The wall itself is done, including the Virgen de Guadalupe plaque
So, what's left you may ask. Ah those pesky details - filling any little empty spaces left from pouring concrete flooring and sidewalks, repairing/patching damage to the impermiabilizante (protective roof coat) on the roof, cleaning up, painting, and doors. Our regular iron man has been here, we showed him our designs, including Tom's 3-d model, he liked that especially. He has given us his price, which seems a bit high. So we've asked another iron man for a bid. This one doesn't speak English, hasn't lived 20+ years in the US, and doesn't have to send the wife and kids to the US to shop. So maybe we can get the price down.
We gifted the 3 workers with a dispensa yesterday. They've really done an excellent job so I went to the market and created a little selection of staples which is a standard form of dispensa - each level of worker gets a little different, the head albanil (mason) gets more than the other albanils, who get more than the laborers. So each got; beans, rice, sugar, salt, and can of pickled carrots n jalapenos, the albanils also got cal-c-tos which is a powdered chocolate milk type drink, and the head albanil also got a bag of oatmeal. And I just realized I neglected to add the bottle of oil which is also pretty standard, ni modo, life goes on!
Oh and the really fun part - there is the small interior garden; a new planting project, although I already know what I want to do in there! So look forward to another update!
After all it's all part of the Front Wall Project!!!