Three Brothers and a Friend on the scene

Finally the big day comes and my brothers Tim and Mike arrive to help put all of the pieces together to make the barn a reality. We had been praying all week for good weather as the forecast called for rain, rain and did we say rain?  Our hopes were high and our trust in God higher as we began.

A few things to notice in this picture: the concrete is grey and over on the tree line is Tim's generator while on the left is or temporary power pole with no meter installed on Friday morning. a quick call to the building inspector who hadn't been called by the electrician to inspect it. He agreed to inspect it and was there by 10:00 am  He then called Duke power who usually takes 48 hours from when the request is put in to install the meter. Our meter was installed and was up and running by 2:00 pm on the same day. Tell me there aren't angels.

Even before the power pole was energized the work continued intermixed with some rain and heavy mist.  Occasionally we would retreat under the blue tent for a brief break but ventured out again to put up more walls as soon as it stopped. It was taking shape. About this time the Friend of TB&aF showed up in the form of our neighbor Gary ( red shirt, left corner). He stuck with us (literally) through out the day and a good hunk of Saturday as well. Also please note the presence of my brother Mike (lower left in ball cap) who brought his tools, knowledge and enthusiasm to our project. Thanks to his vision and skill, the dormers turned out to be the spectacular feature of the build.  Thanks Mike!!!
The red stuff at the bottom of this picture is what we like to affectionately call "dirt" but is really more closely related to glue or bondo- it sticks to everything. Our beautifully finished floors were quickly turning into a veritable sea of goo. Yuck.

 

So here we are at the end of Friday with all of the walls standing and the two gable ends installed and ready to go.  It's starting to look like it might be something. Notice that there is still a lot of stuff piled under those tarps that all have to go on the building before it's finally done.