This little guy is making a go of it in the remaining days of our wonderfully warm summer. Neither planted nor watered, it started growing out of a rubble pile a few weeks ago and look! It managed to make a flower.

The ICF webbings finally arrived on Thursday, late afternoon. Morgan has been in a frenzy of activity ever since. Ben Flaster has been helping build the bracing and building platforms and the walls grow closer and closer to the bottom of the house.

Flaster helps the walls get closer to the bottom of the house.

He should be a blur.

To our great dismay, the extra foam parts that had been requested for the same delivery were forgotten, and our supplier is (of all places) on San Juan Island, so I got to make an impromptu courier run up there early yesterday morning. It reminded me of the very occasional Bainbridge/Bremerton run I would score as a bike messenger, getting on the ferry, making the delivery or pickup, turning right around and getting on the same ferry back, and getting paid for hanging out for an hour or two on the beautiful Puget Sound. Unfortunately, the fog was so thick yesterday that instead of reveling in the sublime beauty of the islands (which would have been my only payment), I was relegated to doing some computer work and reading a book. I still enjoyed it, though.

Ferry fog.

Barring unforeseen issues, we pour on Tuesday. Here’s a photo of the crazy unstable ramp situation we navigate to do laundry.

Laundry ramps. Like a circus act!

Wish us luck.