tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840791190148743232024-02-01T21:01:55.659-08:00The Raggedy EdgeKeep up with Stacy, David, Claire and James.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84079119014874323.post-21165288819711727482010-05-07T00:16:00.001-07:002010-05-07T13:41:28.625-07:00The Wall Continued.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_psk2qNC-hMT0lKYQM7k1Nrzmf7nNVeOZesqvU7BN790AOad7zGgZmkHONgULJTLVDu-E7fckBYu4dCWAP7lZibrs_D0aWX-PPT92luOcNSqRmTv_1bgpn4wfmTPBxTKDZSZ0RyoN69c/s1600/Picture+025.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468463207572838978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_psk2qNC-hMT0lKYQM7k1Nrzmf7nNVeOZesqvU7BN790AOad7zGgZmkHONgULJTLVDu-E7fckBYu4dCWAP7lZibrs_D0aWX-PPT92luOcNSqRmTv_1bgpn4wfmTPBxTKDZSZ0RyoN69c/s320/Picture+025.jpg" /></a> This is the bathroom wall continued. The other pictures showed it with the silver finish that we then primed with mahogany coloured paint. This is the finished top coat. It is hard to photograph it perfectly. It has a mat finish that is covered with a glue (for want of better word.) I suppose, it is a varnish really, but it soaks right in and dries almost like you put nothing on top of the rust. It makes the finish water proof and smooth, not rusty and flakey. The rust is mulicolours with depth and patterns from grey to mat black to yellow, orange,to dark red.<br /><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84079119014874323.post-89473289201762190042010-05-06T23:18:00.000-07:002010-05-07T00:15:03.501-07:00One more cob picture<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsRz8AYwwy1wiMrUQBcegHcsyxWyuSUERCYJUAwb_SuE2lK0LgK-xgW1VvEUnzPr09ARbO3wgBVcteE86ubtzzTKX0ahcGsmG81bFUJFkEGfO1iOi8LEs4-eBy2T60MIq0XzJU85oj5Xo/s1600/Picture+020.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468416934700095314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsRz8AYwwy1wiMrUQBcegHcsyxWyuSUERCYJUAwb_SuE2lK0LgK-xgW1VvEUnzPr09ARbO3wgBVcteE86ubtzzTKX0ahcGsmG81bFUJFkEGfO1iOi8LEs4-eBy2T60MIq0XzJU85oj5Xo/s320/Picture+020.jpg" /></a> This is the back of the cobbed wall viewed from the top of the staircase. The light through the stainglass shines on the floor and cob in colours.<br /><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84079119014874323.post-89643133568871179852010-02-15T10:02:00.000-08:002010-02-15T14:21:58.678-08:00Cob finished close-ups<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCae-x9mKL49L0l5aSKb1dHLRKDpRkPgQZspJvhydWipUQJI9e6qvYbvChbCW3dezBOtnjnF9GYL-UBwJsMcqQ0WPrEypYQs091UNvhYzxqe5c0XUJn6f2cDrwcN3ZEXBcS2eW4M10aKA/s1600-h/IMG_2356.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCae-x9mKL49L0l5aSKb1dHLRKDpRkPgQZspJvhydWipUQJI9e6qvYbvChbCW3dezBOtnjnF9GYL-UBwJsMcqQ0WPrEypYQs091UNvhYzxqe5c0XUJn6f2cDrwcN3ZEXBcS2eW4M10aKA/s320/IMG_2356.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438532710201097682" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH0MnMqfP9lO1PpvigGCLUXFEIZ4ARBnH_ncKh2EiVnjn4VF1t_-jADbytsnuS7zCClqQR6ylUGFlWPYQicLPYenumNGwl8Zi-bNSKpzAtTgn41c2to_VSdxnqHIAc1MUO0qDpHomoJ74/s1600-h/IMG_2338.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH0MnMqfP9lO1PpvigGCLUXFEIZ4ARBnH_ncKh2EiVnjn4VF1t_-jADbytsnuS7zCClqQR6ylUGFlWPYQicLPYenumNGwl8Zi-bNSKpzAtTgn41c2to_VSdxnqHIAc1MUO0qDpHomoJ74/s320/IMG_2338.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438532706283912018" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA89vEHd4Qkhwxg0JkPfREjLrSEnLTDhVhgQ5Va3B-p306-L5JZ7MUXngiTDzvprF8Nho3zyXZsK8MNc9KrHE34VnPZp5kjTfK2CP3XhEp8lNrWuPq7qBpcLGRxXlcrKALL-zqCS2cXIQ/s1600-h/IMG_2346.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA89vEHd4Qkhwxg0JkPfREjLrSEnLTDhVhgQ5Va3B-p306-L5JZ7MUXngiTDzvprF8Nho3zyXZsK8MNc9KrHE34VnPZp5kjTfK2CP3XhEp8lNrWuPq7qBpcLGRxXlcrKALL-zqCS2cXIQ/s320/IMG_2346.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438532696277730194" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhcwPXP3phRZTob4f9rDDK7bVMlkqLJo46FlChE_o0NKQm435WMMH7ASVjMjsrR1aHW1-eVOnX7utBqkAm6qexBmZBWrzP6qgxAsHjTsTg7u0sygX9RTYAibaQjFtoucj4bvCTlCTnpAU/s1600-h/IMG_2340.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhcwPXP3phRZTob4f9rDDK7bVMlkqLJo46FlChE_o0NKQm435WMMH7ASVjMjsrR1aHW1-eVOnX7utBqkAm6qexBmZBWrzP6qgxAsHjTsTg7u0sygX9RTYAibaQjFtoucj4bvCTlCTnpAU/s320/IMG_2340.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438532684248364226" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This is the cobbed wall mostly done. I could not get a very good full shot of it, because of the angle of the wall. I tried to show some close ups too, but none of this does justice to how wonderful this wall looks-- especially at night with lights shining through one side of it. I still have to do two layers of plaster on it. This will smooth it up, give it a colour and cover up the wood studs between each section.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84079119014874323.post-28931571944938722232010-02-15T09:59:00.001-08:002010-02-15T14:15:35.010-08:00Cob, endless cob.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr_bRMjst8IxRTtzLkEfYhu5BlrCMkRseTyJPYF3t7KYnq4RKTwLNIYdf94JssisqJ89vVmW-M9DamBBy4AXNZOBFQZCS2uE9tDG04hEem-tHqD1nsOTVzn1g9uSNKOciU96pvwXt_KOw/s1600-h/IMG_2283.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr_bRMjst8IxRTtzLkEfYhu5BlrCMkRseTyJPYF3t7KYnq4RKTwLNIYdf94JssisqJ89vVmW-M9DamBBy4AXNZOBFQZCS2uE9tDG04hEem-tHqD1nsOTVzn1g9uSNKOciU96pvwXt_KOw/s320/IMG_2283.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438532132172202866" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnA3FHhR9rypy2S5KtaSoGQeDqRgfF2_itaXlRTpiudmLCirhtUGWAu8PM-oPL9a8m_KOkYAgAw27t4dcMrPYhAtOjVqhxm-0cQ44PFg-xr1upRRuwIReuWfctLupxbxdRtk1V9TScres/s1600-h/IMG_2289.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnA3FHhR9rypy2S5KtaSoGQeDqRgfF2_itaXlRTpiudmLCirhtUGWAu8PM-oPL9a8m_KOkYAgAw27t4dcMrPYhAtOjVqhxm-0cQ44PFg-xr1upRRuwIReuWfctLupxbxdRtk1V9TScres/s320/IMG_2289.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438532125704792866" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQMDaIMftlU0UgouifWQH863G9P3VIU3pZyJQguwQUU8Zs1aOrGRnY6ZirgqgCUJKwv1ekHSERwVtc28UddQ3YrV7ApHmjjuJrxqGNt10lMPalba9gU7itw2z9zFh-w_uuydmRkBQDFN8/s1600-h/IMG_2287.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQMDaIMftlU0UgouifWQH863G9P3VIU3pZyJQguwQUU8Zs1aOrGRnY6ZirgqgCUJKwv1ekHSERwVtc28UddQ3YrV7ApHmjjuJrxqGNt10lMPalba9gU7itw2z9zFh-w_uuydmRkBQDFN8/s320/IMG_2287.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438532117456797570" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigLinbtqXzm1fBvJAFrS22QsuQUnBbkhNKzShGW5tEIAs1c6GZJQJeqHtyO6SJ5T8vWXhq55xPLqkxUQ9xK6xuNgjEXHjut8gjFuZUFSkQt849CO90B20TKMCuoqGL5Mu9AkJ0BpZk-zY/s1600-h/IMG_2285.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigLinbtqXzm1fBvJAFrS22QsuQUnBbkhNKzShGW5tEIAs1c6GZJQJeqHtyO6SJ5T8vWXhq55xPLqkxUQ9xK6xuNgjEXHjut8gjFuZUFSkQt849CO90B20TKMCuoqGL5Mu9AkJ0BpZk-zY/s320/IMG_2285.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438532111321265378" border="0" /></a><br />Continued work on the top half of the cob wall. In some ways this is quite a bit slower than the bottom half. It took a lot more cob mixes for the bottom half, but there is much more shaping involved in the top half. Sometimes I did not use a whole mix a day on the top wall. <br /><br />I also had to transfer the cob longer distances for the top half. The bottom half I just dragged the whole tarp full of cob mix from the porch where I mixed it, to the entryway. If the cat did not escape while I struggled over the thresh hold, this was fast. Most of the top wall work was done from the landing. I had to make balls of the cob and stack it onto the wall and then run around to work, or load the cob into five gallon buckets and heave them up the stairs. This took much longer.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84079119014874323.post-6206235180458567122010-02-15T09:52:00.001-08:002010-02-15T13:47:17.786-08:00Cob, beautiful cob<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSVAvqzPTPTIOZMHCuqOY0IlRKifMdDHBx8R2Ki2zqb03rF0zRGGLNU4ySHobsnxo61vpgq-7NE6DCYFmzksLhx1rKgaL4XrtnPtJWHKiFIMCNogsHKCMMmn0iDmaBVk-yxtw04y8CgWM/s1600-h/IMG_2355.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSVAvqzPTPTIOZMHCuqOY0IlRKifMdDHBx8R2Ki2zqb03rF0zRGGLNU4ySHobsnxo61vpgq-7NE6DCYFmzksLhx1rKgaL4XrtnPtJWHKiFIMCNogsHKCMMmn0iDmaBVk-yxtw04y8CgWM/s320/IMG_2355.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438531190593160866" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUuHD6JHkJLcfqlJK_8AlRIS4QnAyKXh1Dch5BQxgopFg2tqL-q-5Sufzn4q7_aIzAzo6BuH2IQH9iQ4LRb2of0XUghmUEL1Wt4Dc-6LKbM2cPC9ocyxvjDrTHRYxmYXiHYUTkZEpre5c/s1600-h/IMG_2041.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUuHD6JHkJLcfqlJK_8AlRIS4QnAyKXh1Dch5BQxgopFg2tqL-q-5Sufzn4q7_aIzAzo6BuH2IQH9iQ4LRb2of0XUghmUEL1Wt4Dc-6LKbM2cPC9ocyxvjDrTHRYxmYXiHYUTkZEpre5c/s320/IMG_2041.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438531186385594962" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4pp9W7Mlcc3RQEQP6Tic9NQNPHlvYnx-ItxaKOIWXfv_UKcvamE8zLfQ2HCJjtTc_rdtRcaKxb5jx7pchyphenhyphen-qYqEDvbral6QDPvWxj0fg6sShl8RRRqGUyApCR0Mu0F2gUhnv-bhIcFEw/s1600-h/IMG_2277.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4pp9W7Mlcc3RQEQP6Tic9NQNPHlvYnx-ItxaKOIWXfv_UKcvamE8zLfQ2HCJjtTc_rdtRcaKxb5jx7pchyphenhyphen-qYqEDvbral6QDPvWxj0fg6sShl8RRRqGUyApCR0Mu0F2gUhnv-bhIcFEw/s320/IMG_2277.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438531179924128898" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtc7R1b61icnQtAXWHq0gCYbHZGpky-vYMaQRjLrMB-aVuk5v4QVWHOCfdJrBu87VecI6h8SK2sFhyphenhyphenLE7SB_s9afKleuidXtgKP1tU2VFhpAueVq-zLRz4MEhAtkHjbrHE0NFosPotbnA/s1600-h/IMG_2038.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtc7R1b61icnQtAXWHq0gCYbHZGpky-vYMaQRjLrMB-aVuk5v4QVWHOCfdJrBu87VecI6h8SK2sFhyphenhyphenLE7SB_s9afKleuidXtgKP1tU2VFhpAueVq-zLRz4MEhAtkHjbrHE0NFosPotbnA/s320/IMG_2038.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438531171060379202" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwVdojJRaD-wXx560LP2GWiGxpO9U3gsahrEKVjCEUZlQlJ8YlG8NRJYIqQEsvgH3WzG1KSBr-UYIpBwlrXqWMsraWsAo6JPTf7ioMkLM6cShJjvZuoKGlNCYanxQjChZi03NKFIEI8tI/s1600-h/IMG_2039.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwVdojJRaD-wXx560LP2GWiGxpO9U3gsahrEKVjCEUZlQlJ8YlG8NRJYIqQEsvgH3WzG1KSBr-UYIpBwlrXqWMsraWsAo6JPTf7ioMkLM6cShJjvZuoKGlNCYanxQjChZi03NKFIEI8tI/s320/IMG_2039.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438531168001945042" border="0" /></a><br />Just before Thanksgiving, I finished the bottom half of the cobbed wall. This is a great wall that separates the staircase from the entryway and is full of all sorts of sculptural potential! The bottom half (as you can see in two of the pictures) is very plain. I put in some of those glass bricks to bring light into the basement. Jan and I got those at the salvage place in Seattle. She made cool bookends with hers. I also left a scooped out arch shape for the cat. He likes to sit on the ledge inside the staircase and then leap through to the entryway. He very obligingly poses in it for pictures, but I don't have one here. I left the majority of the wall plain, because the coat hooks are going there and the coats will cover almost half the wall anyway.<br /><br />The pile of driftwood is various pieces that I collected with knot holes. I found the first one at Brenda's place. I thought this is so cool. I could make holes in the cob with these framing them or add glass... In the end I did a bit of both. I love coloured glass, so I bought some different glasses from places like World Market and found some in junk shops. I got a beautiful cranberry glass to use and some lovely amber ones with crackle finishes. <br /><br />I have two lovely stainglass windows that my friend, Debs', daughter, made in art school for us when we lived in flat one of Maderia house. We swapped them out for plain glass again and moved them with us. They just make the cob wall.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84079119014874323.post-67341319654717241852010-02-14T23:41:00.000-08:002010-02-15T13:01:04.653-08:00The Wall<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtHRjSy4U6eSzgAN8E5pWG2FtRAbLuNZgqLgaqHRWlpyK7FgsyCwmK8E1zvPc2G4Nu_E4FnEgBojXolEyaluMhs03V-aTYw1wNORTduEGf2D9r34rvawhP4I9BfbmHvKMEiIoir_dx0NQ/s1600-h/IMG_2362.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtHRjSy4U6eSzgAN8E5pWG2FtRAbLuNZgqLgaqHRWlpyK7FgsyCwmK8E1zvPc2G4Nu_E4FnEgBojXolEyaluMhs03V-aTYw1wNORTduEGf2D9r34rvawhP4I9BfbmHvKMEiIoir_dx0NQ/s320/IMG_2362.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438372716280923778" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjYlJnqjxAlKbW159WGGnOAb5-aPIrU6cC3-YK5e2yXkYBA2Ouy_PxNn9rFW24odL-s7tpp_zcVsY5d9Uco3B0SZacIT9wThADr3zncHUkzfjYGBOf5tYFKxqi0oSuk0lPIRscuFWl1QM/s1600-h/IMG_2361.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjYlJnqjxAlKbW159WGGnOAb5-aPIrU6cC3-YK5e2yXkYBA2Ouy_PxNn9rFW24odL-s7tpp_zcVsY5d9Uco3B0SZacIT9wThADr3zncHUkzfjYGBOf5tYFKxqi0oSuk0lPIRscuFWl1QM/s320/IMG_2361.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438372705292261602" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxp-gIo9_7p0kz40wfw1PwYcEe6n_kw06_2Cq2EauLqzlQCLXxlOV1Rfta2y9r9_OWSB9eRiJZkpWseIz99nljV8PFzPxRxPc5mnDeo8HxCapgxK1m1_2aS0CC4E070F4lqeZdJM3x9uU/s1600-h/IMG_2333.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxp-gIo9_7p0kz40wfw1PwYcEe6n_kw06_2Cq2EauLqzlQCLXxlOV1Rfta2y9r9_OWSB9eRiJZkpWseIz99nljV8PFzPxRxPc5mnDeo8HxCapgxK1m1_2aS0CC4E070F4lqeZdJM3x9uU/s320/IMG_2333.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438372703435533618" border="0" /></a><br />This is the wall for the downstairs loo. David has humoured me on this one. I love rusty barn roofs. I wanted to salvage some, but it comes all twisted up and is incredibly expensive. I found this great paint that you put on in layers and it has actual metal, (iron or copper or other) that you apply acid too and rust than seal. I did the upstairs bathtub with it. Someone suggested I do that to new metal work and get my rusty barn roof cheaper and easier. David worries it is too hippyish, but agreed to put up some sheets of galvanised metal roofing on the walls. This is what it looks like so far with first metal, then bottom coat of paint. I put the acid on it a few days ago, but we are away now and I haven't sealed it or taken further pictures. I will get those up later.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84079119014874323.post-82050956731190682552010-02-14T23:39:00.000-08:002010-02-15T12:51:34.935-08:00Downstairs Loo closer to finished<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEgCYdoTWozw3g6kPWrEi4chJs7YE8r1yHAdskiJNluA2tJ50UVEWHP7wjjz37optva56GIf0DjepzHsyg6wT9ig0fNdEwmNFgh0FKpnLDLxF5vwsmkEw09XEn6o95NP0JwJcLCtHFY8o/s1600-h/IMG_2364.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEgCYdoTWozw3g6kPWrEi4chJs7YE8r1yHAdskiJNluA2tJ50UVEWHP7wjjz37optva56GIf0DjepzHsyg6wT9ig0fNdEwmNFgh0FKpnLDLxF5vwsmkEw09XEn6o95NP0JwJcLCtHFY8o/s320/IMG_2364.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438372206990557426" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtVsYapB3nibYXIJAOANFntvQ4anhpZaym4_ockz_YsVnHMTajo0xEyRv62u-SqNuUASy9CdgPhiCfthhwm1f5YYRTBs2D_qSV1AUQupacsA_PHZEV_69ALIb8ia2LEx6Ktd2spA0HIwU/s1600-h/IMG_2367.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtVsYapB3nibYXIJAOANFntvQ4anhpZaym4_ockz_YsVnHMTajo0xEyRv62u-SqNuUASy9CdgPhiCfthhwm1f5YYRTBs2D_qSV1AUQupacsA_PHZEV_69ALIb8ia2LEx6Ktd2spA0HIwU/s320/IMG_2367.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438372203039843586" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx_yJD89QLWwyjvgecUbanxNCr-siaZtkwoTvHn9GvKe10HamG8UkPW_Wfx3O7tYq-dyoM4JNZi9rj3eT2dGsY7ZEYrzJII7tgf5wnyiaaV5gr0aPE0gEZCx_O5o4_Zvfbwed5Ds2uPYk/s1600-h/IMG_2365.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx_yJD89QLWwyjvgecUbanxNCr-siaZtkwoTvHn9GvKe10HamG8UkPW_Wfx3O7tYq-dyoM4JNZi9rj3eT2dGsY7ZEYrzJII7tgf5wnyiaaV5gr0aPE0gEZCx_O5o4_Zvfbwed5Ds2uPYk/s320/IMG_2365.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438372196385333426" border="0" /></a><br />We spent another weekend doing the sink. This looks better in the pictures than in the flesh. It badly needs re enameling. We will eventually get that done. It is a nice little sink and the taps are old and brass and actually came with it. Two washers later, they work great!<br /><br /> I made a curtain out of scraps -- various Linen fabrics from Bells in Cranbrook. Jan helped on a weekend they were up just before Christmas. We had two sewing machines out. Jan was quilting like a mad thing all that weekend, but she stopped and helped get the cuts straight with her quilt cutter knife and big cutting board. The last fabric had a great fringey selvage that I just left on the bottom unhemmed. I reused in the window, an old curtain I'd made for the Oasthouse, because I love the fabric. I just added tabs from ribbon and we got an Amish curtain rod. <br /><br />The Amish curtain rod is okay, but I have to say, I really miss Andy, the blacksmith!!! I tried to find someone to do brackets for the fireplace and they wanted $850 for two brackets! (I am reusing some salvage ones instead!) I shudder to think what a curtain rod would cost.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84079119014874323.post-29441053432986073522010-02-14T23:36:00.001-08:002010-02-15T12:33:37.421-08:00A Door!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9pRD4beJCFnJf8VpISnUb1uSJumD3ZV_mhguymJyLQgx-V4RLapFxAKh4kIFcjZLe9HYYzY6DRL-T_rphWrPmNEbIgOrlpEVwL5vgxodThJ34-PHY6UPfbUuAkCEScmgMl1u31VKg0qw/s1600-h/IMG_2369.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9pRD4beJCFnJf8VpISnUb1uSJumD3ZV_mhguymJyLQgx-V4RLapFxAKh4kIFcjZLe9HYYzY6DRL-T_rphWrPmNEbIgOrlpEVwL5vgxodThJ34-PHY6UPfbUuAkCEScmgMl1u31VKg0qw/s320/IMG_2369.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438371621218772338" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRY88tBMk5sfMfTQWW8J9K0vNukcoYgl6L-4j4t_GaxSfCAX6UyJVZ_rNIrOm3w66Oa7x-BwqaKDeMhTCJQaBnbxjqxYo6qOzAsdfrlbS9rdaUl4j3Xuwpi0VEZ2ZN_LhwO4Udj-aTXik/s1600-h/IMG_2336.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRY88tBMk5sfMfTQWW8J9K0vNukcoYgl6L-4j4t_GaxSfCAX6UyJVZ_rNIrOm3w66Oa7x-BwqaKDeMhTCJQaBnbxjqxYo6qOzAsdfrlbS9rdaUl4j3Xuwpi0VEZ2ZN_LhwO4Udj-aTXik/s320/IMG_2336.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438371613428548946" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHBZE6zf6TGyIbxmkPBIPxT6s8A6iOaRa_Izt7jpsvjac7GwxDWDg6kbH8co3miINgr-gkiQIIJOR58wZ1F-A9e56eECs0qXvXu1cHtvVBJzF2GSgurQPOAodxvoB_YjnEBIMtq_s87KI/s1600-h/IMG_2288.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHBZE6zf6TGyIbxmkPBIPxT6s8A6iOaRa_Izt7jpsvjac7GwxDWDg6kbH8co3miINgr-gkiQIIJOR58wZ1F-A9e56eECs0qXvXu1cHtvVBJzF2GSgurQPOAodxvoB_YjnEBIMtq_s87KI/s320/IMG_2288.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438371605318544706" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOP51pTrtqZZj104BilU0Tac5En6RMOY2BqnHmZiABl-7vQHFZxLQGJOEwFiE9UhJCPH6LP1m8splD2G9OCnNQ0fIv5aG4O8jDwLhM4A3wp09hkXgdJdIfYrC5u9y4vmzcA-GM4HMHvw0/s1600-h/IMG_2270.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOP51pTrtqZZj104BilU0Tac5En6RMOY2BqnHmZiABl-7vQHFZxLQGJOEwFiE9UhJCPH6LP1m8splD2G9OCnNQ0fIv5aG4O8jDwLhM4A3wp09hkXgdJdIfYrC5u9y4vmzcA-GM4HMHvw0/s320/IMG_2270.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438371596179875442" border="0" /></a><br />WE HAVE A DOOR! I can not tell you how wonderful this is. This was a job that I just could not visualize in my head properly. Our friend, Helmut, took us to Homedepot and showed us what the pieces look like and talked us through the procedure, but that was in July. We went online and looked at some sites too. New doors come with the door jam framed around them like a box and you just install the whole thing. These are our Walla Walla, Whitman college, 100 year old doors of all different sizes. (This is possibly far more sadistic than toilets!) It isn't an easy job and takes David a couple of days to do one door, but he can do it and do a good job. He does it differently from how the websites show you. They somehow have magic doors that stand on their own while you construct the whole jamb around them and then you install it. David found it much easier to install one piece of the jamb into the door frame first-- then add the door and then put the last two pieces of jamb in place.<br /><br />Helmut introduced us to shims-- a wonderful thing made for hanging doors, that have multiple uses in building. Our old toilets are shimmed against the wall and at least one piece of sheetrock. If we are having trouble with something now we shout for someone to bring some shims.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84079119014874323.post-44891147739193997872010-02-14T23:30:00.000-08:002010-02-15T12:11:43.523-08:00Downstairs Loo<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJeMRIn01CVhr9tqBjAbJZ2-m7CsiLyliCUfaeg1R8YR4agdK0lJVQdf7anJR5si8hHzMT-RX86K6Ue7dbX6QhvXqV42Cc8Sc9aJGs-STmuT4-gArxJfkF55rxswIzUdtmbSmr2DB_JBg/s1600-h/IMG_2216.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJeMRIn01CVhr9tqBjAbJZ2-m7CsiLyliCUfaeg1R8YR4agdK0lJVQdf7anJR5si8hHzMT-RX86K6Ue7dbX6QhvXqV42Cc8Sc9aJGs-STmuT4-gArxJfkF55rxswIzUdtmbSmr2DB_JBg/s320/IMG_2216.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438370229192700770" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpaKcwX5Lryld-24I2InDJK2rUn1VUSgEd5aM3_zTA3-POCWbcc7SfQitYfMDuqvtnyGb_gCwckXMgBoSL6yGaSnjpvnIhwCSVdHxDSLU8t7dWt9betm0RVCBMlWy2Z7ebtODUQAvZPMs/s1600-h/IMG_2215.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpaKcwX5Lryld-24I2InDJK2rUn1VUSgEd5aM3_zTA3-POCWbcc7SfQitYfMDuqvtnyGb_gCwckXMgBoSL6yGaSnjpvnIhwCSVdHxDSLU8t7dWt9betm0RVCBMlWy2Z7ebtODUQAvZPMs/s320/IMG_2215.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438370220356188866" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv6P9Y0YATbXUlhELI-btuFt5TEzHvMJC0KJGY340Ixvpu-AtJ6nrm-8rXwlP7fm3qSSJs4koCPHaZdrHcGiUksoM8QRI1H4VBpJSosLILMmmtgMyTxWIIAPSI1u2COTZyjueHJj0sMVA/s1600-h/IMG_2156.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv6P9Y0YATbXUlhELI-btuFt5TEzHvMJC0KJGY340Ixvpu-AtJ6nrm-8rXwlP7fm3qSSJs4koCPHaZdrHcGiUksoM8QRI1H4VBpJSosLILMmmtgMyTxWIIAPSI1u2COTZyjueHJj0sMVA/s320/IMG_2156.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438370216181468850" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDsRggW4T-TTSKllGu0-yyvox7zPDFgUcBPshq3v60GtNk0yOdjz0oA8Vvh51Uz92d2mgMjoubSF_bDvwjLMuHBkibr9UTG1DHK_vtbFVsCY4OV-Ir4pLInUewWVxobdbmrOL7SnEoJ4U/s1600-h/IMG_2154.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDsRggW4T-TTSKllGu0-yyvox7zPDFgUcBPshq3v60GtNk0yOdjz0oA8Vvh51Uz92d2mgMjoubSF_bDvwjLMuHBkibr9UTG1DHK_vtbFVsCY4OV-Ir4pLInUewWVxobdbmrOL7SnEoJ4U/s320/IMG_2154.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438370206220142562" border="0" /></a><br />This is the downstairs loo. We are very excited to have a second loo. First, we tiled the floor. This is tumbled travertine from Mexico. I wanted a warm colour. I'd seen this other orange coloured marble or something at Homedepot, but they discontinued it (and when I saw the price, I wasn't surprised.) James says that the tile we got is really pink-- but I am calling it orange. This is our old toilet from the 30ties-- David guesses. We got this at a salvage place in Seattle. Our friend, Bob, says I am a total sadist to make David restore old toilets. I have to say though, he is getting VERY good at it. And Nutmeg the cat helps.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84079119014874323.post-30535360812867514232010-02-14T23:27:00.000-08:002010-02-15T14:55:40.923-08:00upstairs bathroom<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtojts4mxmw1_oJDIeqggxw0NUqdDgi-N8SaSauimzD8Ef-o5997krYFbqvHpM1RDKRXAkRlV4mKIeTzA7k7VZq9U6Pr3QZaD1L80XFilmtQaPZQCBcXkNthPiLImc63rWKiME1n3vov0/s1600-h/IMG_2164.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtojts4mxmw1_oJDIeqggxw0NUqdDgi-N8SaSauimzD8Ef-o5997krYFbqvHpM1RDKRXAkRlV4mKIeTzA7k7VZq9U6Pr3QZaD1L80XFilmtQaPZQCBcXkNthPiLImc63rWKiME1n3vov0/s320/IMG_2164.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438369092615396930" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjijua2hmwDEVv1DX-JBckcTSGTN4wPxdek4ZcVCMtm4FWftIslJOtIkx7hyphenhyphenvP7-_NQmPQuVKCapM6u_l-Vaq0j-x__QLeevmIdv1c9H7LseFhyHS64ly5Emv2kWvw8dz95PYIc0QEbVfA/s1600-h/IMG_2162.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjijua2hmwDEVv1DX-JBckcTSGTN4wPxdek4ZcVCMtm4FWftIslJOtIkx7hyphenhyphenvP7-_NQmPQuVKCapM6u_l-Vaq0j-x__QLeevmIdv1c9H7LseFhyHS64ly5Emv2kWvw8dz95PYIc0QEbVfA/s320/IMG_2162.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438369088926929106" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs_ZkPDoWrph6-mJe99-g4X2KbLNYRxm7q-iMLZWelXihtKASfBUTWG3GT9Im5FF7G7M0HsCUjoFLK8v_4ouTdQjrR_De9u4I8LNOrKpJydm5x76ApiSoWKRBKR3NOfUm5izUNqiec_d0/s1600-h/IMG_2160.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs_ZkPDoWrph6-mJe99-g4X2KbLNYRxm7q-iMLZWelXihtKASfBUTWG3GT9Im5FF7G7M0HsCUjoFLK8v_4ouTdQjrR_De9u4I8LNOrKpJydm5x76ApiSoWKRBKR3NOfUm5izUNqiec_d0/s320/IMG_2160.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438369084375287186" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This is the upstairs bathroom that is, sort of, finished-- no walls or sink yet, but a fabulous tiled floor and old bath and toilet. The first pictures shows David's insulating-- it does not capture the effort of that job! He insulated the whole of the upstairs ceiling and the walls where there is no ICF. We still have a few very high places like the cupola to insulate, but we just covered that with plastic this year. We have to figure out some scaffold system. The tiles are tumbled travertine mostly cream coloured with at Claire's suggestion, some coffee coloured ones.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84079119014874323.post-49947241598365436652010-02-14T23:25:00.001-08:002010-02-15T11:30:55.248-08:00sittingroom continued<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCvmy_7cbMZbsQW_07gdUtNN17U0876rJlfg8smHFKx5GhwyyO1Ckmc4mrHqEJ1A_DDkgYdJMYTQxidTS4fEfgZWw1vR_Wyb-wmAwP6mwPH8d4aVEQJ6VA8Fu38om5glaSpxG9nXDva6s/s1600-h/IMG_2263.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCvmy_7cbMZbsQW_07gdUtNN17U0876rJlfg8smHFKx5GhwyyO1Ckmc4mrHqEJ1A_DDkgYdJMYTQxidTS4fEfgZWw1vR_Wyb-wmAwP6mwPH8d4aVEQJ6VA8Fu38om5glaSpxG9nXDva6s/s320/IMG_2263.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438368432058539890" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbKL05c1dRDYuJbl_IHCprSNEI3LeTutlokP0nNxeeTScsZuCd8OxxfzA7UNeLOcFZxLOZUsfwZcrLitT67agqTay4rn1rp7QSJNYWQK_LVVIg4MRRhSGWknO9ESkxrnx6GydcJlCFNDc/s1600-h/IMG_2262.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbKL05c1dRDYuJbl_IHCprSNEI3LeTutlokP0nNxeeTScsZuCd8OxxfzA7UNeLOcFZxLOZUsfwZcrLitT67agqTay4rn1rp7QSJNYWQK_LVVIg4MRRhSGWknO9ESkxrnx6GydcJlCFNDc/s320/IMG_2262.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438368426439732098" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Sj9PmGfVuRENSs4sx1n5L5Hr8jQiDowU7vSnwn9Juqw1aiPc8WFPVkm3MxQSMgBaV_0zuy4HlwDmVHY3NhRjgcb9X4u5ZTp9OUPGko13C5FeWGwQAZNlkBdJ2EYHGYF3kBcKz-4dKis/s1600-h/IMG_2258.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Sj9PmGfVuRENSs4sx1n5L5Hr8jQiDowU7vSnwn9Juqw1aiPc8WFPVkm3MxQSMgBaV_0zuy4HlwDmVHY3NhRjgcb9X4u5ZTp9OUPGko13C5FeWGwQAZNlkBdJ2EYHGYF3kBcKz-4dKis/s320/IMG_2258.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438368420058645794" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHCsGkxlnIETxv8ZQTC4gmrN0q8yAawwdShBkcCC2tz14CGMW0rjU24LG5W58g7qSz-ioQHx8-SjzY-I2qhDUMuZf4fwiqaR4xqmOb5OqlD6zp0Zk2agWWxRbECFG72jOFsTUkiycmtpk/s1600-h/IMG_2257.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHCsGkxlnIETxv8ZQTC4gmrN0q8yAawwdShBkcCC2tz14CGMW0rjU24LG5W58g7qSz-ioQHx8-SjzY-I2qhDUMuZf4fwiqaR4xqmOb5OqlD6zp0Zk2agWWxRbECFG72jOFsTUkiycmtpk/s320/IMG_2257.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438368415081130770" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This is a few more shots of the sittingroom panning around to some different corners. We are getting ready to rockface the fireplace. We are filling up this corner with washed rocks from the pile outside-- often there are rocks in the sink soaking-- even when it was the only sink.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84079119014874323.post-1862086561497018112010-02-14T23:21:00.001-08:002010-02-15T11:19:47.466-08:00Sittingroom<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbIXs9BtPYb51y5zfdeKE-Kvm-Ae-sTDIppQ-fiOQ2Rj9orUroGebcq3-23zThzsqviFhg6yGEXFzKBVbVBfKA9YkDss_GrC9y-vK58Skv7EW5T-gK3eBYRu607GsARID44YxzPAEarno/s1600-h/IMG_2252.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbIXs9BtPYb51y5zfdeKE-Kvm-Ae-sTDIppQ-fiOQ2Rj9orUroGebcq3-23zThzsqviFhg6yGEXFzKBVbVBfKA9YkDss_GrC9y-vK58Skv7EW5T-gK3eBYRu607GsARID44YxzPAEarno/s320/IMG_2252.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438367722380376434" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIu3Cfe3wZPPum2OzC1uIFtlrL9YvMmb3KRsY_RF2HBuNPeGlaHJVmnHQOgqNpdbtKm4eIDSz3f6sBd0VpiAK-bJcgx0zkrrgdBNCte0slV8vLND5rUyjpiLFo0SxbduOrw5NS6aotdgM/s1600-h/IMG_2242.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIu3Cfe3wZPPum2OzC1uIFtlrL9YvMmb3KRsY_RF2HBuNPeGlaHJVmnHQOgqNpdbtKm4eIDSz3f6sBd0VpiAK-bJcgx0zkrrgdBNCte0slV8vLND5rUyjpiLFo0SxbduOrw5NS6aotdgM/s320/IMG_2242.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438367718857016642" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixVpMxSbLfyYg-RhyphenhyphenJRDGJktqpENCHIOouy5d8N-IPtkb0Kwtjj3mQRCt-TBLHaoH2pw0YlRkg6CoeDOKdoIw2JQJYL7gsjdh3IO3GTbCxk-jBwyZDmeKd0En-tsUo0V0k_Wb99GHoDkQ/s1600-h/IMG_2153.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixVpMxSbLfyYg-RhyphenhyphenJRDGJktqpENCHIOouy5d8N-IPtkb0Kwtjj3mQRCt-TBLHaoH2pw0YlRkg6CoeDOKdoIw2JQJYL7gsjdh3IO3GTbCxk-jBwyZDmeKd0En-tsUo0V0k_Wb99GHoDkQ/s320/IMG_2153.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438367713179460610" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5_TqOvjaRZiHjHpj1I_HQyatx8nfkdoiIXO1MC33d4U2WC6caQ1sAk4hdED9UAhxLlBQ0pz008RIAy4iTCdUUHeYr8d8z5wwZHtyB6m9IbVQIhj60LTC6wbEJbB8ypoozI0lH9lFrEWs/s1600-h/IMG_2152.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5_TqOvjaRZiHjHpj1I_HQyatx8nfkdoiIXO1MC33d4U2WC6caQ1sAk4hdED9UAhxLlBQ0pz008RIAy4iTCdUUHeYr8d8z5wwZHtyB6m9IbVQIhj60LTC6wbEJbB8ypoozI0lH9lFrEWs/s320/IMG_2152.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438367710078609154" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_kszavZooiiC72Pm0wBcRKYJxDEtx7rPhpSC2uJmXYUIZK_coruVvCFM-On3nN15OEk4LS3p1vUQVmn97kNBVlflHfolg7X9wP9Db6R4JyYqpQBEtGC5CVC9RZ_nZI_AI9bAUUuDBSr0/s1600-h/IMG_2150.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_kszavZooiiC72Pm0wBcRKYJxDEtx7rPhpSC2uJmXYUIZK_coruVvCFM-On3nN15OEk4LS3p1vUQVmn97kNBVlflHfolg7X9wP9Db6R4JyYqpQBEtGC5CVC9RZ_nZI_AI9bAUUuDBSr0/s320/IMG_2150.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438367703242522946" border="0" /></a>The first picture isn't our sittingroom. It is Claire with my brother's Christmas present-- Tosho, the Akita puppy. Claire loves to babysit him.<br /><br />Thanksgiving day the kids spent the night with Lee and Delores at Grandma Phyllis's. We slept in and thought,"no kids! We can get a project done." We had just started sorting the schoolroom shelves and I thought, I bet, we can put our big shelf up. We had all the pieces even the screws (and it was neatly labeled.) David made this beautiful shelf for me years ago from old church floor, wood we bought in Sussex. We thought, a couple of hours this shelf will be bolted to the wall and we can go to Phyllis's for Thanksgiving dinner. (My pies were done, because I had no functional oven and made them at Sean's earlier in the week.) That wretched shelf took all weekend! It was THE holiday project. I have never seen David be so frustrated at something engineered square-- the new house walls are actually straight. Yeah! The bookshelf wasn't. It was made to fit a Victorian house wall that sloped slightly and then modified to fit the curve of the Oasthouse! Of course, we added to the problem by switching the sides around so the little shelf was on the left and the big on the right-- just opposite of how David originally designed it.<br /><br />Unpacking EVERY box of books, was like Christmas! We had not unpacked our boxes since moving-- just the kid's books. David says the house looks much more cozy in these pictures then in reality, so I have to point out the styrofoam walls, the unfinished gypcrete floors, and the wires everywhere.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84079119014874323.post-7286527534890337612010-02-14T23:17:00.000-08:002010-02-15T10:33:32.542-08:00Inside the house--<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilceDiuVkPekqDBEsfDlakaXSoSc1_Lp8f_2GfiMEG0guN82l8snXQHsbjfCdX9sg0yK7FjqGjpx3oFv-QtE5gq0BIPCmzuFQw6RpCZQgRVfSyN44Z0hDxJthJQsNKgHPROMv33BRzC60/s1600-h/IMG_2276.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilceDiuVkPekqDBEsfDlakaXSoSc1_Lp8f_2GfiMEG0guN82l8snXQHsbjfCdX9sg0yK7FjqGjpx3oFv-QtE5gq0BIPCmzuFQw6RpCZQgRVfSyN44Z0hDxJthJQsNKgHPROMv33BRzC60/s400/IMG_2276.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438366807859871714" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEoKTv2BiK9ZyKYrMmGfDGGVX6xGtD8EWRqIxkOsTlhHLjkZ9ACvhHQsD-by61ADymeo21UrydyiSfJJddV6hqL_p0SlNr1e1JAJcuOdIU6yaha1IwmDJ91hCUD1qXAIoO4DTiVsjMVv4/s1600-h/IMG_2274.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEoKTv2BiK9ZyKYrMmGfDGGVX6xGtD8EWRqIxkOsTlhHLjkZ9ACvhHQsD-by61ADymeo21UrydyiSfJJddV6hqL_p0SlNr1e1JAJcuOdIU6yaha1IwmDJ91hCUD1qXAIoO4DTiVsjMVv4/s400/IMG_2274.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438366804152699010" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5CQb9vflCCqyH3HgGqJAgjyfqI2itdbJqpTGJcqjJ9N5LNn9XQNHVPew09PmIFWLg39-F8ftfpInMn822g8xx1olk-kHiEX-r4-jUkPFjJBo-mKhjUmkKdCJNOWreZ_qwYzORJZAe0ak/s1600-h/IMG_2037.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5CQb9vflCCqyH3HgGqJAgjyfqI2itdbJqpTGJcqjJ9N5LNn9XQNHVPew09PmIFWLg39-F8ftfpInMn822g8xx1olk-kHiEX-r4-jUkPFjJBo-mKhjUmkKdCJNOWreZ_qwYzORJZAe0ak/s400/IMG_2037.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438366795062088002" border="0" /></a>This is the kitchen and the homeschool room. <br /><br />The kitchen has our one functional sink from June 2009 to Feb 2010! In the project as it progresses, we are learning to really appreciate the simple things in life-- a sink with running water or a sink with a mirror over it so you can see to shave! We reached a melt-down point with all the boxes. Claire NEEDED a dictionary and I could not think which box it was in. ( I could not stop to help her, because I was in the middle of a tiling batch with fast drying goop.) We had tears of frustration, so we decided walls or no walls we could not stand the 40 plus boxes of books any more. We set up all the shelves-- even found another one for ten dollars in a junk shop. Now we have access to EVERY reference book we own without scrabbling through tons of boxes. We burned the pile of boxes in great celebration! (better than Guy Fawkes.)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84079119014874323.post-34528527185874899322010-02-14T22:57:00.000-08:002010-02-15T10:36:46.909-08:00outside: winter scenes-- the frozen creek and deck.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6LY_bkQB8y9J_L7AU_irEBJKsJ4sIDZkDtUecxCtmsEM1KkKS_V8D_ZGzkcOZxcksxNKgjroJdN-16goZQ5MLHm8hF8qm-zyMA7MXYrgSTSSVALUrVUQy7406EwLVCmVxj4ygkBMHlGU/s1600-h/IMG_2191.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6LY_bkQB8y9J_L7AU_irEBJKsJ4sIDZkDtUecxCtmsEM1KkKS_V8D_ZGzkcOZxcksxNKgjroJdN-16goZQ5MLHm8hF8qm-zyMA7MXYrgSTSSVALUrVUQy7406EwLVCmVxj4ygkBMHlGU/s400/IMG_2191.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438365880423181026" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg31MzebZ4B_8oFjPdwcxnfToIPKOcmM35kbf2nfXaba7EbUZNpYh9YOTBAozKSdBOVYbaARVgIjYnqjvykJfor9cSiV4tmKDJ2edohRbOXbQYtks1YvM-eJ7e9cfYxCiMGR9h2iwQagTQ/s1600-h/IMG_2190.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg31MzebZ4B_8oFjPdwcxnfToIPKOcmM35kbf2nfXaba7EbUZNpYh9YOTBAozKSdBOVYbaARVgIjYnqjvykJfor9cSiV4tmKDJ2edohRbOXbQYtks1YvM-eJ7e9cfYxCiMGR9h2iwQagTQ/s400/IMG_2190.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438365876949632818" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJL2U5J9BUi9E44saqA0V6vKK8WKpaP9CbBHimtbFxPhaOVpYI9COKo-eF4rlwjK5RovxgEBvCuxS_1kdx-pi_xS8lqo7-9bkUPSQ7j6UC_j5if341RMarG2H2VGBMUXk9XvuYJO4jBKM/s1600-h/IMG_2178.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJL2U5J9BUi9E44saqA0V6vKK8WKpaP9CbBHimtbFxPhaOVpYI9COKo-eF4rlwjK5RovxgEBvCuxS_1kdx-pi_xS8lqo7-9bkUPSQ7j6UC_j5if341RMarG2H2VGBMUXk9XvuYJO4jBKM/s400/IMG_2178.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438365870794085314" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh-CixPwSARGytfiKNDFVdUPJTThNNYiUUjYz0pvle7VeT6sPZEn7csr_XJs8OBqOcD4vigDBFG8xkQd5C3xXxAHDi_8FTZv4JpAfUtZ4NGNcOQWC0RYxGY4ItY4s6ZnBMB84WkPhgSv0/s1600-h/IMG_2212.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh-CixPwSARGytfiKNDFVdUPJTThNNYiUUjYz0pvle7VeT6sPZEn7csr_XJs8OBqOcD4vigDBFG8xkQd5C3xXxAHDi_8FTZv4JpAfUtZ4NGNcOQWC0RYxGY4ItY4s6ZnBMB84WkPhgSv0/s400/IMG_2212.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438365868321895490" border="0" /></a><br />We've had a mild winter with one very cold spell early in the year. We had record cold and the creek actually partially froze. Claire took the camera down and made some great shots.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84079119014874323.post-1690332287790049072009-05-30T19:08:00.000-07:002009-05-30T19:32:01.415-07:00Mess<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuGE8XkQpAcD18shwVDGzegvZKsLSXXqBjdkKMtoTk1q9cL88gZ8G51j1Bivs7k73gt7hCYnpqHo_IpDV1gAh4RRySxLgLLFGJvcaTRRlGvL59hKujHmWGjFDIEqAEOZSKarRDqUZ0eho/s1600-h/IMG_1729.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341806067868308770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuGE8XkQpAcD18shwVDGzegvZKsLSXXqBjdkKMtoTk1q9cL88gZ8G51j1Bivs7k73gt7hCYnpqHo_IpDV1gAh4RRySxLgLLFGJvcaTRRlGvL59hKujHmWGjFDIEqAEOZSKarRDqUZ0eho/s400/IMG_1729.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimPCSbUdG7mJGssOejScYEWZWcuQTWWkbmtyfAnla6DSwZie4nkd_TG683-Oc0KfIaXPRl1sSMh9K7lexJcAhco-EUzKM2BATJaK8ZQVw-98z1VOQJPO-7-gZ5tSLAm_C6ZBgMdkjsjEE/s1600-h/IMG_1721.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341806066994624578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimPCSbUdG7mJGssOejScYEWZWcuQTWWkbmtyfAnla6DSwZie4nkd_TG683-Oc0KfIaXPRl1sSMh9K7lexJcAhco-EUzKM2BATJaK8ZQVw-98z1VOQJPO-7-gZ5tSLAm_C6ZBgMdkjsjEE/s400/IMG_1721.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfscQOQHLTnyq-LUV4nwwDNnm2aRzCWVkvkRguK-w9e3IGYzHsDiBtko5FQQshh-NkmeVgc2bjSAqGfazQkdOqDs0AABBDi7iy21-e_z0LqH2TWHTJcnQlJ4I-Geh6d5XP3rRfLf_Jj4c/s1600-h/IMG_1717.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341806057859502130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfscQOQHLTnyq-LUV4nwwDNnm2aRzCWVkvkRguK-w9e3IGYzHsDiBtko5FQQshh-NkmeVgc2bjSAqGfazQkdOqDs0AABBDi7iy21-e_z0LqH2TWHTJcnQlJ4I-Geh6d5XP3rRfLf_Jj4c/s400/IMG_1717.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwLJsYEX6GvtagYYV5zYQPrwysLEv5dvR0fJuE5ZGV_KB1gS3gzbD9HihoPjW8Q1iAm-4-V4_FtQm10mlPRciJFw-_w1KQ-6KUHH9B8YL6_rlzfFUJhtIvDk5aJCCMYKvW0_PPPH3hCf0/s1600-h/IMG_1714.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341806053116786930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwLJsYEX6GvtagYYV5zYQPrwysLEv5dvR0fJuE5ZGV_KB1gS3gzbD9HihoPjW8Q1iAm-4-V4_FtQm10mlPRciJFw-_w1KQ-6KUHH9B8YL6_rlzfFUJhtIvDk5aJCCMYKvW0_PPPH3hCf0/s400/IMG_1714.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh90yzZkFLU9JIrVFAv-bks5FUt73JTWRWq9YiaCeC6PrykHVexbr4A6NCFx1WKTRDKDVmbaxuDvzLqDu77snIEIWeDwioLOsDVXlsA3HYPiLPSpGfVT_HZ5kVBC5VSXzmZEnpC6djEv8/s1600-h/IMG_1722.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341804575173912802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh90yzZkFLU9JIrVFAv-bks5FUt73JTWRWq9YiaCeC6PrykHVexbr4A6NCFx1WKTRDKDVmbaxuDvzLqDu77snIEIWeDwioLOsDVXlsA3HYPiLPSpGfVT_HZ5kVBC5VSXzmZEnpC6djEv8/s400/IMG_1722.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />We really are getting close to moving in. The kids and I have driven many van loads of stuff over and unloaded it--including all the doors! I have bruses on my arms, each side, just where the big boxes of books hit-- as if David has grabbed me and forcibly restrained me.(so I tease him about abuse.) The fridge and cooker, standing in the middle of the room, are our kitchen-- pretty scary if you ask me.(We still need a sink before we move in.) James has taken over our sittingroom with his Rokenbok. He loves the space! Claire demonstrates the size of the windows in that room by stretching out. She is at least five foot two now. The big stack of boxes are in the basement where we plan to live when we first move in. It will be really messy, dusty, and we will live in boxes for ages! But we will be on site to actually get the work done.<br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84079119014874323.post-19390090349860989242009-05-30T18:50:00.001-07:002009-05-30T19:37:09.402-07:00Mud<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgACsSS0swKhWE5htzUKBEc7HjETBx2IP-0uAU-Bt4y20UMN9nCDpWEHzU06Lqw5dM7ciRFnYH6fX4U_Y-xW70EP6ZGr8w1J20V2tfj73y9kGJXm4_2eCBq0rewCRb-jH-qS18Fl7bqrAA/s1600-h/IMG_1723.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341804036637565986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgACsSS0swKhWE5htzUKBEc7HjETBx2IP-0uAU-Bt4y20UMN9nCDpWEHzU06Lqw5dM7ciRFnYH6fX4U_Y-xW70EP6ZGr8w1J20V2tfj73y9kGJXm4_2eCBq0rewCRb-jH-qS18Fl7bqrAA/s400/IMG_1723.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>This is a small portion of the mud we have to deal with. This is what I find the most daunting in the whole building project. This is clay--nothing will grow on it. (It is brought up from the geothermal work, the septic tank and the foundation.) I need to bring in top soil at further expense and plant it up with native growth which will only be swallowed by bramble out here. sigh! To avoid the bramble you need shade from huge trees or grass that you constantly mow.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84079119014874323.post-14815654727646765762009-05-30T18:44:00.001-07:002009-05-30T19:53:26.215-07:00Insulation<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaRQOSZUDK8kapYAZOqnyPSSqdrWm8v2pUuHigOXtbHsslhwiJudHGgfYf13GmBplqrr-P0QUG5xAZbJfBCEkF1oAeci5-MTAxsXtZxEdc0VLzzU5iF_Gv00CqS3p6yvkzsivOYhiHpHo/s1600-h/IMG_1706.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341798822793482082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaRQOSZUDK8kapYAZOqnyPSSqdrWm8v2pUuHigOXtbHsslhwiJudHGgfYf13GmBplqrr-P0QUG5xAZbJfBCEkF1oAeci5-MTAxsXtZxEdc0VLzzU5iF_Gv00CqS3p6yvkzsivOYhiHpHo/s400/IMG_1706.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYVTWn2F06JLSuxS0y3wQCaCP1nMLscImH_sP0_0z55fn-17OrDTyNDd1rYhR4kua-wMrXQgjBqEFU63aWcyFVzdXnbmP1dvyB6dCRp8ogkbmdPCAns82xWXIwWxhtOGUOn6c_KSivxW4/s1600-h/IMG_1703.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341798821395061394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYVTWn2F06JLSuxS0y3wQCaCP1nMLscImH_sP0_0z55fn-17OrDTyNDd1rYhR4kua-wMrXQgjBqEFU63aWcyFVzdXnbmP1dvyB6dCRp8ogkbmdPCAns82xWXIwWxhtOGUOn6c_KSivxW4/s400/IMG_1703.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />This is the ongoing insulation work that David has heroically taken on. The bottom picture is the tenting that he has done over the f--ing sprinkler system that cost $6,000 PLUS $2,000 in DDES inspection fees-- that we don't want in the first place! The second picture is the insulation in the upstairs walls.<br /><div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84079119014874323.post-22468676588506149532009-05-30T18:23:00.000-07:002009-05-30T20:01:31.932-07:00Tile Work<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDuThz9z64x-lNyV0MaFSRZ1x5t-i927qga-82ycChgnnV23vFsCMkBu3sQKsjWcac8v2HarZ0XgiEoKFPEHsxt-pugBcTax3F3l7x_EinDjnNtJuT14BwQ8Rjw09_F2khz2kqMc8Zu6M/s1600-h/IMG_1710.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341797532481154466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDuThz9z64x-lNyV0MaFSRZ1x5t-i927qga-82ycChgnnV23vFsCMkBu3sQKsjWcac8v2HarZ0XgiEoKFPEHsxt-pugBcTax3F3l7x_EinDjnNtJuT14BwQ8Rjw09_F2khz2kqMc8Zu6M/s400/IMG_1710.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLYIGh2xxPfwDTYoKffWO9w7O4HDZCUMdM3pUivhAAvuxK64zPwfDPC28f7Yf9a6d6rkjSoENC98YFt1FZncK88T5LYSp-mCM7yyGwA9_kHVywUkXr9j1V6GiDQWQJj21x4yvbADeiR7w/s1600-h/IMG_1701.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341796607027025954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLYIGh2xxPfwDTYoKffWO9w7O4HDZCUMdM3pUivhAAvuxK64zPwfDPC28f7Yf9a6d6rkjSoENC98YFt1FZncK88T5LYSp-mCM7yyGwA9_kHVywUkXr9j1V6GiDQWQJj21x4yvbADeiR7w/s400/IMG_1701.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY27yTg49JbnE92HxTb_iUkj5wE_6QQhyphenhyphencxXhyphenhyphensJKD_QigWIAeD9-J5VsqPjPhHHOmuEExPzx9CHcnXejthc5qOnXsOFCuGp6cABGCyA_Fm7Iv4TJq4WR4WPkCeiLutdCoGIc_Zq9XRxM/s1600-h/IMG_1707.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341796613850492946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY27yTg49JbnE92HxTb_iUkj5wE_6QQhyphenhyphencxXhyphenhyphensJKD_QigWIAeD9-J5VsqPjPhHHOmuEExPzx9CHcnXejthc5qOnXsOFCuGp6cABGCyA_Fm7Iv4TJq4WR4WPkCeiLutdCoGIc_Zq9XRxM/s400/IMG_1707.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgar6Kqr7kbi2fpTufKHv3lFIH-hd6ZeBlDLeVPXiP47Gofn0n18A76QqBwYQxI7Aie-hDru-xz8avsdkFczLF7VlSxvOr4LGMMbX2NRk7LvfhO0Ki7x3m87knXZAr-obgXdjqh5nBEHw0/s1600-h/IMG_1700.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341796605101815810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgar6Kqr7kbi2fpTufKHv3lFIH-hd6ZeBlDLeVPXiP47Gofn0n18A76QqBwYQxI7Aie-hDru-xz8avsdkFczLF7VlSxvOr4LGMMbX2NRk7LvfhO0Ki7x3m87knXZAr-obgXdjqh5nBEHw0/s400/IMG_1700.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />For some reason these pictures have gone every other one. The dark tiles are the slate(with a lot of lovely red iron ore in them) on the deck and the lighter tiles are the bathroom. </div><div>The bathroom tiles are small travertine-- cream and coffee coloured. We had to put them in before we could put in the toilet. We have half a toilet at the moment, because I was trying to put in antique toilets from the salvage shop. (two reasons-- they are nicer toilets and they use more water.) This is not an environmental issue in our neck of the woods. We haven't solved the issue of the pipe from the wall hanging cistrene to the toilet bowl. So to use this toilet, at the moment-- you have to fill a bucket of water and pour it down the bowl when you are finished. We hope this is not a permanant solution, but even half a toilet is a great improvement on no toilet! </div><div>It took me a little more than a week to tile the bathroom and more that three weeks to do the deck. It was either raining or so blaring hot that I had to kneel on cardboard to work on the black surface of the deck. I still have to seal the tiles on the deck.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkPikN2Z7Uje9C9PfbmW2Mo1fjyGmAhfQuWHifz2J7dG2DVcx9VnkJ1EMFRETedm_Pyqu57K2iC4Ao2pAdxjXIL5MWCuYjhhe_iOcH7ZAo2zFyFfDtNopIPoTUta4LahNoZrJ3q5pxKNA/s1600-h/IMG_1706.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_440syr4zLlJAooerad0frAsQWg-vXALRgHeW5tNfnzNlsrU7mfFQ_EWVcxpBPoJEPUD72qJFmd6lW7E7gKhz8NXPwP4d33VnZgsctGbyU4k-Ari8m7Z4kX1BiqWZhdyCCDWpddTaLKE/s1600-h/IMG_1703.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84079119014874323.post-45224292846957291572009-02-03T23:48:00.000-08:002009-02-07T11:16:54.117-08:00house<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV_OtlJaXLnedovWfigO7KYV7Mjbm0RVeJeAF3MxeIJu1kG4-4FzlGnW-hy37t0j5yIPmPtb2EqlKyDI2ERbnWvc2breVhnuzk3t4o3DTWyL_m94i43-FzPJd8xx88mykTcENQElZ0Kvw/s1600-h/IMG_1452.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298852334037650434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV_OtlJaXLnedovWfigO7KYV7Mjbm0RVeJeAF3MxeIJu1kG4-4FzlGnW-hy37t0j5yIPmPtb2EqlKyDI2ERbnWvc2breVhnuzk3t4o3DTWyL_m94i43-FzPJd8xx88mykTcENQElZ0Kvw/s400/IMG_1452.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQkfFGrB_WnmjnN8Ob_pZo38xswmPW8LTRRl6FdH91u7a5BKtrbruRcYHLvr7xY8mSxqfYt3yM8fFlxSdM7ARN-ACGHbHzcjKBS6Dz74qfwikLQUsl351-M2nBLs7uZ0FhMAproEsj-S4/s1600-h/IMG_1430.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298850648913487522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQkfFGrB_WnmjnN8Ob_pZo38xswmPW8LTRRl6FdH91u7a5BKtrbruRcYHLvr7xY8mSxqfYt3yM8fFlxSdM7ARN-ACGHbHzcjKBS6Dz74qfwikLQUsl351-M2nBLs7uZ0FhMAproEsj-S4/s400/IMG_1430.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp_GiDik4VDVniXB_7Yfhyq7TxOgxk12sgB8NhU8juby7JQWL-vlv6h62EA3i8PGxdN6lGw-tXu0Oq2_oSgz2nYUaoFxbd5TtDKuI7M9Mu0SvyVxaUmH0vn2N37i2lVM62w4PUZ3kVi3o/s1600-h/IMG_1409.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298849113329102290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp_GiDik4VDVniXB_7Yfhyq7TxOgxk12sgB8NhU8juby7JQWL-vlv6h62EA3i8PGxdN6lGw-tXu0Oq2_oSgz2nYUaoFxbd5TtDKuI7M9Mu0SvyVxaUmH0vn2N37i2lVM62w4PUZ3kVi3o/s400/IMG_1409.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi38fyD8Fgmwot4cEhxZGD84RyAeLYvE2Dcx-QnOW6CJIlqymJFiQDpIDGeupXe4pMpi4MzZmsqwdIIKzSxrLE8BjvwpH_IegBtyZeBd4Z8XueR0-d5QJKg_37z9fMcBRKdxelwdt4DbDc/s1600-h/IMG_1408.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298847374050202482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi38fyD8Fgmwot4cEhxZGD84RyAeLYvE2Dcx-QnOW6CJIlqymJFiQDpIDGeupXe4pMpi4MzZmsqwdIIKzSxrLE8BjvwpH_IegBtyZeBd4Z8XueR0-d5QJKg_37z9fMcBRKdxelwdt4DbDc/s400/IMG_1408.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />The stucco is done and this is all four sides of the house for the first time.(The snow took down the silt fence, so I could get over it at the back and get pictures.) It is really green, but we love it.<br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84079119014874323.post-58808518970782570472009-02-03T23:37:00.001-08:002009-02-07T11:21:43.823-08:00door and balcony<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ3TaDiBWhR21hNDMsmcWt-9wCSpekTakjus9D7aLpvrw95kUxQ29EhSI1jdXBvu2Q0CssKwBKHU5d_CMGFA-MNGUI_lRPDUPvrh9KtmF4S6pnYkzmJWGIZXCgZUmD7-KcTAxIo_c_P0I/s1600-h/IMG_1423.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298845814029763186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ3TaDiBWhR21hNDMsmcWt-9wCSpekTakjus9D7aLpvrw95kUxQ29EhSI1jdXBvu2Q0CssKwBKHU5d_CMGFA-MNGUI_lRPDUPvrh9KtmF4S6pnYkzmJWGIZXCgZUmD7-KcTAxIo_c_P0I/s400/IMG_1423.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtDFW8cmABJQfciOwwngvHqrO9rP78oZwmk7kD5f8Bb-T-MBuV0ZXsLjaxhi1Bkub7NxlTyhsau3gVlsYvLZ2D2EKQUhcOz5FVsGaTzUyoMXHkkzbBpQwXu22J2D12ypz7sQXt6qZh4P4/s1600-h/IMG_1417.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298844170957238882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtDFW8cmABJQfciOwwngvHqrO9rP78oZwmk7kD5f8Bb-T-MBuV0ZXsLjaxhi1Bkub7NxlTyhsau3gVlsYvLZ2D2EKQUhcOz5FVsGaTzUyoMXHkkzbBpQwXu22J2D12ypz7sQXt6qZh4P4/s400/IMG_1417.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />This is a picture standing on the balcony off the master bedroom. I tried to get some pictures of creek and mountain from balcony, but light wasn't good and will add those later. we look right at the side of the mountain rising up behind the house. It is very pretty. This is the door to the balcony. After I stripped the door-- under the paint and stuff, it was stained badly, so I had to paint this side of it. David worries it is a bit hippyish-- not his favourite thing I have done to the house!<br /><div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84079119014874323.post-24334395131489647162009-02-03T23:32:00.000-08:002009-02-07T11:23:35.606-08:00weather vane<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp4MlaTaZqHmKRf14qOPnl72xc8bbQR2Mf4bfE3F1tBDB4PLo1jfIgzN_tEbAfnkE1RJ1jqg1RAYAUDPT9g3uoSsLStqmySsnKIOE8l4g5sPo51qILqnLXsXi8OoS0gTdqywYNhNhck-A/s1600-h/IMG_1450.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298842881358868546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp4MlaTaZqHmKRf14qOPnl72xc8bbQR2Mf4bfE3F1tBDB4PLo1jfIgzN_tEbAfnkE1RJ1jqg1RAYAUDPT9g3uoSsLStqmySsnKIOE8l4g5sPo51qILqnLXsXi8OoS0gTdqywYNhNhck-A/s400/IMG_1450.JPG" border="0" /></a> It is a bit small way up there, but we still like it. I wasn't sure a dragon was the right thing for our house-- but it was my absolute favourite one on all the sites. Kate says that, this is the raggedy edge and on the edge of medieval maps there are dragons!<br /><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84079119014874323.post-54480288879501606062009-02-03T23:07:00.001-08:002009-02-07T11:28:55.556-08:00underfloor heat<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3vJUmJzHEihtamnj6lUspFrdmTgYjFOKMLIzuOjH3a7n4bvWRlQEoYcjXDjOxv28T5G7rAmbck3KRV8uoXNDEOzHpS-MFJZbwlLZNU0wgYmk-Yh2Q5KbdhH7nK8oh6gs8SW3kKGEMPe8/s1600-h/IMG_1428.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298841698056246306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3vJUmJzHEihtamnj6lUspFrdmTgYjFOKMLIzuOjH3a7n4bvWRlQEoYcjXDjOxv28T5G7rAmbck3KRV8uoXNDEOzHpS-MFJZbwlLZNU0wgYmk-Yh2Q5KbdhH7nK8oh6gs8SW3kKGEMPe8/s400/IMG_1428.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFJBY3BXqTr1IDEDuF-taK4UtvVM8ONIne_xaIurR8fgHiPzGV7NrkGA_nKCgd3c4oBhUBAHYuoVGyvGJzBBW834DqnO0Nr1qS_u7cYNY_C0R-LHhoxqbh8lmyxYfp7Myy4ngblTWj84Y/s1600-h/IMG_1411.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298839421991917026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFJBY3BXqTr1IDEDuF-taK4UtvVM8ONIne_xaIurR8fgHiPzGV7NrkGA_nKCgd3c4oBhUBAHYuoVGyvGJzBBW834DqnO0Nr1qS_u7cYNY_C0R-LHhoxqbh8lmyxYfp7Myy4ngblTWj84Y/s400/IMG_1411.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />This is the underfloor heating for the bedrooms-- isn't it cool? They will pour gypcrete over this as soon as the septic tank is in and we have water to mix in it. I am so excited about this type of heating. I was talking to someone just the other day who has the same heating and he says he has never raised his themometor gage above 68F. (The geothermal heats the water to 64F!) The top picture is the manifold-- this is the place all the pipes come out of the floor and hook up to the pump.<br /><div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84079119014874323.post-18260773685857328812009-02-03T23:00:00.001-08:002009-02-07T11:29:58.358-08:00stucco<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEFzrJ5c0q9YXMWPEnzdV8R5m5dybEQhH0_VCSCNPHzXGiErZqIJY23IfIp36fRr8LqxofIbrircRVYV-8iBXy6sT-EKaE0fyWuyi80MYNA9tHUi0PxAjHcaMqgtp5Zu2Kb5bGi5xbyHA/s1600-h/IMG_1394.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298834734786802242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEFzrJ5c0q9YXMWPEnzdV8R5m5dybEQhH0_VCSCNPHzXGiErZqIJY23IfIp36fRr8LqxofIbrircRVYV-8iBXy6sT-EKaE0fyWuyi80MYNA9tHUi0PxAjHcaMqgtp5Zu2Kb5bGi5xbyHA/s400/IMG_1394.JPG" border="0" /></a> House as a ghost. The house looked like this for weeks while the stucco dried!<br /><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84079119014874323.post-65447427385666323572009-02-03T22:20:00.001-08:002009-02-07T11:35:08.270-08:00creek<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqv2o8PZ96f26-MsfJgh9bVXmtBDpU9xJvAmw9caZGZvh_jdOgPrn6pbUGMt-GFn-VlgRKMUtJTyEESagx9YMjy2fWA_ey7wgzr980jbSIXqbRNZSr5mGWzqTHDNrrrPLbe_n7Inc-ak8/s1600-h/IMG_1447.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298833108405720674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqv2o8PZ96f26-MsfJgh9bVXmtBDpU9xJvAmw9caZGZvh_jdOgPrn6pbUGMt-GFn-VlgRKMUtJTyEESagx9YMjy2fWA_ey7wgzr980jbSIXqbRNZSr5mGWzqTHDNrrrPLbe_n7Inc-ak8/s400/IMG_1447.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQWH8wMyf8Gmy9xA_t9xXGOCzos8a8-nWo4m0kXut4OUMVpDpUydRAIruALEnqkrkDf0hEIR4MQcMZjru-U08fVPFFhYN_IMrviAZnNVQstR6XQ2dNEybKBFRRLPcDVhI6XeZAylO_-RI/s1600-h/IMG_1442.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298831219286644258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQWH8wMyf8Gmy9xA_t9xXGOCzos8a8-nWo4m0kXut4OUMVpDpUydRAIruALEnqkrkDf0hEIR4MQcMZjru-U08fVPFFhYN_IMrviAZnNVQstR6XQ2dNEybKBFRRLPcDVhI6XeZAylO_-RI/s400/IMG_1442.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIKnQUjj2VZor5lYna3-oWRR5jiBUJASxb-t9kWEEOZRsn7ZZpLnflEjdn6Lu_37P2z_e-etbG9NT40xfvgxs5pmyZ566Hn3jxMmDnNaZVMxzgw_Zl-OBgvRv9hKktI3rzqucS-Z8B11Q/s1600-h/IMG_1437.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298829489301826338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIKnQUjj2VZor5lYna3-oWRR5jiBUJASxb-t9kWEEOZRsn7ZZpLnflEjdn6Lu_37P2z_e-etbG9NT40xfvgxs5pmyZ566Hn3jxMmDnNaZVMxzgw_Zl-OBgvRv9hKktI3rzqucS-Z8B11Q/s400/IMG_1437.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAq2GGeWVNOwaXqX-w6BsHiepGALyacdMleTD0IttMUJUW33eRp46jHMhYtcTeTzuERT9UklqpH08nyHFFx1JyUd5wGeImcP8naW6nRLcTOD7IDkzeCEIh97JlwY3plcXcVsz7Bde61zI/s1600-h/IMG_1433.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298827009832798946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAq2GGeWVNOwaXqX-w6BsHiepGALyacdMleTD0IttMUJUW33eRp46jHMhYtcTeTzuERT9UklqpH08nyHFFx1JyUd5wGeImcP8naW6nRLcTOD7IDkzeCEIh97JlwY3plcXcVsz7Bde61zI/s400/IMG_1433.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-K3xRde1w47Gp4ePDHkLxjpv2LyymlYdkC47I5DXalOxiErEPNPGVBPy6Bo4tgNaYhJx0l7bGCV-PqUzRxdm3vLvZBWEYY5wbMgvNugkezh21icHWJkcsQluMf5ps0K86G8JJBSRtigA/s1600-h/IMG_1436.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298824510237875042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-K3xRde1w47Gp4ePDHkLxjpv2LyymlYdkC47I5DXalOxiErEPNPGVBPy6Bo4tgNaYhJx0l7bGCV-PqUzRxdm3vLvZBWEYY5wbMgvNugkezh21icHWJkcsQluMf5ps0K86G8JJBSRtigA/s400/IMG_1436.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />None of the pictures of the creek show quite how wonderful it is. These are pretty good so I wanted to post them. What I would really like to get posted is the big rock just below this water fall. It is about six or seven feet long and easily five feet high. It is mossy and lovely-- a big pool of water forms behind it and two water falls fall on each side of it. Every time I photo it, it just disappears in the picture. I can't get one which shows its sheer size and loveliness. The back wall of the house (those three big floor to ceiling windows) and the balcony look down on this!<br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84079119014874323.post-24009938127358223802009-02-03T22:13:00.001-08:002009-02-07T11:36:24.687-08:00cob<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjhPxWsGtV4QhvIIFPLCZZURn57J2tSj0OMZIG2pjVJ1w33L4Pmmm1c308fenY9wN0L6JOCMzj372icezj-_6YQB5NM3ZOebqVcY6P0cw49kuxlWiHPEUK0vwAqpzDE7wVQBQM5GQwI-c/s1600-h/IMG_1247.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298822990926849746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjhPxWsGtV4QhvIIFPLCZZURn57J2tSj0OMZIG2pjVJ1w33L4Pmmm1c308fenY9wN0L6JOCMzj372icezj-_6YQB5NM3ZOebqVcY6P0cw49kuxlWiHPEUK0vwAqpzDE7wVQBQM5GQwI-c/s400/IMG_1247.JPG" border="0" /></a> Cob is not suppose to sprout-- seeds from the strawbale!<br /><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0