More progress being made

on our Little Free Library.  I am getting so excited about it.  I hope that our neighborhood loves it too when we are up and ready for business.

Our brother-in-law, Gary Kerr, and Gary have been working on spare Saturdays and have almost completed the most sturdy and awesome little library in Syracuse--well,  it actually is still up in Nordic Valley in Gary Kerr's workshop waiting for the doors to be put on and a few other finishing details and it just might be the only Little Library in Syracuse at the moment. But I think it is the best one in Syracuse!

We did the right thing and called 811 for blue stakes so that we knew we were safe to dig in the spot we had picked.

Perfect--no power lines under the spot!!

Yesterday, Gary started digging the hole for the base.  He dug the first 19 inches and then Scott helped dig it down another 19 inches or so.  I guess there was a vein of clay that was very tough digging.

Scott had just enough time to get the hole dug before he had to head off to pick up a friend from the airport.  From there, Gary took the stand and cemented it into the ground.  Here is the stand prior to being finished and planted in the ground.  It was a 6 inch by 6 inch post that is 6' long.

At Gary K. waiting to get done

Here it is after Gary cemented it into the ground.......

I actually missed all of the work    fun as I was in bed with another migraine.  It has not been a good fall for migraines but hopefully a change in medication will take effect and they will improve over the once weekly that it has been lately.

I did "decorate" the spot for Halloween as we don't want the base to get wet in some upcoming rain storms before we get the whole library assembled.

Scott commented that this was a lot like the project he has been working on to build a huge aquarium.  It is a ton of work but it is so awesome when it is done.  What makes this even better is this is my crazy idea but Gary (and Gary Kerr and Scott) are doing all of the work to make it happen.  How much I love them for their efforts in my behalf! And in behalf of our neighborhood!

Now to determine the paint colors!!!!