Rock and Dirt
8/15/06 - 3rd Day - It seems like the Sabbath was yesterday. I can't believe this week is going so fast. We have friends driving in on 6th day morning, which is coming up pretty quickly. Yesterday the fellas and I were working on the pond. We built the dam up about 2 feet higher with heavy field rock, then covered it with dirt dug by hand out of the pond.
One really good thing about Central Texas is that there are plenty of rocks. When we lived in West Texas (on the Caprock) there were no rocks. None to be had. If you wanted rock, you had to go buy it. pulling rock out of the ground, or breaking it up and digging it out is quite a chore, but the good thing is that you have plenty of rock. A man could build quite a house out of stone if he were so inclined. When the fields here were first cleared many decades ago, the field stone was stacked in piles near the fields, so there is plenty of it to use for the dam. We drive out with my pickup truck and load a half ton or so and then drive back to the dam and stack it. Then we cover that with dirt from the pond, then we go back and get another load of rock and build it up on top of what we just covered. Then we covered that with dirt too. It is hard work, but good work. The sun was behind the clouds most of the day, and rain threatened, but we didn't get any. When the sun came out it got up to 100 degrees or so. We went up on the porch and drank water and gatorade. We finally quit around 4 p.m. when it got to be the hottest part of the day. We rested awhile before dinner which was some great pork chops, green beans and black-eyed peas. I slept well.
Milking went well this morning, though we got a bit less than yesterday morning. Breakfast was a good concoction that Danielle makes of hamburger meat, eggs, and chilies.
I was at it here on the computer most of today. I got the newest sermon posted, entitled Taking up the Cross. I answered some emails. I have continued my discussion with some "kinist" folks. I had to go to Brownwood to get some supplies, and at around 5 p.m. we hauled the whole family to the lake for a swim to cool down from the heat. A friend sent me a copy of Henry and the Great Society, so I will start on it tonight and get back with you on it when I can.
Your servant in Christ Jesus,
Michael Bunker
One really good thing about Central Texas is that there are plenty of rocks. When we lived in West Texas (on the Caprock) there were no rocks. None to be had. If you wanted rock, you had to go buy it. pulling rock out of the ground, or breaking it up and digging it out is quite a chore, but the good thing is that you have plenty of rock. A man could build quite a house out of stone if he were so inclined. When the fields here were first cleared many decades ago, the field stone was stacked in piles near the fields, so there is plenty of it to use for the dam. We drive out with my pickup truck and load a half ton or so and then drive back to the dam and stack it. Then we cover that with dirt from the pond, then we go back and get another load of rock and build it up on top of what we just covered. Then we covered that with dirt too. It is hard work, but good work. The sun was behind the clouds most of the day, and rain threatened, but we didn't get any. When the sun came out it got up to 100 degrees or so. We went up on the porch and drank water and gatorade. We finally quit around 4 p.m. when it got to be the hottest part of the day. We rested awhile before dinner which was some great pork chops, green beans and black-eyed peas. I slept well.
Milking went well this morning, though we got a bit less than yesterday morning. Breakfast was a good concoction that Danielle makes of hamburger meat, eggs, and chilies.
I was at it here on the computer most of today. I got the newest sermon posted, entitled Taking up the Cross. I answered some emails. I have continued my discussion with some "kinist" folks. I had to go to Brownwood to get some supplies, and at around 5 p.m. we hauled the whole family to the lake for a swim to cool down from the heat. A friend sent me a copy of Henry and the Great Society, so I will start on it tonight and get back with you on it when I can.
Your servant in Christ Jesus,
Michael Bunker
posted by Michael Bunker at 8/15/2006 04:45:00 AM
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