It's So Warm for February.

It's so nice out today, I'm doing prep work for the next step. I put straw down on the concrete to protect it over the winter. Right now I'm pulling that straw up. It has been sitting in water for three months. It does not smell nice, but it will make a nice addition to the compost heap. Hope no one complains to the county about it... who ever or where ever these tattle tails are.

There are honey bees out today. They seem to be drawn to the water and are keeping me company. I'm tempted to go raid a post-Valentine's day flower display and leave them out so the bees can have some nectar. I must make a point to plant some early blooming flowers this fall. Sad bees make me sad.

Pictures later!

Building Department, Round 6.825

So... after getting that mildly threatening letter from the county, and being told that we have to get a surety bond to renew our residence permit...

After telling them that the original inspector told us we didn't need one...

After contacting multiple online surety bond companies and being told that we can't get a surety bond for simply moving/disconnecting a trailer...

After contacting multiple local surety bond agents and being told the same thing...

After calling the building department and having them refer us to the local agent that supposedly does these surety bonds...

After driving to the recommended agent's office...

The agent looks the building department's form and says he can't write a bond for simply moving/disconnecting a trailer.

He calls the building department and tells them this.

Now the building department says we don't need one.

This is my face right now

On the plus side, now I can use that money for building materials instead of a stupid bond. We also went ahead and renewed the building permit and I can start doing some preliminary work on the site. It's still too cold to start on the masonry, but I can get things ready. I want to hit the ground running this spring.