Roof in Process

The roof planking going on, providing a new commodity... shade from the relentless sun. Note that the walls are still showing concrete block? Wait 'til next week, when the plasterer starts! Whoooeeeeeeeee

The Great Room Ceiling, see Debbie there, she's resting from sanding the cypress planks, prior to tung-oiling. Trini (short for Trinindad, his home, his real name is Kenrick) is outside on the gallery, he's the head tung-oiler.

On the West Wing roof, that's Edmund on the left and Donald on the right.

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The roof over the Master Suite pod is visible now, from atop the main roof of the Great Room.

Donald, with saw, is on our roof, Stanley the gardener, is actually on the road below, working his magic gasoline-powered trimmer for the Vista Concordia Homeowners Association. He keeps our neighborhood neat and trim, week-in and week-out..... literally.

Pappy & Edmund

Painted Rafters, #2 Cypress

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Megan's Bay, St. Thomas

This shot, taken on a recent trip to our sister island of St. Thomas (we took the high-speed ferry service out of Gallows Bay). The island in the distance is Danish-named Hans Lollik, Petite Hans Lillik is even further to the northeast and is hidden from view behind it's grander uncle.

Pouring the Gallery Roof

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The roof of the gallery is being poured, Arnold Jeffers, center, oversees the concrete pump worker. Once the forms are stripped away, the finished product appears from it's cacoon, below.

Israel Rivera, from Puerto Rico, is our latest excavator, he is digging the trenches for the new septic system for our home.