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21.  We used ropes and rebar to keep us steady while we screwed down the roof. 22. Gables and eaves are filled in.  The house all lathed and ready for inspection. 23. This is what the interior looked like with gravel floor, framed interior walls and spiral staircase. 24. The porch is on--largely built by a carpenter  - Thanks, Randy! 25. Thanksgiving dinner with my Mom and Dad in the semi-completed house.
26. My father helped plaster one wall by the sunroom over Thanksgiving.  Then, came the plaster party . . . 27. Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble -a dash of  lizard gizzards and a whole lot of chopped straw . . .  28. The mud slip is applied with our "Mud Master 2000". otherwise known as a stucco hopper. 29.  Mud can then be applied with the mudball toss method, wood float or bare hands . . .  30. . . . . then smoothed with a barely visible metal trowel.