WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE.....

.....but none in the house. At this writing I have no well line, no plumbing. For weeks I've been trying to get the plumber out to WSSP and get a well driller lined up. As with many aspects of this house, I had no idea how difficult this could be. On the outside we're surrounded by water. Springs dot the hillside. A runoff stream empties into The Shingle Creek across the road. And every time it rains a little more real estate washes into the road. Oh, the plumber's wife has to have open heart surgery, while no well driller will touch the job. "Wires are too close." "Slope is too much." "Can't have that runoff going into the creek." "You're looking at $10,000...at least." It's back to the spring. And wait for the plumber's wife's surgery.
In the mean time, Al and I have put on the stairs off the porch and cut in the little loft windows. From the exterior the place looks amazing. But aside from electric and woodstove, we have no systems. The septic has cleared, but has yet to be tested. There's still more "earth art" to be done. I want to catch a couple of small springs with cisterns for the garden and put in more curtain drain. We are literally carving up the property in an attempt to divert the water away from the house. So far it seems to be working. I just got off the phone with the excavator. He says maybe Friday.