Mary Bohan

worked with us for 2 weeks. she worked on
plastering from top to bottom

Bug to be

bugs...insects.... what is this? its so neat looking while a family of 5 are eating the tiny sprouts of our beautiful to be tree, the Framboyant.
I am removing them from the tree, one squirted out its behind a thin whitish fluid with enough force to squirt a few feet, maybe a poison? Its probably an "assassin bug" this is a good "photo", of a different, documented assassin bug, explaining my theory.

below photo, same cool bug

above photo is the back side with a good view of the roof. and guess what? it works, i mean the roof, it rained hard a few times and no leaks at all!


below photo is a view into the center living room window, with the kitchen wall in the back.

near completion

sorry its been so long. no real reason, just been busy working and i have been quite lazy to get on the computer to show progress.

the roof was installed over a month ago. the doors and windows are now framed. electricity is in, as is plumbing. the first coat of interior plaster will start in earnest this Monday

long time no post

above photo. near lunch time on the 8th of march.


above photo. the roof mock up as seen from the east walls.


above photo is our neighbor, Manuel. he is 64 years young. he mixes the cob up for us 4 hours a day, 5 days a week. hes great. he a natural cob mixer, the best i have seen and it is the first time he has ever done it.


above photo. lintels are up. this photo is from over a week ago. i hurt my knee on march 4th. a rock rolled down on it, no pain at all..... about 36 hours later, during the night it started hurting bad. the sports medicine doc is now working on it all this week.

this will be a home, not a house

above photo is me, Mark Grossman. resting my pitchfork full of "cob" on the scaffolding. i am awaiting Gordons signal that he needs it


above photo is a rare back side photo. taken from our neighbors land. you can see our current home in the background.


above photo is the sleeping loft. and Ollie under playing the guitar.


above photo. Ollie in the cozy eating are. above is the wooden loft for sleeping. i am quite proud of my woodworking here.

above photo. this is the end of the week. feb. 29. leap year.

Feb. 26, 2008