Today was about paint – taping, sanding, sweeping, painting. Lee and Patrick finished hanging the remaining doors while most of the rest of us set nails, spread spackle, sanded, taped and painted. By mid-morning, we began to get a nice breeze blowing in from the south (that would be off of the Gulf), so that made things more tolerable. The mason who was working, along-side-of, but not with- (I think child psychiatrists and pediatrcians call that “parallel play,” or something like that.) hobbled by, having taken quite a spill yesterday – pretty banged up, but, we were glad to learn, no broken bones or other serious injuries.
After breaking for lunch, we returned to work and, again, the focus was on painting – brown paint, yellow paint, blue-grey paint, blue paint, white paint, primer, semi-gloss, etc., etc., etc. We’ve naught but baseboards and some door frames to finish up when we return, but that will not be tomorrow.
Returning to camp this evening, we were treated to a fabulous meal of grilled chicken, which had been marinated in Eliza’s secret recipe, cous cous, salad and ice cream with Peppridge Farms cookies – mmmmmmmmmmmmm!
Tomorrow, half the group are going kayaking on Black Creek (in De Soto National Fort. We pray none become appetizers for gators!)
The rest (including moi, whose inability to bend his right knee prevents him from getting into a kayak) are headed for New Orleans – agenda still to be determined, but I think it is safe to assume we will not be behaving in a way that risks the grace we may be earning this week being taken from us – at the very least, I feel we should break even!.
Estimated departure time for both groups: 8:00 am. So, as soon as we upload some photos, it will be off to dreamland for us!
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