Today, I was on conservation duty again. I did pretty much the same stuff I did yesterday. When we got there in the morning, we went to get some more material for making the mortar. But apparently, the bees had decided to make a nest in one of the barrels we needed material from. So I plugged up their entrances, and did my best to swat the others away. But when you're working next to a bees nest, it doesn't do a whole lot of good... However, I didn't get stung, so it's all good. After getting all the material, we mixed up a big batch of the mortar and started working on another wall. Once again, I went shopping for rocks, making sure to stay out of the way of the tractor that was working where I had to walk. So we worked pretty steadily up until breakfast, minus the time I took to rig up some shade for us. After breakfast, it was pretty much the same. Another trip across he hill to get supplies, more mortar, and re-building part of the wall. We had to hurry up and use all of our mortar near the end, since we were running out of time, and if the mortar were to sit overnight, it would dry. but we got it all used, and the wall is pretty well patched up.
The day went by quickly today, which was pretty nice. Again, it was a lot of tedious work, but I survived once again. This preservation work is, from what I can tell, pretty essential to keeping the walls up. So it seems a little strange to me how informal it all is. But we make it work. The walls we've repaired aren't coming down anytime soon, and you couldn't say that with any confidence a week ago. So I guess that's good.
I normally don't reconstruct walls that were built before the 8th century, so I don't know if a wall a day is decent progress or not. but it seems like it's not too bad to me. And if it were exceptionally bad, I'm sure someone would say something about it. So I'm going to go with it, and say we're doing well with the work we've been doing. I still would like to return to my square, but I'll get there when I get there.
The day went by quickly today, which was pretty nice. Again, it was a lot of tedious work, but I survived once again. This preservation work is, from what I can tell, pretty essential to keeping the walls up. So it seems a little strange to me how informal it all is. But we make it work. The walls we've repaired aren't coming down anytime soon, and you couldn't say that with any confidence a week ago. So I guess that's good.
I normally don't reconstruct walls that were built before the 8th century, so I don't know if a wall a day is decent progress or not. but it seems like it's not too bad to me. And if it were exceptionally bad, I'm sure someone would say something about it. So I'm going to go with it, and say we're doing well with the work we've been doing. I still would like to return to my square, but I'll get there when I get there.
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