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Photo Journal Contents
Date	Description	Page
July 1999	The Design	1
August 2000	The Foundation	2
October 4 2000	The Ground Floor	3
October 8 2000	In Floor Heating	4
October 16 2000	Ground Floor Done	5
November 5 2000	Walkout Basement	6
November 13 2000	Steel Framing	7
November 25 2000	Glulam Post and Beam Framing Ground Floor	8
December 2 2000	Second Floor Framing	9
December 2 2000	Ground Floor Framing	10
December 2 2000	View from Second Floor	11
December 3, 2000	The House: A Solar Collector	12
December 17, 2000	The Second Floor Goes Up	13
December 23, 2000	The Second Floor Takes Shape	14
January 7, 2001	The Kitchen Takes Shape	15
January 7, 2001	The Second Floor Ready for a Roof	16
January 17, 2000	Roofing	17
January 20, 2001	Roofing Half Done	18
January 20, 2001	Rays of Light	19
January 24, 2001	Finishing the Roof	20
January 24, 2001	Construction	21
February 3, 2001	Car Port Takes Shape	22
February 10, 2001	Inspection	23
February 10, 2001	Roof and Car Port	24
February 11, 2001	Roof Lines	25
February 22, 2001	Sky Light	26
March 3, 2001	Framed for Walls	27
March 15, 2001	Curbing for the Greenroof	28
March 24, 2001	Roof Done, Ready for Windows	29
April 5, 2001	Windows Installed	30
April 13, 2001	Straw Bale Walls Steel Reinforcement	31
April 13, 2001	Straw Bales	32
April 14, 2001	Straw Bale Happening: Like an Old Fashioned Barn Raising	33
April 21, 2001	Plastering Straw Bale Walls	34
April 21, 2001	Zinc Roofing Started	35
April 22, 2001	Completing the Zinc Siding	36
May 17, 2001	North Side Radian Floor Heating	37
May 23, 2001	Painting and Banboo Flooring	38
June 17, 2001	Moved In	39
June 17, 2001	Warm and Cozy	40
June 17, 2001	Morning in Spring	41
June 17, 2001	Solar Powered!	42
August 14, 2001	Summer	43
August 31, 2001	Exterior Finishing Touches	44
September 30, 2001	Sun Sets on Exterior Work	45
December 2, 2001	The In-Floor Radiant Heating System	46
December 2, 2001	Interior Final Touches	47
December 2, 2001	Exterior Done, Grading Completed	48
June 24, 2002	Summer 2002	49
June 28, 2002	Summer Sun, Glorious Days	50
June 28, 2002	Fall/Winter 2002	51
June 28, 2002	Photo Voltaic Solar Panels	52
January 8, 2003	Wind Turbine Installation	53
January 9, 2003	Wind Power!	54
August 30, 2003	Wind and Solar Power	55
September 20, 2003	Fall Winds Power Colourful Change	56

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Framed for Walls
A little snow still covers the roof as the internal walls start to go up.

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March 3, 2001 - Looking south east through the house. The new sky light on the roof provides light and ventilation and air conditioning.

March 3, 2001 - Claire peeks through the future master bedroom window on the east side. To the left is a new doorway to the green house.

March 3, 2001 - John Wilson stands in the living room. The second floor bedrooms are visible and open above. The sloped wall on the south is now enclosed.

Mar 3, 2001 - The second floor bedrooms looing south through the window frames. A third bedroom now has a wall to the far right.

Mar 3, 2001 - The west wing. Ianito and Leigh peek through a future window.

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