thank you kyle

hurricane kyle has dropped about 5 inches in the last 48 hours here and the seeds i put down friday, have already germinated. there are roots sprouting out of all of them! i also got to check out the basement pre-sheetrock and so far so good, no water.

here is e.t. looking jaunty during kyle while surveying her foam home.

"el-eee-uuuuut"

people are inquiring as to how fry is doing

there are no definitive answers from the vet, but after searching online, this seems to be the most likely cause... and the photos posted online are most similar to it...

Canine Cutaneous Histiocytoma 

A histiocytoma in the dog is a benign tumor. It is an abnormal growth in the skin of histiocytes (histiocytosis), a cell that is part of the immune system.

Most commonly histiocytomas are found in young dogs and appear as a small, solitary, hairless lump.

Most histiocytomas will regress within two or three months.

starting websites for my crew

the first one is ainsley's. he was really on the ball about getting me the info he wanted and the images... check out his fine work...

ainsley's concrete

it looks like the misty mountains of maine

so, i have front steps, and some windows. the glass company measured incorrectly. monday we will close in the remaining window openings with plastic and proceed with interior doings.

i have been breaking my back on the grounds all weeks. raking seeding shoveling, you name it. but i got all the spelt and winter rye down before the rains came in on friday.

i am having the fridge delivered monday. eesh. and getting a quote on the driveway. and... you can see in the photo below, i have a dead pine that needs to leave the premises as soon as possible.

i have had some really nice visitors this week. many neighbors saying how much they like the place. it's nice to hear that. and my friendly neighborhood officer mark stopped by to check on progress. it's also nice to know he is keeping an eye on things in this neck of the forest.

yesterday...

i felt was a day to mark in the process. it was the last day of digging on the property.

i still need to take a tree down that looks like it met it's maker and is too close to the house and driveway for my taste, and put the driveway in, and throw some more dirt down... but no one will be showing up with giant equipment to rip trenches into the ground. gas, water and electric are all officially installed underground.

yesterday was also a death defying day on the roof, but i won't get into that.
today is ikea!!! i (heart) ikea.
and from tomorrow until monday i am going to bust a move on the stucco and seed before carol(yn) gets here.

thinking positive

positively exactly what i wanted.
am in the middle of stucco-ing the entire foundation myself. a side effect of my unfortunate foundation job. long story. on my way to go pick up some concrete tint to darken the next coat.
also planning on adding a drip trim to the bottom of the metal as it comes around. and hopefully a corner edge all the way down

this is the view now that the septic has been backfilled. this week i am spreading seed there. spelt if you can believe it. it's an ancient grain.

like a bad dream

today i took fry to the vet so they could reassure me that the thing that just appeared on her chin is only an abrasion. they didn't do that. they thought it might be cancerous.

the next hour was spent with me trying to hold her down while they took a needle biopsy of her chin. she was screaming and jerking so violently that i was covered in her blood. she was then given an iv sedative during which i held her as she fell asleep in my arms, they tried the needle thing again, she still screamed, and now i am crying my eyes out. the end result is inconclusive. they aren't alarmed with the look of the cells, so she is now on antibiotics for two weeks, after which we go back to make sure it isn't worse, and if it is, there will be a large biopsy taken.

after today's ordeal, i carried her to the truck because she was so knocked out she couldn't stand and i just wished to god that the vet had some of that sedative to give me as well. we got back to our temporary nest and i layed her on the bed and curled up with her and slept, trying to pretend this morning was just a bad dream.

friday, you are not allowed to get sick, do you hear me?

nesea

october 4th we will be on the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association's 2008 Green Buildings Open House tour. it will take place 10am - 4pm
http://nesea.org/buildings/openhouse/

a lot has gone on this week

the electric went in, the water went in, the septic went in, most of the rough plumbing went in. i also set fry's house dedication into the floor. basically it says none of this would be happening if she hadn't come into my life.

the septic
the house on the hill
the studio
the bedroom
friday with her dedication

this is a disgrace!

no it isn't! this floor is BEAUTIFUL!






a tee shirt logo i did for ryan...

concrete

ainsley is pouring the concrete today.
he does gorgeous work.
ainsley kmiec (based in wellfleet) concrete floors 508.527.4559