Tuesday, November 17, 2009

courtyard roofing and pizza oven creating



our new beautiful roof which has made so much difference to our lives and has only been up for 3 days



rustic gum posts and stained big chunky beams  mmmmm



a wonderful place to sit and enjoy our view, but alas there is much more work to do, on with the pizza oven making, gather friends and let us create something together



Waiaria and Sioux putting down the brick base


Me and Anaya making the sand mound which will become the shape of the inside of dome



mixing up the first layer



all fun and games and great excercise



and we put down a hangi too to feed all the creative workers
Tia and Anaya



yum fresh lamb mmmmm



hangi is ready to descend



rain rain rain, we still work on....



finishing the first layer of the dome



Me and Sioux trying to remember what we had learnt last weekend about the size of the door hhmmmm must be hard, look at that tongue



Bushman Pete cutting the door



Caleb cutting the door



applying the insulating layer



many hands make fun work, the final pretty layer, home made dhajit



I love this stage it is so fun and mushy to apply



Indi playing in spilt cement, thinking "mum...why are you always so busy??"



finishing trowel work



yum yum yum kai is ready mmmm



Indi and Sam having their dinna



the finished product, i put a star trail over the oven diagonally with a cookie cutter and we pressed a tile i brought in thailand into the front, the fire will come up out the door and the buddha will get all black and sooty from the smoke



awesome to have so many people interested in our creative projects and want to be involved in helping each other, love you guys, this was an awesome piece of teamwork
bring on the pizza party



it will be painted and the stars will be gold leafed, for mega sparkle



now i need to find an amazing handle from a junk shop



we have a long drying process to go before we can eat, by xmas it will be all on



Indi having fun pulling all the sand out



Well our poor little miss had a rough time on the weekend trying to fit in around our building projects, when it was all over on monday we had an indi day and did whatever she wanted.  She is obsessed with tomatoes, eating about 10 a day so we took a visit to bushman petes and billys greenhouse and she got to pick a whole basket and eat as many as she wanted.......



like a little happy pig rolling in mud xxx
whew, bring on Mt Mangonui, i need a break  : )

Wishing on love flags



Blowing in the wind is the wish for a life of love and happiness,



gracefull acceptance of the challenges that are thrown our way,



and the ability to see the treasures in the world we have created



These beautiful flags we created with love



for beautiful Lady Dorothea's wedding this weekend



let the good times roll, let the colours flow



and let the romance grow



and blow around upon a breeze kinda accidental like xxx