The frame for the hot forge building has been sitting there, upright and ready for the slab to be poured, and … pouring it’s been. We’ve gotten a tremendous amount of rain this spring.
I assume that means weather patterns have shifted and someone’s got a drought. But around here, you can’t schedule a concrete drop because all the contractors are backed up all through the state.
not gonna happen this week either
It’s driving me crazy that I have all this heavy tooling sitting wrapped and boxed, and it’s raining all over everything. I’m pretty sure it’s all going to be just fine – industrial equipment is built to take it – but I see my fantasy schedule soaring off over the horizon. I had hoped to be working in the shop by now, assembling my forge bench and casting bench, etc. Instead it looks like I’ll be doing that over the winter.
I’m not getting any younger and I want to be making sparks before civilization starts its swan-dive.
My relationship with rust has become one of deep hatred; I want to rub that stuff out whenever I see it!
… I see my fantasy schedule soaring off over the horizon.
How so? You now have abundant opportunities to fantasize, unencumbered by uncooperative material reality.
It’s been wet up here, too. Jack and I can’t get near the river yet and there hasn’t been much sunshine either.
I hope it clears up for you soon. It must be like getting a toboggan for Christmas and not getting snow until February – only worse.
Patience is all you have, but patience vindicated is sweet. Stoicism, age-wrought perspective are your assets.
(Yearning is one thing, artificial deadlines another)
Yep, that would be me. May was unusually hot and dry his year. The first half of June was also very hot and mostly dry. A couple of days ago there was at least some rain, therefore so far the drought isn’t as bad as what we had last year when there was no substantial rain for months. Anyway, my friend who’s got a garden has been watering his plants a lot lately.
At least your deadlines are artificial and self-imposed. A lot of farmers are going to go broke this year: Weather woes cause American corn farmers to throw in the towel.
It’s been raining a lot here too, the grass is about a foot higher than normal at this time of year, so high enough on Mr J to get him wet to almost the top of his legs and he’s 6’2″. We haven’t had to water since March, unlike last year, so I’m hopeful we’ll get good crops of potatoes and alliums at the least.