We were up last weekend and had a couple tasks that we wanted to work on. They were simple things that we wanted to do, but ended up doing more and more. ha.
We wanted to work on our firepit, I have this idea of shallowing it out and securing the rock walls with cement. We also wanted to finish off some paths to our outdoor shower, since it would definitely be used during the warm weekend. The last thing on our list was to finish off the one corner of insulation we didn’t get to last weekend in the second container.
Well, we did those and more. ha.
We started with 4 bags of quick set cement mix in the firepit. I emptied the pit, removed the loose rock, and added some rebar/rocks on the bottom for strength. I mixed up all four bags, and didn’t get anywhere near where I wanted.
I added a platform in the rock wall for setting pots on and whatever. I used all four bags on the bottom, and securing the one platform rock. Not nearly enough to raise the floor of the pit to the level I wanted. We are adding more this weekend to the walls. Then raising the floors later on.
We did add some of God’s mulch to our shower path. God’s mulch is all of the tree debris around big tree trunks that has collected for years and years. Perfect stuff for paths. Sheralee did a great job bordering in all of the paths with rocks…more great physical labor in the high temps.
Speaking of temps, and outdoor showers. We purchased a single water mister on a stand. It is awesome. We can sit in our chair and turn on the mister and be cooled down, with a cool drink. So awesome. Well, until the water pump box malfunctioned on Sunday. We were enjoying the mister when all of a sudden…”POP”, and the water died. What the heck? Turns out the 1/2″ vinyl tubing I used in the pump box had swelled and exploded. Imagine Elmer Fudd’s shotgun with a carrot in it..and it explodes. That is what the tubing looked like…and expanded way beyond 1/2″. So, that is a project for the next weekend.
We had some unexpected bird visitors that were obsessed with our stainless steel chimney, and since we are reconfiguring that wood stove, Sheralee took it down. Along with that, we ended up removing the patio door from the loft.
There it sits, for now. We are going to work on it’s future permanent home at one end of a container. Framing out a new wall for it’s installation this weekend.
Besides this work, in the hot hot sun, we decided to get up Sunday morning and go on a little walk. We went East on our pipeline road to the next hill and check out the view from up there. Spectacular view looking East towards Flagstaff.
We also managed to get a quick shot of us.
Then in turning around and facing West…looking back towards our place…there is one thing that sticks out in that wonderful view.
Yup, that is our lovely loft in the distance there. Oh that thing needs to come down.
It is also the time of hummingbirds. They are just fascinating to watch. The energy that is expelled in order to protect their tree is amazing.
I think that is it for this week. We are heading up this weekend again for some big project work. Working on a new bathroom barn door and framing in and installing our patio door. Oh, and fixing the pump box of course. We need that mister….mister!