Another good week with multiple changes in the appearance of the Library. Roof trusses arrived on Monday morning along with a crane to lift them in place and by Monday afternoon, many were already in place. The photos that follow show the progress during the week.
The trusses came on a truck and trailer. In this photo some have already been lifted and put in place by the crane.
In this photo, two of the larger trusses are lowered into place.
The crane easily lifted the trusses and dropped them in place. This is one of the smaller trusses.
By Tuesday night, most of the trusses were properly located and locked in place with metal clips
Here is a view from inside the building after many of the trusses were installed. 
By Thursday, a new structure (the cupola!) began to appear at the top of the roof.
In this photo, the cupola rough-in including the roof are in place. Note also that most of the roof sheathing has also been installed. Shingling of the roof is still at least a week away as a lot of detail work remains to be completed.
The landscape crew began work putting large rocks in place on Wednesday. This is the front entrance but a lot work remains to be done.
This hardworking group met on Thursday afternoon to make decisions on chairs, tables, fabrics and color schemes in the finished library. Clockwise from the lower left are Jeanne Crisp, Rebecca Loney, Boyka Thayer (our interior design consultant), Joann Roomes, Leslie Franzen, Bruce Williams, and Stig Carlson.
Friday afternoon finds Ken Helms, Project Manager, on site with tools and working! I got the feeling he has done this before. He was right at home in a role as a regular carpenter!
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