As expected, it rained over night and into the morning. Not expected, sun at 11:00am and a beautiful afternoon to follow. During breakfast we all decided that we could use a few hours of down time since we were at a good point in construction and at a standstill with wet turf. After 8 days of continuous work a little R&R was much needed! We caught up on emails, did a load of laundry, and a bit of shopping in the Chateau gift shop. By 11 the sun was out and things were starting to dry out. Luckily the turf squares we covered in plastic last night were dry, so Tom and I resumed our production on the turf quilt. Katie and Natalie resumed cutting side slope pieces and Rod finished grading the edges of the plot. We are now laying squares around the backside of the big berm. We lost our original gird lines so we spent some time reestablishing them in order to keep the quilt square.
After lunch, more of the same. With nice weather it's full speed ahead. We are getting close to completing the berm and the quilt. We are still waiting on a lumber delivery so that we can finish the small berm tomorrow. Gerard told us it will arrive by 10:00am--let's hope.
One of my favorite things about being here, and working outside, are all the amazing sounds. During any given day we hear sawing, digging, drilling, French banter, frogs, an array of songbirds, planes and helicopters from the nearby airfield, and of course GiGi's many tractors.
