Emile installing tiles beneath the bathroom sink counter.
Emile installing tiles beneath the bathroom sink counter.
Beginning to tile the bathroom shower.
Beginning to tile the bathroom shower.
How about the purple duct tape?
How about the purple duct tape?
Shower walls completed; gridlines for the tapered floor tiles drawn.
Shower walls completed; gridlines for the tapered floor tiles drawn.
Bathroom and shower floors tiled.
Bathroom and shower floors tiled.
Emile staining the window jamb extensions.
Emile staining the window jamb extensions.
Curved kitchen counter installed and drying.
Curved kitchen counter installed and drying.
Kitchen counter stained and sink installed.
Kitchen counter stained and sink installed.
Interior view of the "archive" under construction.
Interior view of the "archive" under construction.
Spring equinox western sky.
Spring equinox western sky.
Grinnell students stopped by to set up tipis and spend a night in them.
Grinnell students stopped by to set up tipis and spend a night in them.
Students figuring out how to set up the tipis.
Students figuring out how to set up the tipis.
Success! The tripod is up and secured.
Success! The tripod is up and secured.
All three tipis are up and ready for campers.
All three tipis are up and ready for campers.
Tipi upgrades: wooden floors with covered fire pits.
Tipi upgrades: wooden floors with covered fire pits.
Jerry setting the first saplings.
Jerry setting the first saplings.
Afternoon sun rays.
Afternoon sun rays.
Storm clouds the afternoon of June 21, 2007.
Storm clouds the afternoon of June 21, 2007.
View of summer solstice late afternoon.
View of summer solstice late afternoon.
Western sky on June 21.
Western sky on June 21.
Summer solstice sunset.
Summer solstice sunset.
Another beautiful Wingsprings sky.
Another beautiful Wingsprings sky.
Moon rise.
Moon rise.
Setting posts in concrete between south porch and bathhouse.
Setting posts in concrete between south porch and bathhouse.
These posts will support the headers connecting the porch and bathhouse.
These posts will support the headers connecting the porch and bathhouse.
Installing the headers, beginning at the bathhouse.
Installing the headers, beginning at the bathhouse.
We are getting close to the porch.
We are getting close to the porch.
Still not all the way, but we are getting closer.
Still not all the way, but we are getting closer.
Dan the man.
Dan the man.
Done! The bathhouse and porch are connected.
Done! The bathhouse and porch are connected.
Dave and Emile--happy builders.
Dave and Emile--happy builders.
Some relatives visited during a family reunion in town.
Some relatives visited during a family reunion in town.
Sun setting directly over Bear In The Lodge Butte on August 30.
Sun setting directly over Bear In The Lodge Butte on August 30.
Kent & Sandie enjoying their wedding reception at Wingsprings.
Kent & Sandie enjoying their wedding reception at Wingsprings.
Finally getting the south side of the bathhouse roofed.
Finally getting the south side of the bathhouse roofed.
Nose shot of the house.
Nose shot of the house.
Winter time.
Winter time.
View to the southwest.
View to the southwest.
Happy sledder with homemade sled.
Happy sledder with homemade sled.
View to the north.
View to the north.
Winter solstice sunrise.
Winter solstice sunrise.
New Year's eve afternoon sky.
New Year's eve afternoon sky.
View from the southwest.
View from the southwest.
View from the northwest.
View from the northwest.
This summer we will build the connecting roof.
This summer we will build the connecting roof.
Brrrr.
Brrrr.
View from the east.
View from the east.
A pretty sunset.
A pretty sunset.
Emile when we burned piles of dead wood by the springs.
Emile when we burned piles of dead wood by the springs.
The flames got pretty high.
The flames got pretty high.
Charred remains of a pile of dead wood.
Charred remains of a pile of dead wood.
The north property line of Wingsprings, clearly showing that the Butte is north of this west-east line.
The north property line of Wingsprings, clearly showing that the Butte is north of this west-east line.
Sudden warm temperatures with frozen ground cause melting snow to create a river through the springs.
Sudden warm temperatures with frozen ground cause melting snow to create a river through the springs.

Waniyetu Topa

Year 4 (2007-08)

This fourth year was the first that i lived in the house full time and could begin to learn about its relation to the land and sky. For instance, we learned that the sun rises directly on the Wingsprings west-east axis on February 28. So that is now the official first day of the Wingsprings year. This will be the final photo album that begins in January. Its photos begin in January 2007 and end on February 23, 2008.