Ruth -

We have a customer who stops in about once a month.  Last year, he 
completed construction of his straw bale house with solar panels and a 
wind mill.  The part that amazes me is that he built a fireplace in it, 
too.  I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll really ignite the spark.

- Pam

Ruth Barton wrote:

>Deb,  You ain't gonna believe this, I didn't, but I have actually seen one
>of these weird houses.  Our youngest son met this kid in school who lived
>WAY out in the boonies.  One day he went there to visit.  On the way home
>he told us there was a house down the road, ie: goat track, from Eric's
>house that was built out of firewood.  We told him he was nuts, nobody
>builds houses out of firewood.  The next time we went to pick him up there
>we said we wanted to see this house SOOOOOO  we drove even further down the
>goat track and, sure enough, there's this house, built just like the one in
>the picture.  BUT, we still didn't believe it at first, we thought it was
>stone till we stopped and took a really close look.  Damnedest thing I ever
>did see.  I sure didn't think there were any others.  Of course we also
>have the fella who built his house out of straw bales.  "I'll huff and I'll
>puff and I'll blow your house down !!!!!!"  Ruth
>
>
>At 8:25 PM -0400 4/19/06, deb Bledsoe wrote:
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