July 2011

In July 2011, we had the rest of the plastering done, via workbee and Swamp and Travis mostly working on the gaps...see previous post "Mid Summer Workbee".

Then, the windows went in!  What a transformation!  Exciting stuff, and a little sad too, to see the separation of outside and inside become a reality...sigh.  Would love to live in a place that didn't require windows, but then again, they sure are handy when the wind blows too hard, or the mosquitos want a piece of me, or yes, when the winter comes to visit....next life, Bali.  anyway, they went in fast and relatively easy, so Swamp and Travis tell me.  In an ideal world, we would have chosen wooden framed windows, but the cost was prohibitive.  Such is life.  These will last longer, or so that is what we console ourselves with...