Looks like were going to get several days of rain here in portland, so im making a quick trip back to vt to get some stuff done. Im going to be extending my trip on the other end.. so this will help

It was a pretty and rsiny day in portland today.. diane and I took nova for a walk at lauralhurst..and it was so beutiful.. the leaves were all out.. its so lush her !

Our main job today was to rake all the constuction waste to the transfer station.. about 160 lbs of paint scrapings, old shingles and contaminated tarps

We got 2 hours of sun.. so diane and I got to finsih priming t he last old paint showing..on the front of the house.. diane was on top of the ladder because shes a better trimmer.. I was spotting her on the ladder because it was easy 🙂 .. here was my view

I have a late flight tonight which gave us a chance to wlk to a realllly delicious thai dinner at one of our favorite restaurants her ein portland.. its called the farmhiouse.. we definitely recommend it !

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Nice end of the first chunk of my visit.. back in a few days !

Nite all, nite sam

– me

Today was our biggest painting day yet ! Another 12 hour day and A ton of gabes friends showed up to help. There were all sorts of new folk to takk to and they all worked so well together,.. I dont know if I cold list them , all.. bit ill try.. gabe sam, diane me,shawn, mel,james, ali, grace, alex,kevin, will, taylor, tucker, fabian, .. im sure im forgetting some… we so appreciate all the help !

its really fun working together on this project !

Nite all, nite sam

-me

We put in a solid 12 hour day tOday .. diane, gabe, samm, shawn and i worked as a great team.. and managed to get nearly all the house primed. The scaffolding made it SO much easier.. we can quickly climb tot he very top of the house and safely and comfortably work at any level.. such a great investment..

As in all projects, we found soem unexpected issues.. like some bad shingles.. luckily our friend tucker knows just how to fix ’em

Were all learnign so much by doing this job ourselves.. its so fun !

Nite all, nite sam

– me

we got a great break today… It was supposed to be rainy but we actually had some breaks of sun.… That allowed us to start getting some primer on things… And finish up all the scraping. It was a wonderful feeling when we were able to roll up the last drop cloth with wet paint chips.… That meant we could drop down a level in precautions. We still are wearing gloves and goggles and Tyvek… But we don’t need to be in respirators all the time and we don’t need to be so careful about the waste….

We celebrated our progress I going to Nearby Portland night market… It’s an evening-based craft sale with really wonderful food carts… There’s an incredibly long line to get in but it went pretty fast… Most of the week was just to be able to get the wristband so you could buy a drink. It was actually packed… I was wearing a mask because Covid is up again here

We ran into our friends DJ and Jasmine there.. Jasmin makes buttons and DJ makes  excellent hot sauce,, and the have a huge pet pig ,. we met them at a party at our friend non -nantucket teds.

Super fun city this portland. !

Note all, note sam

-me