back to work

Back on the ladder today.  Finished permanently mounting the louvered vent on the east end (was just held in place thanks to gravity and bailing wire).  Almost too windy but it was coming in just the right direction to hold each panel firm while I fastened it in place. 
Got all the polycarbonate cut - and mounted four of the NE pieces.  53,69,30,0,W

12go...

Big cow day for Sunday Siesta.  Nice to know they all like to lounge around here all day even though Benita gets most of the food and all the water.  High humidity and freezing temperatures led to a frosty greenhouse this morning...water was dripping everywhere once the sun came up.  Set up the GoPro for a test timelapse - all went well.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NwJYheX6k4  Down to my last sheet - the most difficult of all.  I'm saving that one for tomorrow.

David Hamilton, one of my favorite facebook friends (that I have never met), sent me a little brush he picked up in Japan on a recent business trip.  I saw his updates while he was overseas and suggested a trade - TFL postcards for a trinket from Asia.  I showed it to Mr. Cow today and she just didn't get it.  51,71,24,0,B 

don't pull that string...

Cold morning at the Field Lab.  Since I'm truck less for now, I waited as long as I could before heading to the GrubShack to get a good hot meal in my belly.  My other modes of transportation are a bit chilly for a ride outta here.  Had a long stay after a late breakfast and chatted up my rock star friend Brent Lovelady (of The Bent Love Handles)  They finally finished their CD and it is due for release soon.  I am planning on shooting some video of a live performance on Sunday.  If the rest of their music is as good as the first two songs I have featured here - it will be a "must buy"!  Full review and ordering info coming soon.

Finally warmed up and was still enough to get back to some roofing this afternoon.  Got 2 more sheets of polycarbonate screwed down.  Getting faster as I go along now - down to 50 minutes per sheet.  Hopefully I can get this portion done by the end of the year.  Was going to go for a 3rd sheet and the winds picked up so I started prepping for the last string of lights for the house.  Twice today Benita "hooked 'em" and got her horn caught in the firing string to the flamethrower.  Training her to shoot it off would be quite a trick.  51,65,34,0,B

Yup...

OK....so no private party yesterday.  Did an overnighter at Motel6 in Odessa for some leisurely errands today.   More FL tshirts dropped off for my friends at Mueller Steel, new boots, a real idler pulley for the Bike'O'Worsher, 3 cans of BatterBlaster, lunch at Hooters with my buddy Guy Hodges (the manager there shut down my live webcast), and a stop at Home Depot to pick up my order for 30 sheets of  polycarbonate for the last section of greenhouse roofing.  The rack did the job.  Quick stop at McCoys on the way through Alpine to order another pallet of concrete mix.  Back to recording the temperatures tomorrow.