flying lobster traps

on our way to the house this morning to work, we were behind a fisherman's pickup. one of his lobster traps went careening off the back and we stopped behind it with flashers on until he could put it in reverse and get out to pick it up. 

how many people are lucky enough to dodge flying lobster traps in the morning. i love my life.

and now for the world rocking

the pumpkin found a new home away from the activity at the front door

YAY, metal!

how cool (and before anyone says how the trim color isn't supposed to be the same color as the wall, i don't care, because this is the look i was going for, kind of nyc gallery like)

how cool is the light that comes in (the sink base is going to be clad in corrugated galvie)

THE coolest sink EVER

north-east corner

love love love

my sink rawwwwwks (in fact i had to be alone with it earlier)

oooh, i love exposed metal conduit

helper/ankle-biter

the kitchen work surfaces (this wall is pale blue, you can't really tell in the pic)

west-end gable

east-end gable

and here are the fosters (sanchez and junior) electric

the next post will...

will rock everyone's world.

ok, maybe just mine, but shazam, stuff is getting DONE.

ps

thanks to d.b. for helping me move many heavy things last sunday.

and i feel much better after our talk. thanks.

coooool

we have had to make quite a few adaptations. this is ryan's cool solution to the gable end of the house.

on the way

we had the the nesea green building tour on saturday. a lot of people came out to tour. someone even drove 3 1/5 hours to see my house. wow. that is very impressive.

sheetrock looks amazing. 

this isn't awkward, is it?

no, this is a pumpkin.

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

here is all the info for you gawkers out there

the kit and design are from noble home...
http://www.noble-home.net/
you can go to their site and learn all about the materials used to build this.

if you want the best builder on the cape, hire ryan weber.
r.m. weber contracting (based in eastham) 508.237.9703

if you want to know who NOT to use, just ask me about my ICF foundation.

the other links to the right are my painting, which is my work, and various links related to this structure.

skunk fur

the color of the trim paint is called Raccoon Fur by ben moore, it's a low luster exterior paint. the boys call it skunk fur. now i call it skunk fur. i love skunk fur.

mildly relevant

THE coolest stuff EVER...
don't click this link unless you are prepared to buy me something from this shop