Saturday, June 6, 2009

May '09 update

I loved the feeling of freshness coming to site. These water lilies seem to greet me each time as I arrived.














Getting a closer look.



















The rainy season has arrived too, rain water accumulation mirrored the bird house. Good that plastering of the external walls was more than half completed.














Work pace seemed slow even with quite a number of workers on scald folding.



















View of the corner room allocated to cultivate insects before walled up. The openings on the floor below allows insects be drawn up by lights during the night.



















There is another bird's entrance on the side wall facing north-east. It is windy sometimes during the evenings from the south east direction; I reckon the birds may prefer this entrance as the approach is more windward. Let's see if this the case in time to come.



















Cement hoisted up by a self made winch.



















Panel by panel, from top to bottom...



















Truck delivering sand was stuck in mud at the background .



















Well, they surely know how to get it off, no worries.














Work progressed on day after day, slowly but surely.















In between more rain water collected filling the pond bed.














Another storm loomed overhead. The building looks clean as completed with scald folding removed; but resembled a boring giant shoe box too! It really depend which perspective one look at it.














Work continued plastering internal walls.



















Some workers found it more comfortable here during the night.



















I really enjoyed the tranquil setting of the surrounds.














View of distant mountains in the direction of Cha Am and Hua Hin from top of bird house.














Neighboring shrimp farms and rice fields.














I often check out the areas around the workers' quarters. This time I noticed a makeshift chicken coop with chicks - one even stood on dad's back!