Starting stucco

Stucco starts with putting up boards as guides for the crew to use, after the wall is done, they pop the boards off and automatically have a clean edge:


The crew has started 'skinning' the wall:



Here you see the finished wall - they will do this to the interior walls as well:



Now, I know the following photo doesn't look very exciting, but that pile of gravel will soon be my floor, so I consider the arrival this coupled with a very unphotogenic pile of bags containing portland cement something to cheer about: