Power on

Power was brought down the driveway at the end of last week. There's now a big transformer on the side of the driveway near the pond, and a temporary power supply on the opposite side. The temp box will eventually be buried when we have the garage built and the breaker box installed in there. For now, the temp box will serve whatever power is needed for construction.

Transformer

Temp power

This week is pretty damp-looking and today is a holiday.  Wednesday/Thursday shouldn't be too bad, but there may not be many good work days otherwise. Next week, however, they might be able to start framing.  Matt will be in CA for work so I'll try to stop by the property every day after work to take progress photos.  He set up a photo station where we'll take regular photos from a consistent viewpoint - maybe at the end of this we can put together a little time-lapse.

A straight shot of the house

In other news, our pond is still holding up, despite lots of turbidity (the water is very brown - though as we've said all along, it's not significantly worse than when we first looked at the property). After construction is over and runoff is less of an issue, we'll look into bringing county stormwater services or a private company to help figure out how to get the water clearer and keep the pond healthy long-term.  Matt took our friend Jon out to see the lot this weekend while he was here visiting from out of town. They managed to capture a couple of huge snapping turtles enjoying Saturday's sunshine - and they didn't seem to mind the muddy water at all.

What caught their attention

Big snapper

TWO big snappers