FINALLY - construction has started !!!

Finally, finally.We started on the first step of moving my studio to it's permanent spot.

We excavated a hole several years ago with the intent of building a two story cabin in it, but... that's not going to happen, so we decided to move my studio building into the hole.

In order to do that we have to shore up the sidewalls which have been steadily collapsing.

So we dug holes yesterday for the support beams for the back wall. It was a job!! Just John and me in 100 degree heat.

Luckily John was able to borrow a post hole digger for the tractor from a friend which saved him to have to dig the holes by hand. Then we inserted 4x6x12 inch posts and anchored them with lots of concrete.

Tomorrow we will do the side walls and then we will start putting the walls up. We are debating on what to use for that .Huge cement blocks? too heavy , too expensive, too ugly. Concrete blocks? too time consuming, too ugly.Rail Road Ties?,too heavy.We'll be considering some more choices,we'll come up with something :)
Once the wall is in place we'll back fill behind it and get our driveway on top back which has been falling steadily ,bit by bit into the hole every time it rains.

The support posts stick out quite a bit past the height of the hole so we will use them as part of a fence around the hole to keep people from falling in ( John did, once ,in the dark).

The building will be offset close to the wall on one side to leave room on the other side for a big porch attached to it. I want to put a old bathtub out there where i can wash fleeces and have drying racks attached to the wall to dry them and my dyed yarns and fibers...and where i have room to sit,knit,spin or weave on a nice day. AAAHH ,i can see it all .....

On another note, lookie what the mail lady brought me today:

One big bag of goodness! 7 pounds of raw Rambouillet from Texas.
Ingenious way of packaging it, the sack is lightweight and very strong , doesn't add hardly nothing to the weight , saves on shipping!!

I had to get a few locks right away and wash them, here is the result,

still in lock form :

combed out:

very nice and sooo soft. I'll wash several oz in the next few days and offer them on etsy. But if anybody is interested in getting some now or needs more than a few oz, please let me know. Price is $2.50 /oz loose or $3.50/oz carded.