Continued Framing today, Saturday

Even though there was a parade, Mike and Dave worked most of the day. I took these pictures at about 11:30, when I came over to watch the parade. They went to lunch during the parade, but came back and worked the rest of the day. When we went back they had the rear of the house complete with the floor joists. More pictures later when Robbin gets back with her camera

Final Part of the Miners Day Parade

Scenes from the end of the parade. The usual was the Nederland Fire Department with equipment. The man in the miner's outfit is the local Gold mine owner Tom Henderson. He was showing us fool's gold, which is in the pyrite family (I think). At the end, instead of following the fire truck down Snyder to Third St, he took a short cut down Second.

The town is really filled with people today for the Miner's day. There were tents set up on First Street with people selling various things. The Senior Center did a Pancake Breakfast as a fund raiser, and the Library had a book sale. So there was plenty to do.

Done at the Ball Park there were plenty of activities with Miner games. I did not go as it was very hot in the sun. They were selling food and had a loud speaker system for the various events. I could hear a lot of it at the house, as the sound carries in the mountains.

All in all a very interesting day.

Second Part of Miner's Day Parade

This is the second part of the post for the parade. Mostly the parade consisted of old cars and various equipment, even the crane that was at our job . The truck with the Run Forrest Run sign was really cute.

First Part of Miner's Day Parade

This was my first Nederland Parade. It was for Miner's Day which is Saturday and Sunday this weekend. Unfortunately, it was not very long, they gathered on First Street then came down Smyder Street, supposedly they were going to go down Second street to the ball park where other activities were planned, but the parade route was changed at the last minute to Third Street, so I did not watch from in front of the new building as planned, but went to the corner of Snyder and Second.

Rainbow over the Reservoir

After a very trying day with the progress of the job, Robbin and I took a ride down second street to see the progress. There was no further progress today, but we did have a beautiful rainbow at the end of the street. It rained the afternoon and hopefully will continue tonight, as it is very dry up here and we really need the rain. The rainbow was very beautiful and I am sure that Robbin will have many more from the views from her second floor house.

Second day of steel

The front part of the building has five pieces of steel which were put into place on Tuesday morning. These pieces were then bolted together on Wednesday . Unfortunately, the pace of building has slowed down considerably. The builder was on vacation the last days of last week, and this week he had not ordered the second floor floor joists. So work this afternoon had to be suspended.

We met the morning with the architect, Adam, to go over the plans and for him to inspect what has already been done. There were many questions and Mike did not seem to have all the answers. The architect will research some of the questions.

Needless to say, the slow pace of the construction during the last week or so is very frustrating for me, as I am on a time line and will be returning to CT. on August 13th. Mike assures me that he will have the second floor framed by the end of next week. We can only hope and pray that the weather cooperates.

The next large problem is the ordering of the trusses, which Mike was suppose to do last week, but he went on vacation instead. So to date, I do not believe that the trusses have been ordered. Which means that I probably will not see the roof framed while I am here. This is indeed a big disappointment, and I do not know when I will be able to return, just some of the trials and tribulations. I must say that the mountain people have their own time frame and vacations seem to take precedent over work.

We also lost one of the carpenters that came from Michigan. He had worked with Mike at some other job in years past. But last weekend when Mike went on vacation he left and returned to Michigan. But there are some very good carpenters on our job to cover for him.

View of the crane truck lifting the second piece of steel
Another shoot of the first piece of steel being put into place
Long view of crane
Wheels of the crane are off the ground while it is working

Monday, The first steel for the second floor

Monday afternoon the crane came back to lift the steel onto the second floor. This piece is over the garage. The worker directing the beam is Chris Smith, Mike Smith's son.
The crane operator gently lowers the beam into the pockets that the carpenters have made in the walls to hold the beam securely.,
Alonger view of the steel coming down for the garage.
The steel is directed into the pocket.

Eldora Garden Tour Saturday, July 19

I have been asked to paint during the Eldora Garden Tour this coming Saturday. I went out to one of the gardens this morning and it was spectacular. I am really looking forward to this experience. Here I am at the rushing creek that runs through Eldora.
I went on this short hike with Nikki, the manicurist and pedicurists from Mountain Rose Hair Care. I was so very pretty out in Eldora, which is where Nikki lives.
This is one of the gardens on the property that we visited today. The garden tour will benefit a Peace Group, will let you know exactly the name tomorrow.
Closer view of the garden. There are at least twelve of this raised gardens with exquisite flowers, lupins, bleeding heart, columbines to die for. All over this area the columbines are going crazy. I have never had much success raising columbines, but they are wild here and seem to flourish. Will post more flower pictures in the next post.

More framing pictures

Front of the salon from the parking area, shows the closet and front picture window openings.

Front of the salon first floor as it will look from the street. The small concrete wall will be left exposed

Looking toward the east wall of the salon, with the framing laid out for construction tomorrow.

Steel for the second floor was delivere today. The crane is suppose to arrive sometime on Monday to install the second floor steel for the decks and supporting beams.