Foundation walls and cement

Well, our foundation walls are in and the cement is drying! We will be on to the next stage, framing, next week and hopefully by Thanksgiving, may have a roof on!
Snow showers over the last few days have lent a wintry air to our pond.

Election day has come.... lets hope there is a good and democratic outcome.
Nicholas

But with wintry days come spectacular dawns...this morning it was like being in a living cathedral, the pink hues of November's light threading through the tall, stately trunks of the evergreens opposite the cottage...

And, this is the dawning of a new season in our lives with the move from foundations to walls and a roof! It seems unbelievable that so much has happened so quickly...

Yesterday I went to the site and there were our workers, in snow showers, pouring the cement into the forms that line the perimeter of our basement walls. A HUGE machine, located at the front of the house, was carefully lined up with the forms and the cement was poured in a methodical manner.

Today these forms come off and the framing begins...building on the solid foundations begun before...let us hope this is true for our election as well...I am off to cast my vote...what a privilege...thank you to the women who paved the way and fought for my right to do so, thank you to all Civil Rights activists who laid down their lives for equality! 

Judy