Footings, Stem walls, and a Basement

A lot can happen in a week. The footings for the two west buildings have been poured. The photos below are from Monday when they were forming up the stem walls. They planned to pour those today and when I went by today, it sure smelled like they had, though I couldn't quite see.
The basement was about 80% dug out on Monday and today, it looked like they were working on the detailed cuts for the footings.

Tuesday, Sept 23 - Tree Falling

So I may have gotten a little carried away with the photos, but the falling of the tree was just such an amazing experience. They dug around the entire base and then tipped it and it went down quick.

Take a look at the curly branches ... we're hoping to build a really cool sculpture / kid's play structure for the playground!

Tuesday, Sept 23 - Tree Falling Cont.

Tuesday, Sept 23 - Tree Falling Cont.

Monday, Sept. 22 The Cedar Tree - Prep

I met a wonderful neighbor, Kurt, that I'd exchanged a few emails with to discuss what we might be able to do with the cedar tree. Thank you to Sarah for passing on Kurt's info! We took a close look at the tree to scope out the possibilities. Kurt has very graciously given us his time, advice, and offered to help us. His help has already been invaluable and we look forward to working with you further.
Thank you Kurt!

Here are a few pictures from scoping it out.

Wednesday, September 17th

We had our first site meeting with the architect's present. We all walked the site and talked about where we were at.
The formwork on the southwest building was just getting started.
The earthwork on the northwest building was just about ready to go.
And they were infilling the old basement on the old north building.

It's about time ...

Okay, so I know it's been awhile. It's been a crazy couple of weeks. On top of all the work related things going on, I was gone the last two weekends. We had our annual community retreat a week and a half ago and it was fabulous! I've been trying just to catch up and stay on top of all the construction work. I have taken lots of photos though, so I'll add them by date so you can see the progress. Enjoy!