Our friend Miriam — who we met in Boulder five years ago — is in town for the holidays. She stopped by to visit with us and got to meet Miss Leyba:
One of David’s classmates in graduate school, it’s no surprise that the subject of engineering came up (and went right over my head!). The most pleasant surprise, however, was our shared love of natural building and all things cob! Wow, do I love it when I meet another cob enthusiast. There are more of us than you’d think.
Miriam spent several months earlier this year in Thailand studying natural building methods and has also taken a natural building intensive course in Colorado. Check out her photo albums; she includes great descriptions of the building styles and steps in her photos. Hooray for building beautiful homes out of dirt!
We had a lovely, relaxing day together yesterday catching up. The weather was bright and sunny, so we even went for a walk (one of our frequent activities in Boulder: hikes on the weekends together!). Almost as if we were back in Boulder in 2004… except for the whole baby and California thing. So, um, never mind.
Thank you for visiting us, Miriam! We hope to see you again soon.
Wow, these building photos are amazing. I can see why you like cob so much — it’s so creative and seemingly simple to build. So much got done in just a few short days. Someday….! XO, Mom