The Eclipse

It was really cool to see the eclipse on Monday. The girls were too sick to go to school, so we got to go over to Rick's house with the special glasses Naomi picked up from the girls school. Tricky to try and take pictures of the eclipse, but we could see it really well through those glasses. Afterward, Abigail decided to try and burn some leaves with a magnifying glass. She got them to smoke. Amélie went to school on Tuesday, but it was a bit much, so she stayed home again Wednesday. The girls haven't been this sick in a long time. Fever lasted a few days. Thursday and Friday they were back in action. 

I made some progress on the cabinet in the guest room. It's going to take a lot more wood than I thought. Not sure I will have enough. Also need to extend the shed roof to make a place for drying freshly cut boards and firewood. Picked up the plywood yesterday. Grammie came up to get the girls on Friday and took us out to a really nice lunch at NMU with Naomi. We will celebrate Grampie's birthday for lunch. He conceded to giving up a small piece of his cake just so we could taste how amazing it is. Ron turned 80 on Friday. Got to have a video chat with him. 

Managed to finish up the composting toilet. It works great! Almost no smell at all, so it's okay for inside too. Not bad for an unplanned design. The utility company came to mark out the lines. Hopefully I can squeeze in those egress windows. Will be nice to get the insulation down and see those piles in the yard disappear. Also got the trampoline cleared out and summer stuff out of the shed and winter stuff in. Also went for the first run of the season. Body needs to adjust to that again! Planning to mill up some boards this afternoon with Dominic. Haven't been feeling sick yet, so hopefully I can escape this bug!

It was like a cloud covered the sun but there weren't any clouds...lucky!

Camera lenses too big to get a good shot through the eclipse glasses.

Works great!

Target practice. 

Naomi and I got to go out to a nice dinner.