| | 6/17/06 - Building the door frame | |
| | | | Sasha resting in the shade under the door frame | |
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| | Measuring to pour the concrete step | |
| | | Front door ... anchored from the wind | |
| | | 7/1/06 - The very first strawbale! | |
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| | | Each bale was set over rebar to keep it in place | |
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| | First row of strawbales done! | |
| | | Jed building the window frames | |
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| | | | What's left of the strawbales after the 1st day | |
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| | Jed staking the strawbales, leveling, and compacting | |
| | | Melissa getting straw filler to fill in the gaps between the bales | |
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| | | | 7/3/06 - The load of roofing materials maxed the truck out | |
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| | Setting the top level of bales over the windows | |
| | | Working in the intermittent rain all weekend | |
| | | An interesting critter in the straw | |
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| | Mom pounding the bales into place and rounding them out | |
| | | The afternoon storm rolling in | |
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| | The first set into place on the roof | |
| | | This was a big accomplishment for 3 people | |
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| | | 7/4/06 - All logs set into place across the roof | |
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| | Ahhhh.... 2 years to dig out and do the foundation. 2 days to put up the walls. | |
| | | | Jed compressing the strawbales with the come along | |
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| | Building the framing for the roof to go in between the beams | |
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| | | the tree beams and the roof supports | |
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