Back From Thanksgiving

My Reflection in the PV Panels

I love the way the sun looks in the evenings around this time of year, so I took a lot of pictures today. It was nice to come back to such a relaxing place after spending 18 hours in a car (not my idea of a good time). So to catch up with the project, we spent a couple days before I left last week plastering the loft.

Here I am a couple of weeks ago installing the recessed lighting in the observatory roof. We then insulated the ceiling from below as we nailed the finished ceiling up.

The light was hitting the house just right this evening. I couldn't resist snapping a picture from this angle again.

Here is the finished plaster around one of the windows.

Here you can see the smooth texture of the finish plaster. It has such a soft, natural feeling.

Official End of the Building Season

The building season is now over. Some of us have moved on to new adventures. Some of us are starting our own projects. Jennifer and I are continuing to work on the project but we can definitely feel things are slowing down. We have been working on the loft, trying to get it finished so I can move into it for the winter. Right now I am living in Gnome Castle, an earthbag dome built by Jeff over the past 2 years. It is nice and cozy.

Jeff inside his dome installing the wood stove.

Here is randy trimming the rafter tails on the 3 foot overhang of the observation roof. He is tied with a rope which I am holding behind him while he dangles 40 feet up in the air using a circular saw. It was an intense moment.

Horacio, Jennifer, and I are enjoying some of the food during our end of the season cookout. This was our party (on Halloween day) to commemorate the end of the building season and th celebrate all that we have accomplished this summer.

We had grilled veggies. SO GOOD!

Group photo. That night we had a community wide traveling Halloween party where people would host a short party at their home, then the whole group would continue to the next place. What a crazy group!