Ted adjusts a few things up on the wall while Jeff lowers the log from the tractor.

With one end down, Ted begins plumbing and securing it so the opposite end can pivot and be set down in its plumb position.Ted drills

Ted drills the hole in the pass log to accept the rebar pin that will get pounded through and into the butt end of the log they just set.

Jillena came out for a little while to pound some rebar. Here she is driving the horizontal spike into the hole Ted just drilled.

Ted continued with his "favorite job" working his way down the log, while Jillena finished her rebar pin.

Nobody pounds rebar like Ted!

Look at him go!

Jeff doesn't just take pictures. Here he's using the chop saw to cut some rebar pins.

Sunday was definitely the nicer of the two weekend days. The mud is slowly drying up and we hope to start spreading some dirt soon to work the drainage.

The day was spent moving the next four logs off the racks and placing them around the house, then trimming the knots off.

John carries the log for the south wall to the house.

With the dirt pile in the way (under the blue tarp), the log will have to be set down to one side, then slid across toward the opposite side.

John uses the backplate of the forks to push the log into position along the south wall.

To make things a little easier, and to keep the log free from mud, we set the log on smaller log "rollers".

The tractor is still making ruts in the soft ground. Good thing it's 4-wheel drive!

Dragging one end of the log leaves a muddy trail.

John pulls the log into position on the west wall.

Hooked up to the fourth log, Jeff and John did their best to keep it out of the mud.

Pulling a log from the distant rack across and onto an empty section of a closer rack was one way of keeping the log clean.

John hooks up on the "drier" side of the closer rack and continues pulling the log across.

Our house at sunset.

The log racks at sunset.

First quarter moon over a lifting pole.

Reflection in our "temporary pond".