Day 17: And More Rain

Mud puddles only a kid could love.

Noted in the last blog, it was raining late last night. Well it did rain and the total over night was 0.7 inches. But over the last few days the total in the general area has been near 4 inches. So the rain last night was rain upon rain. If you look closely in front of the ground door there is a spot that looks like sand. That's water several inches deep. Also down from the top door there is another much larger spot. These holes were 'dry' just before dark this evening, probably by pumping water out and scraping the top ground away.
Todays discussion was going to be on the pockets fitted to timbers for more support, but that will wait. If you look closely at the veritcal timber in the center of the opening on the 2nd floor you'll notice it's streaked. That's not from rain, but rather from the crew watering the timber joints which makes the joint more pliable and thus can be moved as the barn is straightened and less likely to shatter because of being old and brittle. But more on that another day.



3rd Flying Buttress

This was partially formed at the end of work last night. This morning out came the pump and removed the 2 feet or so of water. The pier was totally form by tonight. Not sure when it will be poured because the ground is so sturated in from of it the cement truck will probably get stuck if the ground isn't left to dry some before the pour.