And this is why Mondays have a certain reputation. The framers didn’t show. Hopefully they will come tomorrow. Their boss told me something about Smyrna and trouble. No idea what that means. I just did some cleaning and organizing around the site. Home building is a roller coaster. Also lost a clip on my tractor and had to go a couple of places to find a replacement. Fortunately not all the way to the Kioti dealer in Murfreesboro. I asked at TSC about a new arm for my three point hitch, but they said that I would need to go to the dealer for that. I don’t have any interesting pictures, just the tractor parts.

I took it easy this morning and didn’t head to the farm until about eight. The downside to that was the fact that it was already blazing hot by the time I arrived. I spent some time talking with James, my next door neighbor, and did some cleanup around the job site. The framers came and put up a few more rafters before running out of big nails. They moved on to sheathing after that. I left about two, and they told me that they expected to stay another hour or two. I know that want to be finished by the end of next week.

They put on ceiling joists today and also started on the rafters. We got a little rain this afternoon, like yesterday, but it wasn’t enough to slow things down too much. I saw a couple of deer in the back field this evening.