Friday the 28th. 70 some odd days later
Apparently there is a forest fire in Winthrop, WA. We are just about 100 miles from there and it's raining ash. Wow.
It was Megan and Bibo on column. See one, do one, teach one as they say. Megan and Bibo have now seen and done. Now it's time for them to teach.
The "VDB" was removed, revealing a perfectly formed and perfectly delightful opening.
Here is a shot of the back of the house. If I were king, I would madate that all future permanent structures be built of rammed earth and that taxation would be based on the number of colors in your house. The less colors, the more your taxes.
Fred's tree has peaches.
Our friend Marci and her animal companion Romeo are here for a visit. Marci lived in Bodrum Turkey for 6 months. Oddly enough, the day she arrived here, our friend Mark returned to Hoboken from a 10 day trip to Turkey. In the magificent Islam Art and Architecture by Markus Hattstein and Peter Delius, one can't help be struck by the power of the Islamic architecture in Turkey during the hay-day of the Ottoman Empire? Who (at the time at least) was ahead in the building-as-high-art sweepstakes? I mean really, how can you compete with the Hagia Sophia, the Bayazid Camii, the Sultan Selim Camii, the Sheheade Complex, the Suleymaniye Complex, the Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Mosque, the Rustem Pasha mosque, the Selimiye Mosque, the Sultan Ahmed Camii (or Blue Mosque) and the Topkapi Palace? Each one is more remarkable than the next!
I don't know if there is much rammed earth in Turkey. Marci? Mark? Any idea? I betcha Paul knows...
It was Megan and Bibo on column. See one, do one, teach one as they say. Megan and Bibo have now seen and done. Now it's time for them to teach.
The "VDB" was removed, revealing a perfectly formed and perfectly delightful opening.
Here is a shot of the back of the house. If I were king, I would madate that all future permanent structures be built of rammed earth and that taxation would be based on the number of colors in your house. The less colors, the more your taxes.
Fred's tree has peaches.
Our friend Marci and her animal companion Romeo are here for a visit. Marci lived in Bodrum Turkey for 6 months. Oddly enough, the day she arrived here, our friend Mark returned to Hoboken from a 10 day trip to Turkey. In the magificent Islam Art and Architecture by Markus Hattstein and Peter Delius, one can't help be struck by the power of the Islamic architecture in Turkey during the hay-day of the Ottoman Empire? Who (at the time at least) was ahead in the building-as-high-art sweepstakes? I mean really, how can you compete with the Hagia Sophia, the Bayazid Camii, the Sultan Selim Camii, the Sheheade Complex, the Suleymaniye Complex, the Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Mosque, the Rustem Pasha mosque, the Selimiye Mosque, the Sultan Ahmed Camii (or Blue Mosque) and the Topkapi Palace? Each one is more remarkable than the next!
I don't know if there is much rammed earth in Turkey. Marci? Mark? Any idea? I betcha Paul knows...
posted by Rammed Earth at 8:55 PM
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