We emerged from another cold snap today, into the comparatively balmy mid-40’s, which makes the house feel exponentially warmer. Hats and vests can come off when we walk in the door instead of a few hours after heat has been turned on.

Stacks of supplies for the next projects on the docket are accumulating– insulation, pex tubing, other things I don’t recognize– and we have spread two truckloads of gravel over the cloth that covered the dirt.
Morgan spread some special herbs that Suzanne Ragan Lentz mixed for us (abundance, protection, love, and all the rest of that good stuff you want in the foundation of your home) before laying down the cloth. We need another load of gravel before electrical work can commence. Here are a couple of photos of the progress: