I was down at Aefintyr every day this week and didn't go for a hike. I was still able to observe a few things. I was determined to finish the walls, ceiling and flooring in the first little cabin and needed to stay laser focused on that to make it happen.
I have a new appreciation for the value in having skilled help for construction projects. I feel like a glutton for punishment, just can't quit thinking that it is a good idea to dyi. This week alone I've put in well over 30 hours. That's on top of my full time job and doesn't include prep or drive time which is easily another 1 to 2 hours a day. My husband keeps joking that I must have a side piece because I go there almost everyday and have been coming home later and later. It is true, I love the woods deeply and find that it renews my soul to be there. I also love to make things and work on projects and even after 3 years I am not going to quit on this campground thing until people are showing up to have some fun, relax and enjoy all the amazing things there.
I finished some last details with the mudding and taping, primed the walls, applied wallpaper, installed vinyl flooring and cleaned and moved furniture in. This was a bit of a grand finale after several days this winter insulating, hanging vapor barrier, hanging drywall and then eventually working on the mudding and taping when the temps were consistently above freezing at the end of April.
In the short moments I stopped to grab a snack or walking from the vehicle to the cabin I looked around and listened. I still hear the Barred Owl almost every time I am down there and at various times of the day. There are also lots of other birds throughout the day and the frogs and toads in the evening and at night. Columbine, Wild Geranium, Pussytoes and Campion are blooming in the area near the driveway. The ditches along highway 74 are filled with purple phlox and Dame's Rocket. I saw my first firefly and first fawn for the season on Tuesday June 7th. When I first came upon the fawn it was with a doe in the middle of the Hwy 74 at the entrance to Whitewater State Park. When I got within about 10 feet, the doe went into grasses in the ditch on my right. The fawn tried to follow into the ditch a few times but was hesitant about the tall grass and then would run back in the road. I encountered lots of other deer on the way home that night.
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