It rained for 48hours! Not much work happened on the lot, so we think if this continues we will quickly get behind schedule and our hope to be in for Christmas will be a pipe dream. The guys did manage some inside/undercover work and cleared out the bamboo from the underground water tanks, so they are now ready for plastering and then painting with a special sealant. The boss is keen to get a roof on so that even if it rains everyone can continue to work. At the moment they all rush off with heads covered and then settle down for some serious domino playing. The beginnings of a ring beam can be seen in this week’s picture. This will eventually hold the roof up. The makeshift scaffolding is precarious and dangerous looking, but the guys say it is safe and easy to erect. We have the plumber on site tomorrow as he has to find some of his pipes that have been covered in a small landslide. He needs to connect them in case we have more rain and more mud slides. He is also going to complete the pipe laying in areas that are to be plastered soon. He is a rotten plumber so Jeff has to stand over him and correct the mistakes as they inevitably happen. Nice guy though and is a willing worker who doesn’t seem to mind the daily boll***ings!
Last night was the night of the flying termites, zillions of them, all of which seem to be dead or gone today. Last week it was the night of the flying ants. There have been some huge beautiful butterflies around, not captured on film yet but the picture of the 8” caterpillar above could be him in his youth.
We didn’t get to carnival as it was pouring with rain and six hours of dancing in wet clothes wasn’t that appealing. Maybe next year.
In the mean time like everyone else in this part of the world we keep a close eye on the weather reports and check out the National Hurricane Centre web site daily. Nothing untoward so far thank goodness.