Past Projects

If you think you can feel the heat waves generated from the photo below, you would be right. On the July 4th holiday, the temperature rose to above 100 degrees, with a heat index at about 115 -- dangerously hot, as the weather people advised. Even more impressive were the singing and dancing performances by the Romanians and South Africans. The New Hampshire participants remained stoic through it all. They don't complain much.

From left, the Guild volunteers: Ian Ellison, John Miller, Donna Williams, Bob Smith, Ian Ellison's sons, and Joel McCarty (bottom right).

This South African structure was constructed from dried grasses by a woman working alone. At the left of the photo is an opening to the straw house, where you could feel the remarkable difference in temperature from the sizzling outside and the seemingly refrigerated interior.