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\nI<\/fancyletter>t’s funny what was first so alien is now so commonplace, just another day on the construction site building earthships, no worries. Today the site dogs were going wild with pure joyous energy, running through the piles of building sand wrestling and having the time of their lives completely disregarding Ron’s number one rule “tight site”. <\/p>\n

We kept on shaping the retaining walls and let me tell you it takes a lot of shaping to make a tire and can wall look like a smooth curve. The windows were going in inside, made from plastic stapled to a timber frame, not a bad little idea, I think when i get back home I’m going to have a pretty rocking baby greenhouse made this way, perhaps I’ll even throw in bottle side walls for kicks.<\/p>\n

What I really wanted to share with you today is the glorious sunset we get from the Towers. Each one is different, the view of the mountains always changing, sometimes they vanish in cloud and it looks like flat plains for miles then an hour later there theybare gleaming in the sunlight. It’s pretty special.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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