Homestretch

So today is the last day, I think. I kept waking up all night, like you do when you have a job interview or a trip the next day.

As has so often happened since we began this adventure, serendipitous help arrived just when we seriously needed it.
Longtime adjunct family member Ben drove in two mornings ago and said he was here to do whatever needed doing. (Just shows what boredom can do to a between-semesters, out-of-work college student at loose ends.) So we might just mix our last batch of mortar today; fingers crossed, with Ben's help . . .