Here are those steps I was talking about last time... they are made of recycled bluestone. Most of them are old windowsills from a demolished masonry building. We put the staircase together last weekend. Below, Shaun and Kazuki demonstrate proper form for lifting heavy stones.
Here Shaun is reenacting an accident he had 7 months ago. He was up in a tree installing a solar powered motion-sensing light outside his workshop. The branch he was standing on broke and he fell 8 meters (25 feet) to the ground. He shattered his right kneecap, broke 4 ribs, and fractured his left tibia so badly that it was protruding from his leg. Nobody was around to help, so he dragged himself 75 meters to the nearest phone and called an ambulance. After three operations and 6 months on crutches, he's walking fine and laughing about it.
Anyway, here are a few shots of the chook pen, our primary project. We're having a lot of fun. I love working with curves, and I'm especially excited about the thin-shell concrete roof we'll be capping it off with. At this point, we've laid all the block and are ready to start fabricating the steel structure for the front wall. I'll post some more pictures soon.
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