Le Tour Starts Towards Paris and the Shed Nears Completion

Only three days left for this year's Le Tour de France. Today we leave the Alps behind us as we have a hilly day heading out. Tomorrow we have a personal time trial, and then Sunday it's the ride into Paris and the final sprint around the Champ. I'm rather amazed that we managed to get here. The various postponements, the changes of dates and many options/paramaters that were put into place because of COVID, and the general thoughts that it just wasn't going to happen. But it did, and it was glorious, as ever. I hope you had/have an opportunity to see at least one stage of this year's Tour. It's going down in the record books as one of the hardest tours ever. 

Today's stage of Le Tour de France is hilly, but we're 
really away from the big mountains of the Alps and 
we're starting to head towards Paris. 

DH finished the shingles yesterday, put up the flashing, and then started putting up the side panels. After he finishes the sides today, he'll start moving wood from the various piles we have throughout the upper yard into the shed, clearing out lots of space for new plants next year. It's all full shade, so we won't be able to plant flowers that need sunshine, but he's been researching possibilities for us. It will be nice to have the back walls just a little lower once the logs have been moved. 

The shingles are on, the flashing has been applied 
to the fronts and he's starting to put up the side 
walls. We're doing slats for the walls because we 
still want air to be able to circulate. 

DH is leaving our choice of menu for Sunday up to me - a minor but delightful Anniversary gift. I think I want crock pot ribs, baked potatoes au gratin and some cole slaw. Add in a beer or two and it might just be the perfect day. I might even get a row or two woven on my shawl. 

It looks darned good (even with the misc boards 
still strewn about). We have some clean-up to 
do - pieces of shingles that were cut off, bits 
and pieces of tarpaper that need to be put into the 
trash, etc. Then we need to load up the wood that 
we've had stacked behind us as castle wall 
extensions. It's sturdy and it's quite lovely. 

I've been pretty good - getting at least one row woven on my shawl every day so far. Of course, there are hundreds of threads, so at the rate of one per day, it'll be more than a year before it is finished. Still, it hung on pegboard or was stashed on the floor for more than three decades. I don't think more than a year to finally finish the project is asking too much. LOL

On that note, I'm putting in two photos of how the shed looked when DH was putting things back late last night. It's hard to believe that it's almost completed, and I'm thrilled with the look. He's done a great job. Have an excellent Friday and I'll be back tomorrow. As always - be safe, be kind and please, wear a mask.