Partee!

Item: Swett Lodge open house/party Friday May 20 5.30p 'til ?  Burgers, salad, cheap beer provided.  Bring something or don't; in the area? - come by or don't.  1793 West 10th Ave 97402.

Item: Kudos continuing readers - you build brain muscle.  Do all work, photography, writing not gonna silver platter serve: aerobic reading - enjoy.

     Planting trench warfare evolves to mother earth buddha belly mound hugs.
Cukes, squash, melon; bean field along walk.

     Undermined

back garage entry stoop relocate ready.

Back porch laundry steel drain circle saw masonry blade, hacksaw parse; file ends smooth three rollers

sandwich between 2x under stoop,

Total undermine stoop, 4x4 pry over 2x course, leap frog rollers

to final resting place.  Old porch crawl space wall bricks, masonry rubble - including 4x4 post chunk bottom left - fill.

Next: bottom back steps slab to garage entry.  Dig under slab edge; 4x6 fulcrum, 4x4 pry; 

4x4 shore;

2x, pipe, plywood sandwich:

underway.

Turn toward door at garage; short roller replace pipes to clear post; persuade into place; remove pipes, 2x;

level; backfill.  Plan Winco bulk foods trip, expect to quit work for the day, see front walk slab rubble filled hole adjacent, realize less wheelbarrowed from behind garage dirt if slab filled, muscle big slab into place, level, place/level smaller concrete chunks, complete back door/garage walk, bike off to Winco: finish dinner 'bout 3am - oh baby the jazz life!?

Big kahuna - nearly twice garage stoop size - time surprise: 4x4 budges!
Measure, dig level final rest spot; undermine back of steps to balance point; lay in duo 4x4 2x deck ramp; tip steps onto 1/4" luan plywood piece.

 

4x4 pry/shimmy steps, mosey down ramp; stop, clear gravel/dirt under step for better bite every six inches;

to final spot.  Miller time: jack ready, temporary block support under porch deck.  Tomorrow raise steps, clear gravel/earth, level soil to height; jack, 4x4 pry, lower steps.

Current Swett Lodge evening fare: handful diced - enjoying Tapatio dressed carrot - jalapeno peppers;

handful diced garlic; four handfuls each dry rice, lentils; teaspoon chili pepper powder; tablespoon salt; simmer; cool; eat - mmmm.  Caution: cast iron stomach required.  Next step: serranos - pleasure centers endangered, departed????

Projected stoop back resting place too low; dig even deeper, allow 20 ton jack insertion;

level - pump jack up, fill, lower, reposition jack, rejack 'bout forty times - to proper height; back fill with excavated dirt.  Cement all in position

burn Sunday's remainder leveling behind garage car park,

final fill back door area eight (?) wheelbarrow loads.

Randomly/functionally placed concrete

looks pretty good, serves though visualize larger back porch deck - we'll see.

Across corn, radish, carrot, turnip, Russian kale rows step placement created 'cave' may serve as root cellar.

Less scary full moon sight: nice hangin' out steps. 

The most physically demanding (read: no more digging for a while!) Swett Lodge tasks accomplished; bit of gardening, tree limbing to catch up on; clears house raising way - fun!  Party, parent visit slows house work coming week - will attempt to communicate flavors here.  Enjoy.