"Long time, no yurt"

Pictures really jazz things up. I finished tapering the ceiling joists today. Meaning, I now have 35 poles that will fit into the crown. The picture gives you an idea of how it would look to have the crown suspended above the center of the yurt. I'm still undecided on decoration of the interior. Traditionally the wood is painted with bright colors and ornate designs. A "high class" yurt will have more carving. It's hard to resist wanting to fancy up the wood work, especially me being a high class sort of guy and all. On the other hand, I'll be lucky if I get the cover sewed together by June!

I was browsing the web for yurt building companies and found one that donned a catchy motto. "You must be square if you aren't in a yurt" At first I though it was kind of clever. However, it seemed they used it as a crutch. It was pasted that all over their website. Now I don't like it anymore. My critique begs to ask the question, "What would you say yurtman?" Well. I'm not sure. I was thinking "Yurt Hyurts" or "Do you really want to yurt me?" or "Something, something yurt dirt" but I can't really get that one together. Any suggestions?

-is

Overdue Post

To those who leave comments, thank you. It is wonderful to hear from all of you.

My respite from the blog postings may lead you to think I've been slacking a bit. And... I have been. However, progress ensues on the yurt. The past couple of weeks, I have been working on and finally completed the crown's ring that acts as the keystone for all of the roof rafters. Today, my body once again feels the stress of using new muscles. I shouldn't whine, but my jaw aches as well. Not from some manly injury incurred by bubba's fist. My jaw was pushed back as a result from the dust mask. It scrunched my nose and cheeks reducing my once proportionate facial features to resemble a Pug dog. But that's ok! Because I have conquered another fine day of progress on the yurt.

I now have all of the rafters cut with beveled corners and 5 of them tapered on one end to fit inside the holes on the crown. Tomorrow, as I have the week off, I will finish tapering the rest of the rafters and start drilling holes in the opposite end that will then receive rope loops. These loops will hook onto the top of the lattice walls supporting the base of the roof. It'll make more sense with pictures later. Right now, I'm going to shower and see if 'adding water' will restore my face back into it's proper shape.

-is