Morning Light

The temple is especially beautiful in the morning light.

The rising sun shone through the windows.

A hymn came to mind.

A cement truck arrived before I did.

This guy appeared out of nowhere to fill up his little truck.

I will confess that I was just a little closer than I wanted to be.

But not close enough to ask what he was building.

Masons were there early, too.

They've been busy.

As big as the fountain is, it's a little hard to see.

Stone is being placed around the base.

Once the construction is complete, trees will still be in the way.

Masons worked all around the fountain.

They are completing stairwells and planters.

This mason was polishing a capstone of quartzitic sandstone.

Like last week, his base was a firm block of geofoam.

Other masons worked in the north gardens.

They have creatively used geofoam, also.

Painters are always busy.

It appears the geofoam is involved with everything at this point.

I saw the ladders come to work.

These men were putting a finish on the north wall along the Nu Skin driveway.  I suspect all the exterior walls at the temple site will be finished like this.

I spied workmen at the northeast tower.

They are working on door trim.

Fortunately, my camera got a peek inside.  Temple patrons will use these stairs to go between instruction rooms on the ground floor and the second level.

The pavilion is also hard to see, but it's not out of mind.

The exterior is receiving trim.

The cupola has been painted.

I was able to peek in from the west.

My camera caught something interesting inside.

I was standing here when I took a few photographs of the pavilion.
I turned a bit to take a picture of the temple.

I took this picture two years ago from about the same location.

I took this picture from the southeast corner this morning.

This was how the site looked in June, 2013.

You can laugh, but at that time I didn't know they were going to dig any deeper.

Last year at this time, workmen were laying rebar for the underground garage.

Dirt is now going in for landscaping.

Speaking of landscaping, guess what these men are doing.

They are preparing for sod.

This man is installing more exterior lighting.

There is actually quite a bit of that already.

I was surprised with this sight in the south lot.

My guess is the boxes contain benches for the garden areas.

I saw a little bit of progress in the post office lot.

I tried to guess how far along the south entrance is.

I fear it's not as close as I want it to be.

The north entrance is still a bit of a mystery.

In three years, the temple has come a long way.

I'm starting to get excited.