And the Walls Go Up.....

The view out my office window - on each side of the window are the wood forms they put around the rebar cages - these are then filled with concrete to become the castillos - like the main posts in a post and beam house.  The concrete bricks between are not the important structural pieces.

More wood forms for the castillos for the doorway between Lorne's office and mine.

The other view from another widow in my office, the wooden forms have been removed from the poured castillo to the right of the window.

View from my office to the living room/ kitchen.  The rebar form for the castillo is visible here.  Yes, that is a dirt floor.  We will eventually have a floor.  The only reason there is a concrete floor in the offices is that it is also the roof over the bodega/garage.

A view into the guest bathroom (it will have a wall, counter, sink, floor, ect....)  note the rebar for the vertical castillo on the far wall.  There is a window being formed on that wall with a horizontal beam above it (a lintel) that is a continuation of the one in the kitchen/living room.  The horizontal castillos (I-beams) have a different name in Spanish.... don't know what it is - its long, complicated, and hard to say.... never mind figuring out how to spell it.

More castillos.....

View from the terrace outside Lorne's office to the main terrace.

Well, I think these floating stairs are cool.

Front face.

Cut out in the wall for the stairway up the side of the master bedroom to the roof terrace, you can see the entry to the roof.

The footings poured for the staircase to the roof - the cows visited and left their hoofprints.

Getting things organized to pour the roof over the offices.

Yes that is a dog.  He is a Great Dane, his name is Duke.  We are dog and house sitting a house named Casa Lion.  There are other things going on besides building a house..... will fill you in sometime....

Lorne and Duke watering the footings for the main terrace.

The concrete vertical castillos and horizontal concrete I-beam are visible in the kitchen living room area.

Lorne and Duke checking out the construction.

The view from Lorne's office out the sliding glass door and the window.

The view out my office window to the mountains and the arroyo.