This past week was rainy and nasty so not a lot of outdoor progress was made. Saturday however was nicer and things had dried out a little so the gentleman framing up and finishing my sidewalk was able to get gravel in place and ready to grade it and prep for framing and concrete. Then, today (Monday) he came back and finished grading it ready to install all of the framing ready to receive the concrete. I also had the electrician back in to touch up a couple of things to make sure we are ready for drywall, The drywall guys were supposed to start hanging drywall today but they never showed up. I have a backup guy ready if the don't do it tomorrow morning, I'll call them and have them hang it for me. Both of them are good from all reports (of course no-showing without notification doesn't really impress me too much). Don was there today doing more brick work and below are some recent photos of where the building's progress was as of Monday morning.
View of the Southern side (SW corner) of my new "home".
A wider angle view of the Southern side of the house.
A close-up of the Western most porch column (I will cap the bricks and install decorative wood paneling around the post)
Travel news. On Wednesday I head to Paris and Vienna for almost 2 weeks. I will spend the first 7 days in Paris at an academic conference and then hanging out enjoying Paris. I will then fly on to Vienna to visit my friend Andrea from grad school. She is now a distinguished professor at U. of Delaware. She and her folks (her parents live there) should be able to show me Vienna in a more informative and knowledgeable way than I have seen it in the past. So, while I am not very fond of air travel anymore (since 9/11 and our introduction of the "new and better" TSA), I am looking forward to seeing two great cities after a long hiatus.
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