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Chronological chronicles
Friday, October 6th 2006 : Wrapping up for winter! The main jobs are nearly done and we're officially shutting down the worksite for winter. The West wall was completed last week and Alain had a surprise for me last Friday...
Friday, September 22nd 2006 : Fall is today! And it shows... the colors arrived very early this year and the hill is a flamboyant mis of reds and yellows. Those who came to help last week-end sure got an eyeful. We got a lot done...
Friday, September 8th 2006 : A few little things! Actually, considering the size of the windows, installing them is no small thing! Of course, we didn't get to seal everything properly on the first try...
Friday, August 25th 2006 : Windows and rocks! NO! Don't worry, it's not what you think. The windows are fine, they're waiting patiently to be installed. The week-end was quite busy...
Friday, August 18th 2006 : A week of travels. It started Saturday with a long trip to Nominingue to get building materials, mostly electrical wires and insulating panels. We also got a tip to salvage some old blackboards...
Friday, August 11th 2006 : At a snail's pace! This week, things are a lot slower. We're making the window frames so we have to be careful not to make any mistakes...
Friday, August 4th 2006 : The roof is on! Installing the infamous beam went great; with the help of so many volunteers, noone had to exert themselves. We concluded it was a case of...
Friday, July 28th 2006 : The large beam for the front face. Everything is ready for the installation of the last beam. The columns are in place and all the joists are installed...
Friday, July 21st 2006 : Soon, a roof over our head. Melanie, Alexandre, Megan and Riley were with us last Sunday. To our great relief, they moved the remaining tires...
Friday, July 14th 2006 : "Bonne f?te" to our French cousins! And we lost our frenchman, Cyrille went home on Monday to get back to his own projects. We'll never thank him enough...
Friday, July 7th 2006 : Done with the walls; to the roof now! We completed the tire walls for now. we'll fill a few more tires in the outer wing walls before we can finish...
Friday, June 30th 2006 : Of rain and tires! The weather isn't on our side this year, we only manage to work about every other day. Nevertheless, we filled 40 tires...
Friday, June 23rd 2006 : Only 75 tires to go! As promised, here is the first weekly chronicle of our sprint to the finish. We added 2 more rows...
Monday, June 12th 2006 : We have a green light, all systems GO! Starting this week, you'll get brief weekly updates instead of the usual monthly chronicle. Many of you expressed ...
Thursday, May 11th 2006 : Great, full speed ahead for a new summer! It's this week that we're finally feeling things are starting to move. Tree buds are turning the hill a nice ...
Tuesday, April 3rd 2006 : The holidays are almost over! I hope your winter was as nice as ours? It was really a case of hibernation and adaptation to our new dwelling. A rhythm ...
Friday, September 22nd 2006 : Fall is today! And it shows... the colors arrived very early this year and the hill is a flamboyant mis of reds and yellows. Those who came to help last week-end sure got an eyeful. We got a lot done...
Friday, September 8th 2006 : A few little things! Actually, considering the size of the windows, installing them is no small thing! Of course, we didn't get to seal everything properly on the first try...
Friday, August 25th 2006 : Windows and rocks! NO! Don't worry, it's not what you think. The windows are fine, they're waiting patiently to be installed. The week-end was quite busy...
Friday, August 18th 2006 : A week of travels. It started Saturday with a long trip to Nominingue to get building materials, mostly electrical wires and insulating panels. We also got a tip to salvage some old blackboards...
Friday, August 11th 2006 : At a snail's pace! This week, things are a lot slower. We're making the window frames so we have to be careful not to make any mistakes...
Friday, August 4th 2006 : The roof is on! Installing the infamous beam went great; with the help of so many volunteers, noone had to exert themselves. We concluded it was a case of...
Friday, July 28th 2006 : The large beam for the front face. Everything is ready for the installation of the last beam. The columns are in place and all the joists are installed...
Friday, July 21st 2006 : Soon, a roof over our head. Melanie, Alexandre, Megan and Riley were with us last Sunday. To our great relief, they moved the remaining tires...
Friday, July 14th 2006 : "Bonne f?te" to our French cousins! And we lost our frenchman, Cyrille went home on Monday to get back to his own projects. We'll never thank him enough...
Friday, July 7th 2006 : Done with the walls; to the roof now! We completed the tire walls for now. we'll fill a few more tires in the outer wing walls before we can finish...
Friday, June 30th 2006 : Of rain and tires! The weather isn't on our side this year, we only manage to work about every other day. Nevertheless, we filled 40 tires...
Friday, June 23rd 2006 : Only 75 tires to go! As promised, here is the first weekly chronicle of our sprint to the finish. We added 2 more rows...
Monday, June 12th 2006 : We have a green light, all systems GO! Starting this week, you'll get brief weekly updates instead of the usual monthly chronicle. Many of you expressed ...
Thursday, May 11th 2006 : Great, full speed ahead for a new summer! It's this week that we're finally feeling things are starting to move. Tree buds are turning the hill a nice ...
Tuesday, April 3rd 2006 : The holidays are almost over! I hope your winter was as nice as ours? It was really a case of hibernation and adaptation to our new dwelling. A rhythm ...