We were on vacation in Venice and wandered over to Burano where I took this picture. The Tower is on the back of the Church of St. Martin Bishop.
Rovinj, Croatia
Molly and I were in Rovinj a few years ago. Took this picture on pier. This was a great vacation.
Upper Matecombe Key
I was in the The Keys not too long ago and took this image. Really nice day…
Concrete counter update
Maybe I should call this the ‘concrete counter chronicles’?
Anyway, I snapped away the forms and this is what I got. Not bad. I would recommend, when pouring, to:
- Reach into the bucket of mix, grab a handful of cement and put the mix into the front area of the form and press down on the mix. That will ensure you get the mix fully into the front of the forms an avoid larger pockets at the bottom front of the form. You could probably also use a dowel to tamp on the mix. Regardless.. do it so no gaps form.
- Make liberal use of the sander to vibrate the form and reduce the air bubbles.
For #1 you can see that, if you move from left to right, I did not push the mix on the left and I did as I moved to the right. I screwed this up because it was just me mixing and pouring and I was rushing. Bad move as I had plenty of time to work the mix.
Regarding mixing in a 5 gallon bucket… I offer a basic pointer. From the 2nd bag forward I mixed the concrete in 10, 30, 30, 30. I mixed water and 10% of the bag to start, got that going with enough water to get the mix pretty wet. Add more concrete, add water, mix. Repeat until the entire bag is in the bucket. Pick up and pour.
I found that to be easiest way to mix and make sure I didn’t have dry areas of concrete at the bottom of bucket.
I may make up a slurry and fill the pinholes along the front.
Utility room concrete counters
Poured a concrete counter last weekend. Came out ok.
The Mudlark frame is now primed
Spent some time last weekend priming the Mudlark frame. Next weekend…paint.
Arrrgghhh, DragThing is going to be dead
I got a new Mac laptop and headed over to the DragThing web site to buy a new copy. I discovered that it is EOL due to the 64-bit changeover that is impending on Mac OS.
I’ve been using DragThing as my launcher for a very long time. It’s been a fantastic application.
Chilly in Michigan on February 1, 2019
It’s a bit cold here… -13 degrees below zero Fahrenheit
A bit of cooking… bread
This is ‘Soda’ Bread. First attempt at cooking bread. Came out fairly well. Had to toss it back in for 7 minutes more than the recipe called for.
A pic of the World Trade Center
I was in New York early this week and took this pic. It was a grey day but relatively warm. I liked that the building just disappears into the low hanging clouds.