There was much to do as the summer unfolded. As mentioned before, joining the connecting buildings (the Gallery and the "Oval" Office) required that shingles be removed from the adjoining Yurts so that the valley copper flashing could be installed. It was then a matter of re-shingling the Yurts and completing the shingling of the connecting buildings.

We're looking out one of the Upper Yurt windows across the "Oval" Office and the Gallery to the Studio Yurt. The gray shingles on the Studio Yurt have been there for a couple of years. The golden shingles on the Studio Yurt are the new ones that were laid to replace those that we had to remove.

Note the pile of scrap material in the left background. It keeps growing and is now the home of a woodchuck or two.

From left to right: Bathroom Yurt, connector to the merge point of the Gallery and the "Oval" Office, and, in the right foreground, the Office. In the right background is the Studio Yurt.

Progress was made, albeit rather slowly on the shingling. We had a wet early summer -- and the work seemed endless.

This is looking out from under the eaves of the Studio Yurt. The Galley comes first on the right, the "Oval" Office is next, and the Concentric is in the background.

The shingling on this side was finally completed in mid-June.

Shortly thereafter, the shingles on the hill side were finished.

In the background is the Concentric Yurt, next the "Oval" Office, and the connector to the Bathroom

Rick and I talked about a party, but haven't really stopped to have it.

This is the view from the back. The roofs are completed (well, almost). The two spires need shingles, and the Concentric Yurt needs a spire. That's coming.

Following in his brother Ray's footsteps, David came up this summer for ten days of hard work. And work he did!

He also had time to check out Caffè Lena and was most taken by the music.

In the summer of 2003 I bought six pine doors that had been on some log cabins near Lake Lauderdale. The doors had been exterior doors but, as the cabins were being renovated, the doors no longer met code as exterior doors. I thought I'd find a use for them, not really knowing where. We've installed five of them.

David spent a good portion of his time here refinishing three of these doors as well as applying Danish oil to some interior wood and preservative to the beautiful exterior doors that Jack built.
This is the Bathroom Yurt door after being refinished by David.
And here is the Studio Yurt door newly refinished. The view is from the inside of the Studio Yurt.
Jack installed the entrance set on the front door.
And here's the inside of the front door with the new entrance set.
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-Stanley