Day 3...

We left the windows open during the night for circulation, and found a pair of wrens inside in the morning!

Andre and Stephan White came to help! (Andre is on the right in this photo.)

Billows of powdered lime!

Someone tells a humorous story

Not so good...

Better

No, it's not a sprinkler--it's a leaky hose.

Still Life :)

We almost finished the whole "brown" coat today!

An antique photo.

Day 2...

Daddy got to try his hand at this!

We were grateful for the help of some of the Kautt family! On the left are Johanna and Phoebe--Caleb came yesterday as well as today!

The scaffolding was a tremendous convenience!

Caleb and Dad ready to shovel.

Johanna's hair became gray from working under the scaffolding. (dropping "mud" was inevitable!)

We finished the "scratch" coat!

Day 1 of the plastering...

Andrew made several "hawks" for us to use because the store only had one!

Last minute preparations!

Nathaniel licks his lips as they mix up the "stone soup".

A shovel of sands flies into the mixer!

Halfway into the afternoon it began to pour! We got soaked to the skin mixing up our second batch of plaster.

Application

Deluge

This much done in one afternoon!

Preparing to plaster the straw bale house...

Discussion.

We spent most of our time, sewing metal lath around the base of the walls where there was tarp coving the bales.

Window seat.


A funky Caterpillar!

Fun in the Mud!

Deborah and Stephen love the puddles!

There is sticky mud underneath!

"Don't loose your boots!"

Too cute!

Mud-caked boots leave large foot prints!