I have not blogged, largely because there has been little to blog about.  But then, suddenly there’s been some progress and I should post something.  I now believe that starting in the next few weeks, I will have ever more to blog about … assuming that the final permitting comes through.  That remains a small open question, but there you have it. 

Here is where we are: Over the past couple of weeks, permits for the well and for putting in the septic have come through and so soon I hope to get those parts of the project underway and out of the way.  I have found a local who is ready, willing and able to do much of the site prep, the digging of foundations and perhaps a little more.  I have received the first load of the recycled wood that we will be using for all of the visible posts, beams and decking. 

Finally, my new guy and I went out with some surveying equipment and flagged the corners of the house and the garage in anticipation of the county inspector coming out and taking a peek at what it is we are doing out there.

So, rather than having one small piece of rebar out there marking the site for the well, I have an additional 8 flags pointing out where the structures will be.  That right there is progress times eight.

When I get the camera battery recharged I will post a photo or two.

NB: I bought a copy of The Man Who Fell to Earth which I remember as being quite the trip when I last saw it more than 20 years ago.   I was prompted by a comment made by a friend who was visiting from Albuquerque.  As a throw-away line as I was driving him and his wife out to the Madrid Cemetery he noted that, “That hill is where David Bowie arrived in The Man Who Fell to Earth.”  I simply had to check.  Having now watched about half of it, I have to say I am surprised at the scenes from Madrid, of which I have so far seen two.  And yes, he arrived at a hill where the wife and I walk the dogs often. 

Very groovy.

 

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