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Almost every day starts with breakfast in the sunshine :) |
Almost every day starts with breakfast in the sunshine :) |
Today really hard work was required. I have shoveled about 2 tons of gravel into a 2 ft deep pit in the middle of the driveway and then tamped it down. For this, I had plugged two large nails as handles in one of the heavier pieces of logs. |
Today really hard work was required. I have shoveled about 2 tons of gravel into a 2 ft deep pit in the middle of the driveway and then tamped it down. For this, I had plugged two large nails as handles in one of the heavier pieces of logs. |
4 hours later, done! The hole driveway is leveled. Now we were able to drive in with the car. |
4 hours later, done! The hole driveway is leveled. Now we were able to drive in with the car. |
Alina marks the prospective corner posts of the house with paint. |
Alina marks the prospective corner posts of the house with paint. |
Pia further piles up cut off branches and bushes. Finally, a hedge is formed along the road - almost 9 ft high and 250 ft wide. |
Pia further piles up cut off branches and bushes. Finally, a hedge is formed along the road - almost 9 ft high and 250 ft wide. |
I pull cedar logs (40 ft length) with a come-a-long on storage logs, so they don't rot on the ground. |
I pull cedar logs (40 ft length) with a come-a-long on storage logs, so they don't rot on the ground. |
Alina had her fun, too and was proud to be able to move such large strains. She said that the boys in her class would not have as much power. |
Alina had her fun, too and was proud to be able to move such large strains. She said that the boys in her class would not have as much power. |
After this all is peeled and stacked again in the storage area . I will use these logs for the substructure of the house. |
After this all is peeled and stacked again in the storage area . I will use these logs for the substructure of the house. |
In the meantime, I moved on very well with building the outhouse... |
In the meantime, I moved on very well with building the outhouse... |
... and for this year I will leave it that way. |
... and for this year I will leave it that way. |
Anyway, I have decided to build a new toilet bowl, because I found a very heavy piece of hardwood (maybe ironwood!?). It took two days and 6 fillings of fuel for the chainsaw to hollow it out. |
Anyway, I have decided to build a new toilet bowl, because I found a very heavy piece of hardwood (maybe ironwood!?). It took two days and 6 fillings of fuel for the chainsaw to hollow it out. |
Alina nailed our name on a board - with 350 of 1 inch roofing nails. By now, that's her third work of art here! |
Alina nailed our name on a board - with 350 of 1 inch roofing nails. By now, that's her third work of art here! |
At the end provided with a frame (Alina has built most of its on her own!) and placed at the entrance. Better than any other house number! |
At the end provided with a frame (Alina has built most of its on her own!) and placed at the entrance. Better than any other house number! |
Meantime, we are feeling right at home here!! |
Meantime, we are feeling right at home here!! |
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