chitty-chitty bang-bang on the blanco barn wall
spent the last part of the weekend at the blanco river barn near wimberley and fischer, tx.
I got the on-demand water heater connected to the 12v water pump and water tank. hot showers!
I made use of a stack of hardi backer board found in the house, made a small screen.
that river.... within a moment of dropping the tired feet into that cool, clear water... relaxation is suddenly abundant. it's like some sort of magic.
heating up the grill.
the boys played with a low tech telephone, I made them put the iphones down.
and they played with bricks...
future grill master? he insisted upon putting the grates over the burning charcoal. he was careful and received no burns.
#2 son piled the dijon mustard high while the daughter lopped of chunks of the pungent Morbier. she asked, "what cheese is this? I REALLY like it!" that's my girl! they ate a big wedge mostly themselves.
we grilled salmon, grean beans, onion and tomato..., the daughter made wild rice, it was good.
and now that we have electricity, we have a/c and the kids enjoyed a movie inside that evening.
we took the spare projector down and they kids watched chitty-chitty bang-bang, it worked out great.
we found a window on clearance at lowe's. I'll be glad when the front of the barn is less ugly. the window had to go in before I replace the missing siding.
we made great progress at cleaning out the abandoned house. kat carefully packed up the kitchen, made notes of everything to be dropped off for donation and cleaned. we found a few jewelry boxes (but no jewelry).
the daughter carefully cleaned them and applied orange oil to make them less sad after being left behind. possibly the most love they ever received... the one box plays "memory"