After a little Minions in bed before breakfast I got up, ate and went out to continue work on the car shelter. I couldn't do much because I was out of screws. I just drilled 24 holes in the poles for screws. Then we left for McCoys to get some screws.
Next to McCoys was a coffee/pastry place I'd read about. So we stopped and Ellen had a $5 tea and I had a $3.50 hot chocolate, along with two $5 pastries. That's as much as a good lunch.
When we got back I went back to work on the shelter. Ellen helped me position the roof and then went in the house. I put screws in the holes I'd drilled and then put two of the poles in the roof. Then Ellen had to come out to help me put in the other four. She went back into the house while I put in the last 12 screws. Then she came back out to help with the cover. It was large, fairly heavy, and a pain in the ass because a gusty wind had come out. It took us some effort, but we got it up.
Ellen went inside while I finished installing the cover, doing the tie downs, and putting everything away. I was tired and a little sore by the time it was all done.
A squirrel showed up just before 5. I shot it, but because there was sun flare on the scope I hit it in the stomach. I had to go inside to get another pellet. While I was there the squirrel climbed a broken off, hollow, tree just on the other side of our boundary fence. Lucy found it. It was at the top and when I shot it it fell into the tree. Lucy went crazy trying to figure out how to get on the other side of the fence.
I took Lucy to get the mail. When we got back she ran to the tree instead of into the house to eat. Who would have thought - squirrel trumps food bowl.
The evening was a little surfing, TV and Minions.
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