The view from the cupola

The cupola windows have screens. This is the view east, over our bedroom. I love the way the setting sun is throwing shadows of the evergreens to the west of the house, showing that they are even taller than the dome. Our land extends into those trees in the distance.

This is the view to the northeast. Hard to see the fine stand of tamaracks (larches) that lie just behind those trees. The field in view beyond is also ours.

 

The view west - this is my favorite shot, the dome looking down on its little sibling, the garage. The roof of the connector looks a bit like a (very short) toboggan run.

 

A floor for the cupola

If you have ever worked on new construction inside a house, you probably know that from day to day not much seems to change. Well, now I have something to show: the third floor; the floor to the cupola! At this point I was in the process of hanging the joists:

 

Nothing too exciting there, joists look the same no matter which floor one is working on. However, here you can see one of the five windows in the cupola through the joists:

And from this vantage point, the very center of the roof comes into view:

This is looking down through the last bit of floor to complete. You can see the upstairs hallway and below that, the living room.

 

Next up, the view from the cupola windows, now that we can stand on a floor and look out!