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It's feeling a little sparse around here. We went from 10 apprentices to 12, then to 8, and it seems like someone is always missing due to injury or job-hunting. Tomorrow is supposed to be the last day working on the wooden parts of the peapod (then comes more oiling, sanding, painting), but Sylvie has left to be with her boyfriend who cut his hand on a tablesaw, and Steve is job-hunting in Portland, and tomorrow is my cooking day. Jonathan thinks I should ask permission to order pizza for dinner so that I can continue to work on the boat. We still need to cut the ends of the floorboards into a nice curve to echo the thwarts, and sand and router them all, finish the oarlock pads and mast step, put knees on the middle thwarts, finish shaping and sanding one of the breasthooks, and leather the mast hole in the bow thwart. It's looking pretty nice though:
The days are long and lovely here, and we've been spending lots of time outside. Last week and early this week everyone joined in bucking up logs, splitting and stacking 16 cord of firewood to dry for next winter. We're working on getting the boats back in the water, sanding them and putting on some new paint. Everything is green and sunny and not all that muddy, and the mosquitoes and black flies are not a problem yet. I feel like there's not enough time to do all of the things I want to do.
The days are long and lovely here, and we've been spending lots of time outside. Last week and early this week everyone joined in bucking up logs, splitting and stacking 16 cord of firewood to dry for next winter. We're working on getting the boats back in the water, sanding them and putting on some new paint. Everything is green and sunny and not all that muddy, and the mosquitoes and black flies are not a problem yet. I feel like there's not enough time to do all of the things I want to do.
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