helper. In the meantime, I’ve been taking advantage of the clement conditions to forge ahead on the bathhouse project; as I explained Friday, we want the north ramp under the roof, so it had to be built before I could set up the posts which will support the steel header. But that part is now done (you’ll see pictures in my next Bathhouse column) and the weather has turned cold and rainy again, so it’ll probably be next week before we can start on the next leaf of the roof; in the meantime I’m using the energy to clear up some of the mess which got displaced into my bedroom when we started working on my office. With any luck, I’ll be finished all of the major projects by the holidays, so perhaps next year I’ll be able to find the time to indulge myself in some quaint pastimes like reading for pleasure.
