Home Construction Week 3
June 19-25, 2006

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These photos show the progress on our home during the third week of retaining wall and foundation work. (Muro de contencion and cimentacion) The workers are using large volcanic basalt boulders. Trucks have delivered approximately 10 loads of stones, along with truck loads of sand, gravel and cement. This photo shows the lot covered with these rocks. The workers (the youngest) roll the rocks along the ground before the older maestros (masters) cemented them into place on the walls.

The above two photos show the progress on the foundation for our home. The trench for the foundation is about 3 feet deep and the boulders are now up even with the ground.
The two photos above show the progress on the retaining wall. This wall will allow us to level out the lot so that we can have a large garden. The wall is about 3 feet tall now. Sandra and I estimate that the foundation work for the house and retaining wall will be complete in 2 weeks. Hope so anyway!
We had a visit this past weekend. Here are Hortencia (Sandra's sister), her mom, and Sandra. They bused down from Ameca, Jalisco to witness Sandra's performance in DANCES OF SPAIN at the Teatro Morelos. Sandra danced the flamengo, and let it be known she was outstanding. Later this week I will post pictures of her performance.