Our first invitation
Patrice and Dave would the pleasure of your presence Friday at 8:30am in San Miguel Lot #12 for the best Mud Fiesta you have every been invited to!
There will be Music, Dancing, and a host of VIP’s will make an appearance, heck some VIP’s will stay for the entire thing. So if you want to rub shoulders with some truly important VIP’s, don’t miss a minute of the excitement.
What is this Fiesta all about? Well…since you asked…Dave and Patrice will be starting the walls of their new house and want you to be a part of it. So bring your boots or be ready to be bare foot and be part of this historic occasion.
Remember this is a once in a lifetime experience, it will never happen again. There are no second chances.
Oh I almost forgot to tell you who the VIPs are, no I am not trying to tease you…Everyone that is there is a VIP…If they weren’t they wouldn’t be invited after all.
Let us know if you will be there and we will see you at the grand event
and then the follow up
Well our plans they are a changing a little
Ramiro – architect says we should start at 9am – and Martha says 8:30 is too early anyways sooo 9am it is
Now they are starting to work on the ‘mud pit’ it’s being treated as we speak – YEA!!
We have opted to bring in pizza for everyone (workers included) around 11am
And seems we might even have some vino and dancing (there will be bottled water as well)
Be prepared for what we hope will be a really fun morning – so glad you will come and share this with us
Please let us know if you are coming if you haven’t already
See you Friday
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- workin the dirt
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- Ramiro jumped out of his car with a huge sheet of paper – made us this sign
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- and more
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- stomp stomp 🙂 we had music
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- stomp stomp
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- Hello Martha!
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- we all became hobbits
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- three amigas
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- Roberto our Maestro – showing us how its done
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- everyone working
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- Susan – wow you go girl!
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- Martha’s wall – considering a plaque 🙂
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- Emily & Abigail WTG!
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- Eva & Cindi working hard
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- family affair – Steve, Abigail & Eily
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- stuffing the walls
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- are we having fun yet?
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- wooohooo Ramiro
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- stomp, stomp
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- Nancy & Eva
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- dancin
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- working on the walls
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- Julie had to work a little but picked up a pair of fabulous boots for the occasion
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- end of the day pizza – 15 of them
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- working on the pit
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- makin mud
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- Ramiro – architect (fabulous guy!!
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- Eva & Ramiro
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- more of the crew
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- Ramiro & Patrice ‘Muddy’ Parent
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- view from the master
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- bamboo is attached and then wired
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- mud in the walls
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- no nails everything fits together
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- inside close the fireplace
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- It is truly amazing how they make the tools they need here. This is a table saw and every band of bamboo you see in the pictures was cut on this table
OMG…..what a hoot…..go girl
Well when in Ecuador … go big or go home 🙂
it was a blast!!!
What a fantastic, magical morning! The house is an amazing feat of organic natural and stunning beauty! Congrats to you, P, D, and R for making such an incredible art piece! Can’t wait for the housewarming party!!
It was for sure Martha – glad you were there to share it with us!!
Wowweee! Sure looks like fun…a lot of work, too…but all is good when there is more fun than work. Many blessings on the completion of your lovely home!
thanks Ruth!!
Among all the frivolity and hard work I have a tech question; why wire the nail heads and are all the vertical columns so wired?
Not sure yet – it just happened before they started to mud (am sure there is a good reason). We will ask Ramiro when he is here on Tuesday … stay tuned!
Oh my goodness!! I wish I could be there with you now. Someday….I will.
We’ll leave the light on for you Kathy …. see you soon!!
What a lovely experience, with friends all participating in this magical process. Like an Ecuadorean version of a barn raising. Wish we could have been there to be a part of it, but in spirit, we were. All the best to you both.
Chris – the day was over the top!!