Today is a beautiful day here, too! The downtown is having it’s Oktoberfest, so we were entertained with bad rock-and-roll music last night ‘til we shut the windows. I bought some kettlecorn at the grocery store yesterday, so we can sit on the porch swing and people-watch w/o having to go to the ~festival~.
Miss Gypsy was able to complete a longer, short walk than she has for a long time. Then she came home, ate a bit, and is now crashed. All hail the power of vienna sausages and braunsweiger!
LSA
It’s a little wet, though. I was going to get some pansies to plant...it’ll have to wait for another day.
Guess I’ll just have to clean collards, sort okra, and make pickles or something.
We didn't end up pouring concrete after all. I wasn't feeling particularly great, so I went back to bed, and SirKit was building the mechanism by which we'll measure the weights of the ingredients for the concrete. In the afternoon, I finished preparing the square, creating a trough around the perimeter, leveling out the gravel, and covering it with plastic for the vapor barrier. SirKit put the upper edge on the form, over the plastic, and I covered it over with more plastic, because it's gonna be raining all day tomorrow. We'll make the chute tomorrow that we'll use for aiming the concrete.
We'll be ready on Monday morning to start the mix, though, and all next week is looking good, so we may actually be able to pour the other two slabs, now that we have the mixer, chute, and the measuring device all ready to go!