Taken to task lately...

For not posting progress reports...

The plumbing is about 90% complete, and I will only get the placement of the switches, outlets and lights before I go.

Today I put in a dropped ceiling for the hallway and above the main kitchen area for some visual interest...

Suppose I should give an update...

The rough-in plumbing is nearly complete...

And I have a large bump on my head from leaping out of the well rings through a very small porthole after I turned the water back on from inside the casings...

I heard a noise that alarmed my primal core and turned to see a rattlesnake staring at me from a foot and a half away as he sat on one of the controls that was mounted on the inside of the concrete casing rings...  I shot straight up that porthole that had me struggling to get out of an hour earlier.

Good thing I had taken a large duke that morning or I most likely would have soiled my drawers ; )

Back to work...

Just for a couple of weeks...

Flew in this morning, with an extra bonus from a very generous friend...

And here was my greeting committee at the house...

Not to mention the sight and smell of dead mice in the RV ; )

Time lapse of the 2013 phase of the Balky Hill House Build...

Looks so easy ; )

Taking a break...

Here's some pics of the house at the present stage...

From the South...

From the Southwest...

From the West, with the garage in the background...

And the garage that I built last Summer...

Jake just dropped these off...

He welded up the brackets that will support the trellises above each of the South Side window banks...

Thanks, Jake!

The gates are done...

Just finished installing the farm gates...

Spent the early part of the day loading the Subaru interior and top rack with used building materials, and delivering them to Methow Resource Recovery - a building materials reuse center.