Work where you live. Not a bad concept ...

As expected, we ended up in Amite, right next to the B&B that James is working on.

We're halfway behind the barn, in a grassy field, with a good view of the project from my office window.

We have full hook-ups, while plugged into the temporary power of the house, water from the barn and a sewer connection to one of the unfinished RV sites that are located behind the barn.

Here you can see us, just peeping out from behind the barn on the right.

We're looking at a pine forest in the back from where a small path leads to the house. Not too bad of a commute!

James has been working full steam since we arrived. The project is a couple of months behind and they're working 5 to 6 days of 10 hours a week, trying to catch up!



Among other things he has been working on this small roof above the garage doors, and some 'fake' shutters, 4 of them, at the face of the house.



Although it's already October it is still very warm and very humid out there, when he comes in for lunch he is  soaked in sweat and has to change his shirt.
I don't envy him!
That being said, I too have a little job. I clean up behind these guys, mainly sweeping the floors, driveway and porches a couple of times a week to get rid of nails, sawdust and any other debris.
I get paid too. Yahoo, finally earning my keep around here!



As you can see in the picture above, the B&B, and us, are surrounded by, very wild, meadows. And up until recently, butterflies were everywhere!
I braved the heat one day to snap some photos:

Gulf Fritllary

A Checkered Skipper and below it a Pearl Crescent, a Long-tailed Skipper in the middle, a Northern Cloudywing and a Common Buckeye.

And this yellow beauty is a Southern Dogface.

                    

With butterflies come caterpillars of course.I don't know the one the left but the right one is from the Common Buckeye.

And the temperatures might still be of the charts and the humidity high, but I found the first signs of fall!

Look at these cute 'shrooms'. Yeah! It's going to happen!

Soon ... if only that humidity would come down ...

                    

                                                 

Oh, and than there was Nate! As in Hurricane Nate!

New Orleans was supposed to be hit, although it's path looked to favor the east side.

We had the TV on all day and when it was clear it wouldn't be much of a hurricane any more when it would arrive in our area, we felt confident that we were going to be OK if we stayed put.
We made some preparations, as in getting our groceries a day early and fueling up the truck. We also filled a couple of cans for the generator, and moved the truck in position so we could hook it up quickly if needed.



After all that, it missed us completely! Nate came in even more east than expected and made landfall in Biloxi, Mississippi, the next state over.
Not too far from us, but we didn't have any wind whatsoever and only half an hour of light rain.
That was all. Which was totally fine of course!

After all that, it missed us completely! Nate came in even more east than expected and made landfall in Biloxi, Mississippi, the next state over.
Not too far from us, but we didn't have any wind whatsoever and only half an hour of light rain.
That was all. Which was totally fine of course!

To be continued ... hopefully soon ...