Cottage day 29

Good afternoon.

The crew from Blitz finished on Thursday about noon. They cleaned up the area and left without much ado.

Since they have left, it has rained multiple times here (Thank God), and we have found that the roof leaks on the new house just where the main roof  joins the porch roof. We have found that it was poorly constructed and that the transition piece, which is sheet-metal, does not go far enough up the roof to prevent the swirl in a heavy downpour. The construction manager is due to return this week and make the necessary repairs to stop the leak.

Since the walls are up on exterior of the building. It appears to be much larger than it did before. There are some boundaries to your perspective as the walls are up.The house seems quite large inside.

Mike and I have put up all the interior walls and the house still looks large. There are now some defined spaces and each room is larger than we had expected. The only exception is the office, which has the closet for the second bedroom within it. If we ever decide to turn the office into a third bedroom,  a door can be added to the closet and the closet can be divided in half.

We are pleased with the progress that has been made in this last week. Although it has been raining, we expect the concrete for the front porch to be poured before the weekend. We have not seen our concrete guy since last Friday, but there's no rain in the forecast for tomorrow or Friday and we expect that he will pour the porch on Friday.

We still have to add the exterior walls, and the straight walls without any windows should be easy. It's going to be quite challenging to frame and build walls around the windows and door.

There is a new addition to Dove Creek Farm and Stable, and she is gorgeous.
Her name is  Pecadora. She is a five-year-old mare with some of the markings of Chico. Her mane and tail are completely blonde. And she is a sweetheart.

Pecadora in Braids

Mike and Barb  could not leave one horse left by him or herself while they took the other two out riding. As you may know, horses are herd animals and  they do not like to be left alone. They will become so anxious while the others are missing that they may hurt themselves and even kill themselves. Pecadora is the  answer to that problem.
It is so funny, to see them establish hierarchy within the herd. Fiesta has made it abundantly clear that she is alpha female, and Chico is the alpha male and leader of the herd. She is the enforcer of that hierarchy.

Tata for now.