Day 130 - packing and moving day

Day 130 was a overcast/sunny yet cool windy day. Sheldon and I both had a "golden Friday" off so we got busy packing. We got lots done then took the first load out just after lunch.

the storage trailer looking full and un organized so I got busy and rearranged while Sheldon went off to foam a couple holes in garage area

not long after I had to call him and challenge him to jump from the deck into the trailer.. which he did

this section holds items used in building the new house

this is the neatly organized storage area  and looking towards the doors

 back to town and out with another load, above added to storage area

 and here looking to doors.

 during the first organization i found our first victim of the trap line so that is why I had to call Sheldon to the trailer.. to rid the beast. then later after i loaded yet a ton of boxes he tells me "oh ya i put one under the sports box too!" are you kidding? OK i removed all boxes and found it but it was his job to fish out from under it!

 then he removed dirt from under the north end of front deck for the parging guys

in the house today only the mudder worked in the basement

 and he fine tuned the niches up stairs

 here are some of the puddles we needed to mark to move in  more soil along the road

 there was one inch of rain the few days before and another 1/10 last night

Sheldon and I then got to work on finishing the fence, here we are augering in the gate poles

 the whole time we are doing all the trailer, dirt and poles Britt has been working the polox ponies, here she scoots by us

 fairly straight and in line gate post 1

 and then 2

 then we tamped them in

 and the ones we did the other day too

 then we put up the remaining top rails

and Sheldon came up with this great gate idea for the gate near the house and the big gate area posts we just put in,  this will be super handy and will foil the 2 rascals who escape the hot wire gates.

and while we finished up, Britt put out the ponies to pasture and worked on her ground skills while yet another beauty sunset began.
soon after we loaded up, headed to town, had a quick supper and packed for a bright and early morning coming soon to get them to nationals in Nanton.

Day 129 - stucco color starts

 Day 129 came with sunshine but a breeze. Sheldon enjoyed the company golf team building day coming home with a bag of loot. I worked the morning and spent the afternoon picking up boxes from 3 places and then packing. What a daunting feeling right now looking around, 12 days and it all needs to be somewhere else!
After supper Sheldon came home and he, Britt and I headed out to the ranch to check progress. Britt took Julio for conditioning while we checked the house. The cabinet apprentice did work in the garage, finally we got in to see what has been happening in the garage

and the side mount lifts installed

Gienow was to replace transom above the deck doors but broke it on the way out so postponed until Monday the 12th
Mudding continued in the basement

But the biggest surprise was the stucco going on, Blair thought not until Tuesday with the rain but here is one side

Sheldon and i loaded yet more boxes in the storage trailer, here are shots before we added todays load

 after a few days of rain totaling one full  inch the swimming pool is filled again

 B trots by on her route

 and someone thought it a good idea to back up in the septic test hole, hmmm bad idea

 the keypad and weather stripping installed

 and yes I will never tire of the sunsets out there

 here Britt is working on some pick up drills and loving the night

 I was trying different settings but loved the quirky action shots

 then i made them stand still, tell me why our grey horses love the mud after rain?

the warrior poses at dusk! another great evening at the ranch.. now tomorrow is work day!