Monday September 10 2007

Buckshot's Outfit

Starting the Hole

Buckshot

Half the Rock

Gluing the Sections

More Rock

Better than a Shovel

Beginning to Smooth All the Dirt Back Over The Hole

Today we got the new septic tank drain field. Buckshot got here right on time about 9 a.m. He brought a big dump truck and hauled behind that was the backhoe. He had also shopped for the right size pipe and fittings and brought them. He went right to work. In the order and at the proper time the pipes and fittings were set in place. He is a hard worker and sure knows how to run his backhoe. It seemed like a mechanical dance and going continually at highest speed. He dug the pit, then dumped in the first load of large "gravel" rock, He even loaded the backhoe up on the trailer again and went down to Pete's gravel pile on the river to load more rock into his dump truck that Joe thought he was going to go shovel by hand and haul back in the pickup. Then Buckshot unloaded the backhoe again and went back to work filling and covering the pit. Joe and I both laughed at the deafening noise the rocks made rolling out of the dump truck. He smoothed it all over including the old field. He was done about 2 p.m. We are so grateful for him coming to help us get this huge job done. Instead of cash which we expected to pay, he would like to choose a painting. So we checked out the barn and he's going to think about what he wants. We gave him the pipe and fittings from Home Depot which were the wrong size and hope he will be able to use them on other jobs. So we don't need to make a trip back to Home Depot.

This morning I had made a potato and hamburger casserole, peas, salad and strawberries so the guys could have a noon dinner, but Buckshot said he doesn't eat lunch. So this afternoon we had that for early dinner and had cereal tonight.

When I got up this morning it was about 19 degrees, so quite a bit colder here than was predicted. The day was really nice though. This afternoon the well drilling rig packed up their equipment and left. So the well must be done and it took about a day and a half to drill a water well there. I'm interested to know how deep they drilled the well.

Kay called to talk about plans for our Mixed Media holiday art show which is fast approaching. We have to finalize the plans and accomplish all the work on the agenda to get ready for it.