Roof completed!
September 19, 2009
Pictures of the old and the new! Future caretakers at the Neilson Spearhead Center can be forever grateful to Mississippi Headwaters Audubon Society president John Eggers, who was able to receive such an important grant from the Neilson Foundation to put a new roof on the earth home. Thanks also to Jay with Jay Sharpe Construction!
Skylights and chimney put in 1979/1980
The completed roof (minus grass)
Old skylight
The "metal guys" putting in the new sky lights
New sky window
MY FAVORITE PHOTO during the construction process: My husband running down 30 tons of soil removed from the roof
Goodbye Big Blue!
September 19, 2009
Last week we said goodbye to the big blue tarp that has covered our roof since last spring. Oh the joys of having a big blue tarp for a roof!
When it rained we had to act quickly unroll the tarp out onto the roof like a giant circus tent. When it was sunny we had to remove the tarp or risk turning our home into a furnaced greenhouse!
Yes, it was quite the adventure having the big blue tarp, but it was worth it. There’s nothing worse than having a bathroom fan flood again! Thank you big blue tarp – we will miss you!
We tried our best to fold the giant 30X50-foot blue tarp that once covered our roof, but eventually we found it was a fun air matress to fall onto.
Stuffing the big blue tarp into a wheelbarrow and storing it away hopefully forever!
Sunset
September 12, 2009
A September sunset
Beautiful.
View from the toilet
September 12, 2009
The sky window above our toilet has been removed and a new one is on its way. In the meantime, we can enjoy lots of fresh air while on the pot!
This was the view from our bathroom toilet yesterday as the contractor was fixing the skylight above. The old skylights are gone and replaced with a temporary sheet of plastic. Every now and then the plastic is removed for more work to be done, and the bathroom experiences a new breeze like never before! What a view from the pot!
Not ready to drop
September 10, 2009
My husband and I are on the lookout for ripe red oak acorns that have fallen to the ground. They are still not yet ripe… but we’re waiting…
We are waiting for these acorns to turn a ripe red and drop... so we can collect them
