Looking very, very nice against a setting sun, 3 of the leaded glass windows for the master suite's dressing area go up. Melinda does her usual superb job on the details.
Early morning photo taken from atop the Northeast corner of the house. This photo was taken 4 weeks into wall construction and will give you an idea of how fast dry-stack block walls can go up, even with just the two (and usually just one) of us working.
The French doors going into the living/dining area from the courtyard go in. The clamps you can see are holding the door jamb against the door buck while the adhesive dries.
The tools I'm using the most these days are a good rubber deadblow mallet, a 3 foot mason's level and my trusty glue gun. In case you're wondering, a deadblow hammer or mallet is filled with birdshot and is used when you want to hammer something which you don't want to break (like a concrete block). We use the mallet on misaligned concrete blocks and stray mortgage bankers. We've also got a smaller level, but the three-footer is good for checking continuity as you lay courses.
The window over the stove, with window buck. We use a construction crayon (it's erasable and washable) to write directions and memos to ourselves. In this case, I certainly don't want to forget to put a vent in for the range hood exhaust fan. Also, notice the "R" in the upper left corner which lets me know where my rebar and concrete wall support is.
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