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From: David Bailey
Date: 09-05-06 20:11 pm
Subject: Surprise Guest Center Footings
ID: 1

Message: What ever you do, don't forget to stop and smell the roses.

After working up there for a few days, aches and pains setting in, I kept hearing this rustle in the leaves. I looked around to see nothing.

The rustle kept going for nearly an hour until I finally saw a mouse messing around my new footing.

I kept an eye on it and discovered it was a mother trying to get its young out of a hole that I disturbed when placing the center footing. You can see two of them here, on in her mouth and the other in the background about 10 inches behind her.

I decided to take a much needed break and sat to shoot pictures of the whole thing.

Side note:

To make my footings level, I used the ancient art of water levels. See in the for ground of this image is a clear plastic tub filled with water. (Make sure there is NO AIR). Holding the ends up at each footing, I was able to get the cabin level within 1/16 of an inch... I was pleased. That is a lot closer than our regular house back in Texas that has been standing for over 40 years.


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