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Pouring the Barn Footings

July 2016

Pouring the Barn Footing July 18, 2016 Monday: Volunteers gathered to begin pouring the barn footings at 10:30 am. Some have spent the night on the property, while others have arrived between 9 and 10 am from their homes up and down the Island. The crew’s number climbs to 11 volunteers with three giving service

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Dropping in and Staying on

July 2016

From the beginning of June, Dhamma Modana has had a small but steady stream of visitor coming to the Center to volunteer for a day or two or four and for a couple of people, staying on for a week or two.

House Footings – continued

July 2016

House Footings continued A group of four volunteers returned to tackle the house footing on June 27th.  Mild weather, two long days and some delicious pre-prepared meals was enough time to get most of the work accomplished. Three of the meditators stayed overnight, with two others arriving as “drop ins” for single days. Having people

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Getting Started

July 2016

Getting Started Work started on the footings for the barn on June 22nd.  A meditator with years of experience working with concrete headed up a small group of volunteers and the project began under cloudy, mild conditions.

Barn and House Delivery

May 2016

Barn and House Delivery After hearing from Cory (Beltran Bros) that the house had arrived safely on the property in the early hours of Friday May 27, we made our way up to Dhamma Modana from Victoria and Duncan, arriving just before 10 am to watch the crew tackle moving the house to its new

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