20-VIII-2016.
The majstors are smoothing the mortar in gonk and wherever else it needs.
Shots from Go and Nina - Anita in some cute knit thing with dense patterns, Violet in the inflated pool on the deck behind the house.
On twonysecond she made plum pekmez, and then we made noodles. The gadget is somewhat off in the part for thin ones, the bearing is worn out, it's actually just a hole in the frame, lubrication is futile now. I tried to chop them with a knife, just like granma did, and it worked but they'd stick together. We'll have to replenish the equipment.
The next day was a tworthday (Go's and mine), so we met on skype. In the evening we had a couple of drinks, me I'd say an apricot, she a bright beer, a budvár.
On tonyfourth we went to check on progress. majstor Mile went on trimming the bulges at the wall bottoms in the front part of the house, and found out that it was a support built in old format brick (7,5x15x30 instead of 6,25x12,5x25). Found a plastic foil behind the bricks (!). Which was kind of great, the bricks remained dry, all the moisture remained behind, inside the wall. He'll let that dry for a few days and then rebuild the support, no foil this time, and make the walls flat again. The clay behind the foil was completely black.
While that dries, they rebuilt the support for the concrete plate around the water pump and tap outside. The wall which held it was made of worst bricks there to be found around the house - many broken, missing pieces or simply crumbling. This was finished by the time we came. How did you build the new wall under the board? We lifted it, put it on the scaffolding poles, then when mortar set, gently eased it down. Excellent, I was worried it'd just fall, as the old wall was.
Meanwhile, Ender and Nina took all the kids (Raja, Violet and Eleese) to Viljemzberg (Williamsburg) into an entertainment park - walk, carousels, rollercoasters, the works. Nina dropped her phone (nokla E72, with a regular earphone jack) on the seat of one of the wagons, looked for it later, got it back.
Mentions: Anita Jennifer Berger (Anita), Eleese Aquila (Eleese), Ender Aquila (Ender), gonk, Gorana Sredljević (Go), majstor, majstor Mile, Nevena Sredljević (Nina), nokla, pekmez, Ryu (Raja), Violet, in serbian