Digging is about to begin! A beautiful spring day.

Richard, the builder, ensures no critical lines get broken.

The original foundation, which probably hasn't seen light of day in centuries.

The floor is ready for the footings to be put in.

The footings were put in. Now, time for the foundation to get laid.

Filling in the areas outside the foundation.

Time to seal the foundation. This stuff smells great.

Filling in the areas outside the foundation.

Preparing the site to join the old and new foundations.

This will be filled with concrete.

and finished up.

The outlines of the lower level rooms begin to emerge.

The foor, or ceiling, gets put in.

The first wall goes up.

The building gets blessed by a rainbow.

Raising the east-facing wall.

The top floor comes into shape.

Jim Dowd, one of the best masons in the area, builds a stone entryway.

From the computer room, a view onto the front lawn.

The bay window on the east side.

From here, one can see Mt. Wachusett.

Looking from the bay window westeward.

The addition, in full.

New terrace looking out on Mt. Wachusett.

Cedar shingling begins.

An opening between the old library and new library.

Insulation being blown into the walls and ceiling.

A rock landmark gets moved about six feet to the left, opening the terrace.

Opening the central field being widened and reshaped.

Shingling.

Rebuilding the old sidewalk (the old one was taken out when we buried the power and communications lines running from the road to the Farmhouse).

We moved the sidewalk leading from the parking lot to the Farmhouse about six feet to the left and added a pleasant curve to it. We also took out the stone steps at the wall's opening, since they were uneven and got icy easily.

Adding some sidewalk for the handicap access ramp.

Delivery of topsoil for terrace.

Spreading topsoil.

Smoothing topsoil.

Building a back deck, which accommodates a third handicap accessway.

Drywall gets put in.