We’ve been working all weekend to get our new gutters up to catch the rains tomorrow.
AccuWeather have forecasted rains for Monday and Tuesday. Metaphorically speaking, we were lining up “bananas” because, if you are familiar with Belizean construction, nothing is straight. Gnome used a laser level (yes, ha-ha…what a joke!) to line up the gutters but discovered that he had to strip it back down because the roof was not straight. After much sweating and roof gymnastics, he lined the gutters against the line of the roof which ended up having a slight downward angle to the right anyway. This is actually quite amusing because the downward spout used to point towards the left! That’s why the gutter leaked in so many places!
So, Gnome had to climb on the roof and perform all manner of gymnastics to get the gutters up…
At one point he said,
“It’s scary up here!!”
And I replied,
“Yeah, it’s scary looking up at you!”
All the hard work has been done…now we just have to wait to see if it actually rains! This rain which usually occurs once during the dry season is known locally as the “Iguana Rains” because it is supposed to soften the ground for iguanas to lay their eggs.
Go on then…time to lay eggs!
