Back at it in the heat and sun

    It wasn't much above 107 today but the UV index was topped, meaning you burn easily, and even with my hat and shades and long sleeves and gloves and 70 SPF, I still turned red and feel a bit tired and worn out, like you only get when you burn. The yellow butterfly was back and some other fuzzy buzzies too, but I could't play with them, I had to work and get OUT of the SUN.

End of day progress. It was too hot and burnie to be out there snapping away. 

Another window 

Barbed wire on bag is an art.

You simply do not get a proper sense of scale here. 

Soon, I'll take pics with the wide angle so you can get a sense of the interior. It is bigger inside than it looks, big enough for a toilet seat, sink and bench. 

Sweet angle

Heat Wave Friday

Another scorcher today in the desert. My car said 114 f. I couldn't get to sleep early enough last night and I paid for it today. Even just 3 hours outside is very taxing when you are working in this heat. I need my arms covered completely and I slather on the sunscreen. The sweat makes it run and it stings, it stings! The sand and cement make wiping the sweat off your brow exfoliating and I need to mist the worksite and me, every 15 minutes. 

A new present from an old friend.

Horseshoes point up to catch all the luck!

Soft serve ice cream anyone?

Okay, yeah, from this angle it does look like the dome is in the middle of nowhere. Oh no, wait, is that a barn?

This may be the first time I've noticed the walking path in the photos. This is the path that goes from the car to the dome, about 200 feet.

Damn near 2/3s of the way to the to of the door.
What will be taller, door or dome? Wait and see.

She's lookin' purdy darn level.

Extra mix affords more pond liner sealing. Eventually the cement floor will be flush with the top of row 01. (not counting foundation rows)

A different view.

No danger today, just a casual observer.

I am not a shrimp, I am a Mojave King Prawn!

Solstice with the mostess

Yes I didn't forget yesterday was Summer Solstice. Its been 1 year and a half since this construction began! In some ways I feel we're farther along and in other ways wow, its been forever and nothing is really DONE.

This is wedged between the rows and screwed into the door frame.

Nice! 

This poor spider was in the bag of cement trying to keep cool when I came with my bucket. He got totally covered in cement dust! I stopped what I was doing and figured to bury him in sand first and let him dig out a few times to get most of it off before I misted him clean with the hose. I didn't want to turn him into stone!!

You can se the ground level is where the pond liner pokes through.

Today was a trip. The dome was getting narrower than the entrance and I was having trouble visualizing how I was going to build. 

I'll need to keep the entrance and the front half of the dome as wide as the doorway. 

The back of the dome will taper in like normal.

A great work site.

Low profile, insulated, sexy. Baño Dome 

Its going to be badass!

Window 01 set

Heat Wave excuses

No Excuses! Monday was above 110 and same yesterday. Today will be even hotter but I got up early and did 2/3 of a row, completing the course I started last Friday. I hope to make it to the dome literally before sunrise tomorrow for a nice cool morning build.

The structure already offering substantial shade and cooling. 

A gift left by a friend. 

The work site

Full Frame 

The leftover cement/Earth mix is used to seal in the pond liner.

The arch is becoming visible

The composting toilet air vent tube

Window

A loo with a view

12.5 gauge barbed wire

The worksite again

Double entrance rows

It was over 105 f today and I had a million errands to run so I only bagged 3 courses of entrance rows. I completed yesterdays row and added a row on the left side before the sun went down.

This will be a window that you can look out of when you are sitting on the toilet! 

Your view from the porcelain throne.

These hats are more function than form.

The rock propped up the pipe to keep it at angle but now it is totally locked in. 

Row and a half!

I got to the dome early today because I was scheduled to help a horse rescue take some photos later in the afternoon, but that got postponed so I thought I would keep building. I did a whole course and then an extra dome row minus the entrance bags.

It is practically 100 degrees outside at most 80 inside! 

This guy was in the mixer when I turned it on and started spraying the hot water from the hose in there. I'm not sure how I saw him but I cut off the mixer and pulled him out. He stayed calmly on my arm until I put him inside the big dome entrance which has shade. 

I hope he is feeling better here.

WIP

Cheese 

End of Day progress