Haba na haba hujaza kibaba

Little by little, fills the pot.

It took awhile, but our wonderful excavators broke apart the ledge, and finally! Here we are -- in front of our pet rock, standing below what will soon be our front entry.

The cliff in our basement

This is where our basement should be. They discovered we have rock. Not rocks plural. Just rock. A rock. One rock. One BIG rock. I believe it is most likely connected to the center of the earth.

Jackhammering first. Hopefully not dynamite. But two things are certain - what was supposed to take a day or two has now turned into a week or two. And this is going to be one big EXPENSIVE rock!

P.S. These photos are from earlier this month, so I do know how this turned out, but thought I'd post the play by play anyway. :)

Progress!

All permits obtained. Financing received. Perfect weather ordered. 

Hopefully we'll have a basement within a couple weeks!

And a new piece for fall, which is also included in my 25% off sale!

Too soon for a Fall sale?

I miss my Mac!!!

Without having access to my beloved Mac, I also do not have access to my beloved iPhoto. So I'm limited in the photos I have at my disposal. That's why I thought I'd let you all know about the sale I'm having in my little shop. My oak leaf items are 25% off!

Your piece will start as a blank sheet of metal and be carefully cut by hand to produce a rustic reminder of fall that you can wear year-round.

I'm Back

Wow -- the last few months have been a blur. We sold our house and had to be packed and moved quickly. We didn't have a place to go, so we stayed with various family members. I went through computer withdrawal. I was able to get my studio set back up. There's a possibility we may break ground on our house before the end of the month. That about sums it up!

Actually, it's been quite an adventure and I wish I had regular access to a computer so I could blog daily. Even if no one reads it, I'd really like to be able to look back at this some day and laugh.

The photo above is a little frog I saw one night on the door of my studio. It was dark so I couldn't see him very well. I was surprised when I loaded the photos onto my computer to see that he was looking right back at me. I've leave you with a couple photos of our progress, and a few things I've learned so far:

Coyotes can be extremely loud.

Mud is slippery. Very slippery.

Mice like cashews.

A toaster requires a lot of wattage.

Some days are better than others.