Bria Bonet, who was up for all of September, helped us out in so many ways, including finishing up the plastering.
Below: Cob bench w/cubbies; Above: Cob bench w/cubbies, after being plastered.
Above: a praying mantis Bria found as she was plastering. I moved it down to the flower garden, where it will hopefully eat a lot of cucumber beetles.
Above: cob bench and walls, finished.
Above: Working on the finish interior plaster. Below: Bria, our September intern, putting cob in the cracks on under the roof.
Above and below: Maru and Ryan putting finish plaster on one of the cob benches.
Above: Tammy, photographing her handiwork: Below: Tammy and Chazz.
Above: Looking out the french doors.
Above: fireplace, cob bench, shelves.
Above: Ryan and Eden applying the finish plaster to the interior walls.
Above: Josh and Tammy, who stayed on after the cob apprenticeship to finish the studio, taking a little break inside. Below: Cob fireplace
Above: miniature scale model of a cob oven that Tammy's partner Chazz made, complete with satanic horns. Tammy and Chazz have moved on to several places since us, building full-scale cob ovens. Below: test samples of finish interior plasters.
Above: Josh, looking in on the plastering progress. Below: Interior earthen plaster shots.
Above: Finish plaster on the interior walls, drying. Below: Drying finish plaster and a look at the cob bench with cubbies. 
Above and below; rough plaster on the exterior walls.
Daniel, our friend and neighbor, drove his cows from one part of our land over the dam to another one of our pastures....
