driveway, cleared the site, dug the foundation and poured the cement footings. This week they are framing in the cisterns and first floor slab. The next concrete pour will be soon. Hey, this was supposed to be a slow process! But everyone tells us that the work will go in spurts and stops. So, who am I to complain?
Jim has been traveling. Up to New York and then out of California. Business, business. Busy, busy. Bob has been minding the store. Store? The art gallery is closed until mid-November. I've been trying to paint, but keep getting distracted.
Jim missed the opening dig, and here he is coming up the driveway to check out the progress. I think he was surprised.
Here you can see the two cisterns. The floors are in and they are framing the walls. Once the concrete is poured they will back-fill around them. The den and master bedroom still over these.
How about that view? 26,000 gallons of water at 300 feet above sea level.
Hope those walls are strong?
Steel arrives. All the way from Puerto Rico. Is thers such a thing as Spanish steel? I've heard of Spanish fly, but not steel! Anyway, this is some of the rebar that will be imbedded in the walls.
This shot is looking across the lower bedrooms towards the rear of the house.
A small shed has been built to house equipment and such that needs to stay out of the rain. Or perhaps they lock it up to keep it away from the goats and donkeys. Both climb around here at
will! This shed is sitting about where we expect to park the Jeep(s).
This week the plumber and electrician start to lay out pipes to go beneath the first floor slab. We are still sorting out parking locations. But the architect tells us to wait until the main floor is in so that we can see how to hide the parking. Whatever!
Jim is heading up to Boston tomorrow. So I guess I'll just grab a bottle of wine and head out to the site. I'll be sitting at the top of the lot watching the crew at work. Think of me toasting the crew, and looking out at this............ Life is good!
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