We finally got rain! seventy five days without rain! The poor cattle tank just off the back of our property, that all the animals use for water, was almost dry. The initial rain was pretty light but late in the morning of the second it poured down. Over all we got almost 4.5 inches in a 24 hour period. The plants are very happy! But that morning David woke up hearing something dripping. At first he thought it might be outside but finally decided it was hitting the ceiling directly above the bed. He raced up into the attic and found a small leak coming from around the kitchen vent. He crawled
across the ceiling joists and stuck a pot under it to catch the water. We have only officially owned the house for 1 Day!!! When he called our builder, the builder answered with “well you calling can’t be good!”. We went around the attic and inside the house to make sure there were no more leaks. As David was standing on the back porch texting the builder, a drop came from the ceiling and landed on his phone. It was leaking above the back porch as well! They sent a roofing technician out that afternoon and he made some temporary patches to stop the leaks. It seems the leaks above the porch were due to the Masons building a work platform in order to brick in the chimney and they just nailed straight through the shingles and did not fix the holes when the pulled it off. They sent the same roofer out later in the week to make permanent repairs. He replaced 10 shingles. Of course it has not rained since.
The rain brought the animals out. Keira chased some deer off the neighboring property. A few minutes later, a coyote stepped out of the tall grass at the back of the property and Keira took off after him before David could grab her. They disappeared over the hill in the back and David feared Keira was a goner. But a minute later, she came running back over the hill. An hour later, the coyote came back with a companion. David decided it was time to chase them off with a good 45caliber scare.
Next things to do to the house are getting heaters installed in the shop and garage to make sure they water lines in them don’t freeze. Then we are going to get a whole house backup generator installed. We have lost power a couple of time in the six months we have been living there. Then we can get phase three of the landscaping put in (Between the house and shop) before the spring growing season. Leslie’s sister and niece (Cynthia and Sidney) came to visit for a night before they went over to visit Diane. We loaded up the Wanderer in preparation for our trip. Been a busy 10 days!
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