Give a Man a Few Minutes of Sunshine . . . . .

Well,darned if it didn't clear up yesterday and by one o'clock at the latest we had blue skies all around us!  Within moments the men all rallied, someone went to get the cement mixer, someone else went to get the cement, the gravel and sand had already been delivered and away we go! This lad, Danny,  is 14 years old and he did a day o' man's work, he did!  It was crazy busy all afternoon, but they got the slab done.  3 hours actually is what it took them to lay 15 square meters - there is 10 square feet to a square meter (rounding off), so that would be 150 square feet, or divide by 9 and that's how many square yards it is - anyway, they got it done.  Because it was mixed without any kind of consistent measurement (one bucket of water to a bucket and a half . . .) Dave ended up having to brush finish it.  We were hoping for a nice smooth top, easier to clean and sweep up, but it looks terrific. 

Here's Dave giving the cement his masters' touch - and then before I could take a pic of the new slab, he's on it building himself a sawhorse!  He's doing a bang up job using his Bosch Cordless Drill.  This has been his sidekick for about 3 years now, having a Mikita before that ~ but he honestly prefers the Bosch.