Chinese water torture

Its beginning to feel like Chinese water torture. Every day there is something, but its drip, drip, drip.

But we have siding. I went into a panic when I saw it, however. Our house is blue (see on the right) and this stuff was what used to be called gruck green. But Juan reassured us that this was just the primed wood. To be painted blue. Somehow I thought it would come blue.

Here is more siding and trim around the windows. On the right is the dining room; left Len's work room.

And here is the door to the bathroom. (I told you, it's drip, drip, drip).

The dry wall folks were supposed to be here today, but didn't come. They will be at the house on Monday so, with any luck, we'll have something great to see. CAN'T WAIT.

While we are living in our "cottage", we're spending one day a week on "staycation". Going around to nearby places that are tourist attractions and finally seeing them. We've had a GREAT time doing this and I heartily recommend it.

Today we went to Carillon Park in Dayton, filled with wonderful historical buildings and artifacts from Dayton's "golden age" -- the 1880's - 1960's. We saw some amazing log buildings from the late 1700's when Dayton was first settled, the original 1905 Wright Flyer, and some phenomenal equipment from NCR, including a gigantic steam power generator. I'm not kidding. It was amazing.

We both loved it all. I think we forget how early this part of Ohio was settled and how much invention and innovation came from this region: the airplane, the cash register, the starter motor for automobiles. Things that truly transformed life. It has made me a big fan of Dayton Ohio!