The well and septic trenches were filled in last week, so after a few days of wet weather, I got back to construction. The rim joists were put into place and when diagonal measurement were taken, they were within a few millimeters. The floor is still square.🎉
Centering and screwing in place of the floor joists to the beams is underway.
While walking along the Mactaquac headpond this morning, there were many small dragonfies on the rocks and driftwood. It was moulting season for Lancet Clubtails.
Adult dragonflies live for two weeks on average.
Lancet Clubtail @ iNaturalist.ca
Dragonfly Life Cycle @ dragonflywebsite.com
Just about every time I pull out a length of lumber from the pile…
During the annual highway cleanup for Lower Queensbury, I spotted what might have been another dead animal in the ditch. On closer inspection, it was a living fawn. This was likely from the doe/fawn pair I’d seen in the area. Not knowing if it might be injured, we contacted DNR. A short time later a ranger came by, determined it was unharmed and said that this was relatively common and ‘mom’ would likely be back later.
Checked back in the evening and it was gone. I’m keeping an eye out for them.
Last night I joined River Valley Cycling on the Hadley trails in Penniac for the last night of their Getting Ready to Ride Series. It was my first mountain bike ride in years and it was awesome.
On the way out we came across this fellow.
