[Sviannouncements] march building update

Tue Apr 8 12:30:35 EDT 2008

well, thanks to many helping hands, march brought us the third floor's  
roof!  yippppeeeee!  no more tarps!  an incredible feeling of  
accomplishment and calm has washed over the moonshadow community as we  
remember all of the aspects of our lives that are *not* related to  
this amazing building project...

we have a lot of folks to thank for the month of march.
patrick has been out there every day, rain or shine.
beau (who is now off hiking the appalachian trail), alex, bradley and  
myself have dedicated quite a lot of our time to getting this  
structure under cover.
randall joined us for a week and then came back a few weeks later to  
be on the svi staff for the spring and summer.  he became incredibly  
proficient with the power drill and is now in the garden every day.
didi, chad and their 2 month-old daughter, pippi, joined us for three  
wonderful weeks.  they successfully juggled childcare, cooking (every  
day) and helping out on the structure.
andrew donovan was here for 9 days, bouncing between bringing new life  
to our computers and helping out with the building.  we are so  
grateful to him for his help and gentle nature.
david del vecchio joined us for a fun-filled week.  what a treat!
a group of past interns traveled together for a weekend of  
construction - sean, brian, melissa, berea and adam - they brought  
along their friend monica, too.  hop, adalila, ayanna and sarah were  
here that weekend, also - we all got lots accomplished during the days  
and had lots of fun playing games together in the evening!
meli came up from florida for 5 days during her spring break - she was  
enthusiastic, helpful and a pleasure to have around.
and then there have been a few successful work days - some with one  
helper, others with a dozen.   many thanks to jon, trish, melony,  
jeannie, caara, gilbert, chris, will, aurelia, jake, nada, willy,  
ashley haley, kelsey, sean, danny, trae and jerry!

and here are the pictures!

getting the logs from the ground up to the third floor as posts was a  
fantastic dance of bodies and wood.

anyone who wanted to sling a drill had plenty of opportunities.  the  
posts were drilled into place while others drilled braces between them.

it takes a village to raise a building!

beau's final project before heading out on the trail was maybe the  
most challenging job he took on during his two plus years at  
moonshadow - the stairs from the second to the third floors.  will  
helped get the job finished.

after the posts came the beams.

then the rafters:

and to make the structure safe for the little ones - railings (soon to  
be followed by a fence):

and, yes, the most important accomplishment of all - the third floor  
roof!

now we're ready for april - fencing below the handrails, the stairs  
from the ground to the second floor, bracing to ensure more stability  
and our opening event on april 12th - a tour of the grounds, two  
performances by david rovics, a pot luck dinner and more.

- ashley ironwood and the moonshadow crew

please note my new email address

************************************
ashley ironwood
sequatchie valley institute
1233 cartwright loop
whitwell, tn  37397
423-949-5922
ashley at svionline.org
www.svionline.org

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