A Garage Pad, Followed by a Changing Pad

Okay, just a quick update. The day was sunny, breezy, then quite warm. The first concrete truck was 40 minutes late, the second wonderfully timed, and the third arrived an hour after the second left. Not at all good for an optimal pour.

Delaeno put on his best "I just love concrete work" smile.

Then there was the issue of a temperamental converting calculator. Well, we learned in retrospect that the calculator was correct. When asked to convert 16 yards to meters, it came up with 14.5. Small problem; that's linear, and we were looking for cubic. Result, gobs more concrete than was needed. We now have a fine selection of individually hand-crafted 2'x2'x5.5" patio blocks ready to be appropriately arrayed and on which to situate our new patio furniture. There's a story here. Don't ask.

You can see from the following image that D 'n D could make quite a fine synchronized concrete dance duo.

Finally, I got to meet my first granddaughter this evening. Kate was born at the end of June, and this house project has prevented me heading up to Riding Mountain Nat'l Park where her parents live. Happily, Pete & Allison came into Winnipeg today, as they are flying to Nova Scotia tomorrow. True to form, Kate needed a
short stay on a changing pad very soon after meeting me. Night night, sweetums.