Well
I've been busier than usual this year.
I got me a wife.
Yep.
That should explain things.
Normally by now, I've made 180 dozen Bizcochitos. A New Mexican holiday cookie for those of you who are wondering.
Sad to say, I'm not even close. The wife, and the 2 little yappy dogs, and the neurotic cat have kept me busy with other things.
Gotta love them.
Back to the Bizcochitos, they rank. Even the Mayor in our town asks for them when he see's me.
I guess I love to build, and to bake. Mud, dirt, flour, it all seems the same. Poliadas is actually a mixture of flour and water that is used to make a sticky binder for interior mud plastering.
:)
Here's the irony of it all, my new wife loved eating Bizcochitos, until yesterday, when the Doc told her to go on a special diet - one that doesn't include butter or white flour, after spending the night in the hospital with a gallbladder attack.
So here I am the Bizchochito Man and my darlin can only smell them.
Back to the oven for me, maybe with out her eating them I can catch up now
Still the,
Mudman
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Monday, December 15, 2008
Let It Snow
Well, we are working on a spec house in the beautiful North Valley of ABQ, a quaint old village called Los Ranchos and it's begun to snow this week.
How beautiful it all looks with the winter white covering on the sleepy little village.
Progress though is a bit slower in the snow. We were preparing to plaster the outside of the adobe home and Casita, and it looks like we will have to re-group and instead plaster the inside, because despite being able to plaster in the snow, the final coat must have an outdoor temperature of at least 40 degrees Farenheit for a sustained time of 4 hours to cure properly and after 30 plus years of doing this in the New Mexican winters, I know when to wait.
If you have any questions regarding the use of the ultimate 'green' building material - ADOBE, don't hesitate to write with your questions.
Until the snow melts,
Mudman
How beautiful it all looks with the winter white covering on the sleepy little village.
Progress though is a bit slower in the snow. We were preparing to plaster the outside of the adobe home and Casita, and it looks like we will have to re-group and instead plaster the inside, because despite being able to plaster in the snow, the final coat must have an outdoor temperature of at least 40 degrees Farenheit for a sustained time of 4 hours to cure properly and after 30 plus years of doing this in the New Mexican winters, I know when to wait.
If you have any questions regarding the use of the ultimate 'green' building material - ADOBE, don't hesitate to write with your questions.
Until the snow melts,
Mudman
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Welcome to my "Green" blog
Hi
I've worked in the dirt since I was a child. Now it's time to share with everyone, the lessons I've learned, the trade that has blessed me and the tales that were told time and again in the dirt.
To leave you with a phrase from my great grandmother....'sea por el amor de Dios'.
MudMan
I've worked in the dirt since I was a child. Now it's time to share with everyone, the lessons I've learned, the trade that has blessed me and the tales that were told time and again in the dirt.
To leave you with a phrase from my great grandmother....'sea por el amor de Dios'.
MudMan
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