the new den

Betty is introducing the pack to their new den ... from the left: Indy, Bear, Sadie & Max

insulation done

The yellow insulation with no facing is on the interior walls and is only for muffling sound. The insulation on the exterior walls is faced with a vapor barrier of sorts (keeps warm, moist air from the living space from condensing in the walls when it's cold outside).

spotted skunk

Saw one of these on our deck last night - a western spotted skunk. It's been unusually cold (for this region) lately - he must have come around looking for any food the dogs might have missed. He had to be pretty hungry to get that close to our four dogs - especially Bear. (We didn't take this picture - I snarfed it from the link above.)

Yesterday, we ran 1-1/2 inch poly pipe from inside the house crawl space most of the way to the existing "T" it will tap into. Today, I'll hook it up, then do a pressure test on the water supply plumbing before it gets covered with sheetrock.

It's Sunday, but the gutters are supposed to be installed today.

water & power trenches

John (of John's Trenching) came this morning and dug our water and power trenches. The water trench stops at the driveway because there is already conduit from that point to the house and thru the foundation into the crawl space. Both trenches are about 2 feet deep - well below the freeze depth for water in this climate and, for the power, about 6" deeper than it really has to be for wire in conduit.