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I have a friend, Bill Padgett and his wife Susan, whom recently moved to Alaska. I was talking with him on the phone when he said "Fall's about gone". Gone I thought, gone, heck it really hasn't gotten here yet. But it made me think. It's coming and winter can sneak up on you. So While I had hoped to be in the house by Christmas, it appears that will not be the case.

The good news is that I expect to be dried in by then and the dome will be closed in, so that will give me a nice space to utilized. I've cemented up another couple of feet since these photos were taken. It's a bit more work that I thought placing and wiring the chicken wire. While I prefer not to use that much cement, this seems to be working fine. Since I'm just putting a shell over it for the moment. I will at some point add another dome over this one to either use the air space inbetween or to include some insulation. I'll cross that bridge when we get there.

In order to protect the out side wall of the dome I'm going to put a temporary "skirt" around the large dome to keep the water from rushing off the large dome and on the earth walls that are holding it up. They taken a lot of water before, I'm just trying to be carefull at this stage in the game.

Other than that it's just one step at a time. Well sit on back and check out the latest and greatest as you follow this Newberry adventure.

Love and Light

Pat Newberry

Carroll Newberry

& the rest of the Maukly crew.

Mauk, GA

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The photos are as follows:

Looking down at dome entrance

South East side of the building

Outer wall near sleeping area.

East side, looking at foyer

Looking into dome from foyer

Inside the dome

Detail of form

Fire in the dome

South west side of building

Dome and Wall

East side near Kitchen

Bedroom wall

Detail of vega.

Detail of chicken wire in dome

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