Day 20

And the wind blew and blew and by the day's end, you couldn't see down the street!

That pretty much wraps up how this weekend went. Tom was able to get 4 arches completed. Although he had plans on finishing the arches on Sunday, it was impossible to even be outside with the 40 to 50 mph wind gusts! But we are excited, since this week is suppose to turn itself around and by Wednesday, we'll will be able to make up for lost time.

Saturday morning started with Tom building the template needed to create the arch. Here you see that he's laid out the first arch on the template to make sure it will be even.

Then it was time to start setting them in place. 

But the end of the day Saturday, the winds had started and you can see the overcast look to the sky. These are not clouds, it's sand! Once the 4th arch was in place, Tom called it a day. 

Sunday morning was even worse. So the oven had to weather the dust storm. If you look closely, it looks like Bradley is actually going to blow away! He was barking frantically at a shopping bag that was caught by the wind.

 

By mid afternoon, no one was to be found out and about in Las Cruces. The windy season has officially arrived!

Today will find me out and about getting all the nuts and bolts of the BakeHouse up and running. We finally received our NM Public Regulation Commission number from the State, so I can now go to the Tax office and Accountant, as well as establish the bank account and take care of the business insurance. All these items were pending, so I'm glad that they will now be checked off the list.

It's an exciting turning point for the BakeHouse. Once the baking chamber is closed in, which should be done by the this coming weekend, we'll start to dry out the baking chamber. First with a little porcelain heater and then with small fires that I'll move around the oven floor throughout the day. 

We're looking forward to sharing the next phase with all of you!

Thanks again for checking  - Kath