Game over for this summer

Some good and some bad new:

First the bad news? Ten days before I was to leave Bart to himself I managed hurt myself. Nothing serious but no more lifting heavy logs for this summer for me. 

The good news? We had hoped to finish at least the walls this summer but alas. We managed to finish 6 out of 8 layers which isn't bad though. We even got some help from an Australian friend of ours, Ray. We met him on the course in Gränsfors and was so good to come and help us for a week. He even gave Bart some pointers on how to make that mortise axe razor sharp ... the irony of it all :-)

More news next summer!

Karel

Ray, our very helpful Aussie slave labourer

Ray preparing a lovely stew in the Dutch oven

the stew is almost ready Ray!

my last visit to Lake Orsen

Half way?

drilling dowel holes

moss for insulation between the hustimmer

view from the sauna

First layer finished!

Building

The house feels comfortable now and we've moved on to the sauna.
The foundations (boulders of +100kg) are in place and the first logs are being notched.
Karel finished the shaving horse and is using it to make dowels (pins to anchor the logs).
And of course we're exploring the neigbourhood, as you can see in the beautiful pictures!