The Honest Courtesan

Jae’s patron has been offering to build a stable for her pony for quite some time now; the barn is just too large for the animals’ body heat to warm it adequately, and Shiloh actually has a kind of allergy to hay dust, so a hay barn isn’t a healthy environment for her.  Since the temporary shelter got ripped up in a windstorm a few weeks ago, the plan had to be moved from theory to reality.  I told them I was happy to provide the space as long as it was big enough for Jonathan and Cicero too, so last Wednesday a shipment of lumber and other supplies arrived, and on Friday and Saturday we dodged rain (and even a little hail) to get the frame started.  After getting the foundation blocks in place, I mostly assisted with the framing and spreading those wood chips around; there was some miscommunication about size, so we stopped when we mostly ran out of lumber, and will finish framing in the near future.  It’ll be nice to have something more solid for the pony and llama, and I’m really tired of having to clean up the shop from Cicero staying there at night.  I think he approves; if you look closely at the picture below, you’ll be able to see where he parked himself to watch us working.