geni house

here's more on the building of the generator house that also houses gardening tools. there will be wooden doors on both sides and the blocks will all be slurried, shaped, and painted to match the bunker and house and soil will be sloped up the sides of the wing walls and planted as well. no more rain on the generator or attractive tarps hanging about!

bunker building

the underground portion of the bunker is done, covered in plastic and buried in soil. the exterior floor has been poured and will eventually be tiled in Mexican-style pavers. the side half-walls will be shaved and shaped to a Grecian-style sloping roll, following the slope of the island. the half-walls and beams will be slurried and painted, the ceiling lined in varnished bamboo sheeting, and the 2 skylights will be finished with stained-glass window hatches. half of the arched roof has been poured, which will eventually be covered in soil and teeming with plant life so you can barely see the structure from on top of the island. underneath the roof is where we plan to have a full outdoor kitchen to service the restaurant area. and soon, moving out toward the sea, we'll add a large bbq/Tongan umu-pit and a living earth-roof covered restaurant table area and woven pola covered bar. don't worry, we'll be sure to include the fire-pit out toward the beach! should make for some relaxed entertaining during future evenings!

don't fall in the hole!

Here's the giant hole, dug by hand over the course of a month... this is where the 'underground' bunker is, which will be our workshop, storage, and place to run to if the weather gets tough! Most important rule: when playing laser-tag, whether during the day or in the dark, no falling in the hole!

up to three!

We've got 3 columns up and are beginning to see the vision materialize in front of our eyes!

in the moment...

It's been awhile, but we finally are back at it and are taking a reprieve to catalog what we've been up to. At the moment the beach looks like a construction zone with fantastically big piles of rock, sand, and blocks for mixing concrete. We've got big holes dug in various places and a few random arched concrete columns that we have yet to tie together with a domed living earth roof. All in good time... for the moment we're having fun, moving forward, and living in the moment as much as possible!