Framing and flowers

Three months after Robert and I arrived in Hawaii, all the permits are in place, the foundations are poured, electrical and plumbing is roughed in, and framing has begun! Our builder Bob Kirk tells me we have completed the last inspection "for a long time" and that progress will occur much faster. I am away now for a couple weeks in NY, and by the time I get back, framing will be well underway and maybe even close to done at least on the main house.

So far there have been no big surprises. The subcontractors Bob Kirk chose have all been good, and they have been going as fast as they can despite all the delays for inspections.

Gonzalo Herrera was my guest in Hawaii in April along with his husband Jose. Gonzalo is an accomplished photographer. First there's a link to Gonzalo's pictures of our land. Take a look and comment if you like them! Oh, by the way, our property is a working farm which we have named Kikala Keokea Farms. Note: you need to put your cursor over the link below then click the option that pops under that says, "Go to link"

http://tinyurl.com/kikalakeokeapics

Next, here are a few pics of the progress on the foundation and framing. Aloha!

Dangerous cracks have already appeared in the foundation, I need to notify our contractor about this!

The latest pic, major progress!

Catchment tank and generator are going up already!

The inspector on one of his many, many visits. But we're done with inspections for a long while according to our contractor!

Bob Kirk, our contractor, jump starting the generator. The high humidity in our area makes all equipment touchy to start and maintain.

The next pics are actually all the prep that went into getting the foundations ready and poured with concrete.