thumpings and bumpings

in which our plucky heroine is not howling like a dog...

...but boy howdy if I was one, I would be! Today is roofing day, and it sounds much like I imagine storming the manor house would, starting at about 8 in the morning. My friend Meagn, having gone through the process a while ago, said: "it's like having Visigoths, only you have to pay them!!" (one of my smoke alarms fell of the ceiling! and some of the unanchored trinkets on the hallway shelves fell as well from the shaking)

Yesterday (Wednesday night) despite it still being well over 90, I managed to rig up the catch tarp over the roof gap. Only needed to drill two holes for additional screw hooks. (edited Thursday afternoon) It isn't pretty, but it will hopefully do only did some of what I wanted it to do, larger debris was caught, but most of the porch is now quite thoroughly sprinkled with grit and grime and bits. Moved the plants that are usually on that part of the porch to safer locations to make room for a table of cold drinks and snacks, and to allow workers access to the solar vent fan sitting on a folding table.

Thursday afternoon: the workers had a lunch break, eating in the shade of the ornamental plum tree in the front yard, and then thumping and crashing noises resumed once they returned to the roof, punctuated with percussive rhythmic sounds of nailing. Bits of debris (wood, plastic, and old shingles, as well as dust and grit surround the house, nothing huge, but for now, ubiquitous. (edited: it is almost 5pm, and several of the workers are going around the house gathering up all the sizeable bits and discarding them)  Apparently the roof replacement is finished today?! It will all be worth it for the final result, a solid roof and a dry house...

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~ at the start of the day ~

All the old shingles and tarpaper needed torn off, a very noisy and messy process!

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A few days ago, it occurred to me that the unused spray bottle could be a helpful way to keep the worm bin a happier place for my invertebrate pals. This time of year, even though the house is cooler than in years past, their bedding dries out really quickly. Now, every time I add some food scraps, it is easy to adjust the moisture level if needed.

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I was polycraftual before I encountered the SCA, but it has only become more entrenched over the decades...

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July SMART goals (x=extra)

#	THINGS MADE	THINGS FIXED	THINGS GONE
1	Raven scroll	6 prs Beth pants	recycle bin
2	black floral scarf	prune² Wanda plum	greenwaste bin
3	4 jars strawberry- rhubarb preserves	mulch peartrees	greenwaste bin
4	sunblock mitts	Eames top	-
5	catch tarp for porch	filter box legs	-
6	x	new house roof	x
7	x	x	x
8	x	x	x
9	x	x	x

today's gratitudes -
- one of the folks in the sewing nomads group managed to find a link so those of us not in the UK could watch the first week of the Great British Sewing Bee 2025. So fun!
- extra spray bottle to keep my worm bin critters happy
-  rereading Super Supportive
- the re-roofing job is completely finished in just one long day (Acorn Cottage is actually a very small, though not "tiny" house)

Time of Isolation - Day 1823