Straw Bale Building Updates - Lots of Progress
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We are getting close to getting the stucco done. We've not had that much time to work on it, but we've been getting around 10 loads on the walls each week. David & Marsha along with Sal have been the main workforce for this phase, since Greg has been working pretty hard at his software development job.

Bill & Kirsten came to visit from the cool Northeast of the country and helped for several days!

	This is the last section on the outside that we need to stucco. Almost done!!
	We had to double up the scaffold on this side since it was so tall.
	This is the 1st and part of the second coat of stucco on the Morrison's bedroom. It's going to look great when we get the off-white stucco coloring on it. It is supposed to let the walls breath better than paint.
	Here is a larger niche that Marsha carved into the wall with the back of hammer. She then used diamond lathe to form the curves, and then applied the stucco.
	Prayer Garden
St. Frances found a new home. Linda and Rose did a great job with some bricks that Deanna's father had left over after some yard renovations. They look great around the tree.
	Corn is coming up and it tastes great. I'm not sure how effective the scare crow is, but the garden has been beautiful this year.
	Linda and Rose put together this sign post in honor of the "Summer of Love". It's just for fun, don't take any offense by it. :)
	Shade place.