May 3
technical
As far as I can tell, ALL of the adobe blocks are now in place. Woo hoo! Work on the “decking” continues. They seem to be working on both ends of the house now and I guess they will meet in the middle. Once the ceiling is in place, we will learn about all the stuff that has to happen before the roof can go on…
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- Ceiling in guest room. You will sleep dreamily looking up at this, no?
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- Ceiling in guest bathroom
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- Ceiling in the Hallway is coming along…
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- …as is the ceiling in Living Room/Dining Room
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- I love the slanted boards. It is an “italic” ceiling! LOL
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- Notice that you would not be seeing these shots of the ceiling unless the adobe blocks were all done!
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- Kitchen: all the blocks are in place
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- East side of the house has all its adobes in place now.
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- The garage is getting its ceiling! No more rain puddles!
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- All of the adobe blocks are laid on top of the huge garage bond beam now.
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- There is an interesting frame around these vigas…
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- …I have no idea what this is about (the back of the house)…
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- but I expect it has something to do with the new roof that will be coming soon…
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- Moon shot
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- Company is coming!
personal
Strange weather lately: hot (90 degrees) and then a couple of days of cold (50 degrees high; 27 low). And it has rained and hailed twice in the last two weeks. The spring flowers are barely hanging on but everything else is so much greener!
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- I thought you would like to see my walking stick.
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- It is light but very strong, from the sotol plant.
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- A sotol with its stalk. Picture from the American Southwest Virtual Museum.
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- The stick makes it easier for me to walk off the road and find places like this…
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- …and this.
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- Bella is surprised I followed her out here!
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- I love how the plants just grow through the rocks…or seem to, anyway!
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- Sometimes it all feels like a mirage…
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- Unexpected!
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- And big!
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- See the green in the middle distance? It was not there last week. We’ve had a bit of rain.
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- I want to run across that plain and climb those mountains…
Great posting! Paneling looks nice.
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Wow — the ceilings are looking great. It is starting to look like a house. Correction: like a beautiful house.
Yes indeedy. 🙂