We started collecting stones, the heap is tiny but the journey has begun. if half an hour's work is this much then there is a stronger determination that i can build it by my self with little help from friends and associates. This is the place where we plan to build the house. the edge of the grassland slopes into a beautiful stream which has some water in this time of year too!
This land has a lot stones... collecting all of them will serve enough for my basic foundation and some sit outs which i plan to build in stone.
picking up stone, looking at it, its shape, size, color is so pleasurable. I find every stone beautiful and unique. This land has the yellowish reddish stone i have to confirm this strength of the stone with Dattu ( my mason friend- who is now a building contractor).
walls partly build by this stone and partly by cob would look great!
This season is hot... summer is really showing up. I will have to get up early in the morning now to come here and finish morning work by 10 am and do rest after 4 pm.
By lifting stone aren't you destroying some one else's home. Take it this as poke. I know you are smart enough to pick those which are not used by lesser creatures. :)
ReplyDeletei am not destroying anybodies home.. i feel it is faar better than taking a quarry stone.. which does a bigger damage... also i am checking stones.. if understone wildlife is dynamic i am leaving them there.
ReplyDeletei am building walls with mud... so whenever i die the house will be merged back to nature. hardly any cement in entire process.
Good Dear. I guess you need to meet Mr. Arun Deshpande based in Solapur. I can give you his number. He is buildling ecofriendly houses at his farm. Read Dr. Anil Awachat's "Karyarat" there is chapter on Arun Deshpande. I am going to meet him in last week of May :)
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