Yikes. The block layers arrived at 6 am. They are muscly fellows who handle 60 lb blocks and hods of cement in an amazingly precise manner. Tomorrow they should complete the basement, which means we had to take off the rest of the posts the house jackers failed to remove.

While they were hard at work, so were we. Got another wall up to separate the tractor shed from the chicken/duck winter coop.

Also began to harvest onions. They need to bask in the sun before I can braid them.

Took a break to have a fabulous dinner of grilled chicken livers, onions and red bells, followed by CAKE! Yep, we celebrated my getting a year older.

And yes, there were cards and presents. Alpaca fleece! Natural dye materials! Songs! Wine! Who could ask for more?