FIRST THINGS FIRST

*Reservoir side of the dam.

I've veen busy with throwing stones at the dam with the excitement of the first stage of the process being done, that of the reservoir side of the dam wall being completed. Today I reached a milestone but I wanted to share with all of my friends here. The final dam height has been reached in one spot on the dam!🥳🥳 The following picture will help with explaining everything that's going on with the dam's construction...

*Some custom photo editing.😁...like a boss

EXPLAINING THE ABOVE PICTURE

So, obviously, the label of the final dam height marks the height of the dam upon completion...that of course is not including the cap stones that will make up the top of the dam, and the walkway across it.

The multiple overflow pipes are placed at differing heights so we will have one primary, and two back-ups in case of clogs, large rainfalls, or ice melts.

The auxiliary throughput will be used to send pumped, pressurized water to the garden, or to allow me to aerate the water for the farming of fish, or to run the cold water to a refrigeration house...or anything else I may need it for.😁

I've been hopeful every day I've worked on it to get it to a point that the overflow pipes are in...And now I seriously believe I will have that done this weekend, along with having it built to height.

A BIG A$$ MULTI-USE TANK

...And when I say big, it really is. Take a look at it as I had it loaded up and ready tocome home....

*It makes Marvin, my truck, look tiny.🤣😂🤣

Sooo....upon getting it to the homestead something had to be done to get it a little closer to it's final destination. I needed to get it from the road, across the creek, back out of the creek, up the big hill, and then taken all the way back to the spring area.🤦😁

I couldn't bring it on the trailer, because the trailer would definitely have sustained damage...if not just simply being destroyed...BWAH HAHA HAH!...And it was obviously too big to fit in my truckbed. So, this is what I came up with....

*Like a truck with a turtle shell ...maybe the missing teenage ninja turtle.... Marvin???😂🤣

Regardless, it worked, and after getting it as far as I could using the truck, I then rolled/pulled it the rest of the way to the spring area. Hopefully a tree won't fall on this one, like my last one.😁😁

LAST BUT NOT LEAST...

Our Dìonadair is getting completely freaking huge! It's almost hard to believe it's only been a ahort four months we have had him. And since we got him at 4 weeks old, he is now just over 5 months old. But look at this comparison....

*The bottom picture he is four weeks old and in the top one is 5 months old...what a difference, right?

Along with his physical growth his maturity and defensive attitude has also grown and matured. He has the bark and attitude of a full grown German Shepard and doesn't deal well with anything that varies from the regular.

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