Day 18: What Do You Do When It Contines to Rain?

Just a 'ducky' day

Check yesterday's post and you'll see this pier (3rd in the row) partially formed with water in the bottom. Today it's fully formed and ready to pour, except it rained another .3 of inch. If you doubt, you'll notice all the puddles. But noon it has stopped raining, but it'll be a few days until this pier is poured. The cement truck can get down the driveway, but will sink to its axles, if it tries to drive to the pier. So we'll wait on that one.

The reason the cement truck will have little trouble getting to the barn is because of a fire. The original house on this farm was a brick 'Victorian'. It burned in 1940. Grandpa Geiger had to do something with the bricks, so he lined the driveway with them and covered them. About 20 years ago we put asphalt on a good portion of the driveway. Most people when they do that have to fix cracks and seal it every few years. The bricks are such a solid base nothing has been done to asphalt in that time. Except for a little wear and two cracks it looks about the same as when it was covered, thanks Grandpa.

Straw being tossed from the mow.

So it's back to the question of what do you do when it rains? You clean out the mow of old hay and straw which will lighten the load as you try and pull the building back into square. The sun is shining through the clouds so something outside might also get done today. Also done while it was raining this morning was stringing cables that will help hold the barn together while the work is on and after the work is done.

Steel cable is the straight line across the middle of the photo, starting at the ladder.

This photo was taken about 2pm. The photo blow out indicates the sun was indeed back out.