Ridgetop in winter, 12/09/05: 

Road used by loggers, 12/09/05: 

Panorama from tornado-damaged forest in the southwest corner of the property, 12/09/05:

Damage to the woods on the middle hill, looking south, 12/10/05:

Another shredded maple, 12/10/05:

Shoveling off the plastic on top of the foundation, 12/11/05:
 

The radiant in-floor heat tubing installation in progress, 12/11/05: 
 

Morning at our rental house, 12/17/05: 

The foundation just prior to pouring, accidentally shot in B&W, 12/22/05: 

Pouring the foundation, 12/22/05: 

Concrete finishing at midnight on the Solstice, 12/22/05: 

Digging for the greenhouse walls, 12/23/05: 

The cement truck gets stuck in the mud, 12/23/05: 

Excavating the perimeter before installing gravel, drain tile, and insulation, 1/08/06 : 

Unloading the timber frame, 1/10/06: 

More of the pre-constructed frame, with our timberwrights, Tom and Les, 1/10/06: 

The last of the snow - in the garden, 1/10/06: 

A plumbing mistake that needs fixing (a hole where a timber post should go), 1/10/06: 

The fix (plus a heavy steel plate on top, added later), 1/10/06: 

Erecting the timber frame, 1/11/06: 

Erecting the timber frame, 1/11/06: 

The boom truck gets stuck in the mud (and requires a tow truck), 1/11/06: 

Attaching the ceremonial pine bough (a kind gift from a friend), 1/11/06: 

At the end of the day, 1/11/06: 

Forwarder loading logs to take down from the ridgetop, 1/18/06:

And depositing them near the roadside, 1/18/06:

The growing logpile, 1/18/06:

Frame with 2nd-floor joist progress, from atop the logpile, 1/20/06:

The logpile, about 15 ft. high in the middle, 1/21/06:

The logpile from the south side, 1/21/06:

Never climb on a logpile! It's a good way to get yourself killed, 1/21/06:

A closeup from the logpile, 1/21/06:

Another closeup, 1/21/06:

Our little island, 1/21/06:

Work of a pileated woodpecker? 1/21/06: