A Friend's Pictures

Me plastering.

The moat and the house from the east.

House from the back.

Winter garden--straw bales and plexiglass--in the foreground.

Today

Today's my day off. Probably the first day off that I am not figuring out something on the house or buying supplies (though I am going to swing by Home Depot) in memory. So, I was pretty determined that I wasn't going to blog either. I've needed a bit of space from my house, in the same way that if you spend 180 days straight with the love of your life you might want to go for a walk by yourself or, god forbid, spend the whole day apart. That would be the reason I've just been posting pictures lately and not writing much, if at all.

The Roof is on and I moved in!

Roof Progress

Earthbags as blocking along the edges and 2x6 wood blocking between.

Some very basic and unifinished stairs.

 

 

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Roof Beams up and Strapped Down

Raymond in front of the in-place roof beams

Wavy Roof!

Polypropylene Strapping

Poly Strapping over the 1/2" plywood sill

Hurricane ties between the beams and the plywood

The roof beams are up! I did something miraculous--I've hired someone, Raymond who is a god-send, to help me finish and might hire a second person next week. It's cold! and I need to move in. I've committed to moving in next Saturday regardless of the state of the house so I better get it done as much as possible. The weather has gotten kinda crappy so we haven't gotten as much done as I would have liked but come Monday we'll be back in full swing with some serious blue skies. It frosted last night for the first time. I must admit the snow on the mountains looks quite beautiful next to the red and yellow of the fall-changing Aspens.

The Roof Started!