I am so grateful for all my creative diversions that take me into the longer warmer and sunnier days of Spring. As well as the continued pre-planning necessary to prepare us for the arrival of our third and hopefully final season of construction on our off grid home. We are encouraged by the number of volunteer guests that have contacted us so far interested in our off grid project. Many of these free spirited individuals have made contact through this wonderful site called Work Away. This particular site has given us some exceptional, mostly younger folks that are keen on learning the steps involved within the Earthship experience. Our home is a custom Earthship where one will find some very unique ideas. Kurt has conceived within his beyond intelligent mind this custom design that will one day be a new shelter.
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| Welcome to the hibernating Earthship Pavo Natura |
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| Awesome sunny day |
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| Our wee Layla awaiting Spring Once we rise above the end of Winter we can begin again on our journey towards another very exciting construction season. Our focus will be concentrated upon the completion of all the bond beams which are found on the very top of each tire wall section. Once this is completed we will then forge ahead with the raising of the rest of the timber post and beam design, as well as the completion of the roof. Also on the agenda is the start of the electrical and plumbing as well as the floor and wall surfaces and the installation of all of our south facing windows. Oh and I can't forget the introduction of the bottle brick walls all made from donated wine and beer bottles. The example I shared is an image of our first bottle wall we did with the help of Marilynn a young woman from Quebec who stayed here and helped us for a month last year. Hey Marilyn miss you. |
So yes we still have a lot of work to complete but I can't imagine spending my summers doing anything else then working towards the completion of this vision. So any like minded individuals that happen to read this blog entry and want to spend a day a week or more volunteering their time while gaining some unique knowledge entwined within the construction of a super interesting building concept you can contact us here under the comment section below or check out our community on Facebook called Earthship Pavo Natura.
Until then smile your way through the rest of Winter.
PEACE OUT Patty J.
