The Spring snowstorms of 1960 have, so far, not repeated in 2025. April is here. A heavy spring snow storm is still quite possible.
Three days’
work in March have cleared the collapsed south roof of any roofing.
A couple of sheets removed
About as far as I can go by myself
The wood splitter appears
All the sheets I
could reach were on the east half of the roof.
I received several mild reprimands from nearest and dearest about
working by myself in the middle of nowhere.
What if the roof further collapsed with me under it and nobody knowing
where I was? Don’t get under that roof!
Some of the
severest warnings came from Brother Dave.
He came down to help. He got on
site while I was still starting a fire in the kitchen woodstove and changing into my work
clothes. When I got out to the barn,
where was he? Under the roof where I
wasn’t to go!
Several sheets came off the west side, unfastened from beneath the
roof while working over the combine header.
In the morning, the ground was frozen, but in the afternoons, we were working in mud. The 2 X 4’s holding the metal sheets came off fairly easily, except for the mud.
The south gable
was leaning in towards the center of the building. I feared a big south wind could force it into
the building where it could do some damage to the two tractors if it fell. Once again, the van was harnessed. We connected to the top of the gable. A gentle tug pulled the gable outwards, and
we tried to prop it up so it would have to go towards the outside of the
building if it decided to come down.
