I told my family at an impromptu get-together for my oldest sis' last night in the lower 48 that I should have built this cabin 7 years ago. Nebraska wouldn't have had the long drought we suffered. Until NOW!!! I already posted about: the days it rained when we dug holes for the foundation; when we started actually building; when we wanted to get the tin on the roof; and the flood we experienced, with water creeping uncomfortably close to the cabin. Now we're staining--so we can cut holes for windows and not have to stain around the windows--and it's rained 2 of the 3 days I've applied stain. AFTER the stain was applied, but BEFORE it was completely dry. Which means I'll probably re-stain at least some of the cabin. Again. From the pictures, you can see the staining progress and the rain on the stain in the plains. Ah, Nebraska in the spring.
Did I mention the 20 mph north wind that's blown every day I've been on the ladder applying stain? With gusts to 35? That blows the stain coming out of the sprayer so much I've resorted to BRUSHING all the stain? That blows my ladder over when I'm not weighting it down?
Or the wasps that have already made nests in the overhang, and don't appreciate my efforts to preserve the wood from which our cabin is made?
Whose idea was this, anyway?
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