Tassajara work periods happen in April and September, when a band of enthusiastic volunteers descend on the valley and roll up their sleeves to transform it into a summer haven and retreat center (in April) and back into a monastery (in September).
This year, long-term practitioner Judith Keenan, carpenter and film-maker, brought her camera along with her construction tools, and here are the wonderful results.
![JK-Tass-3](https://blogs.sfzc.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/JK-Tass-3-600x200.jpg)
The line for gourmet vegetarian lunch outside the dining room.
![JK-Tass-2](https://blogs.sfzc.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/JK-Tass-2-600x561.jpg)
Working on the courtyard walkway: in front, new SFZC board member Piper Murakami, and, from left, Kok Loong Lye, Rain Burns, Judith Keenan, and Fran Burton
![JK-Tass-4](https://blogs.sfzc.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/JK-Tass-4-431x600.jpg)
Bernard McPhillips, Gentoku Smith and Molly Green working on the bath house
![JK-Tass-7](https://blogs.sfzc.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/JK-Tass-7-431x600.jpg)
The new path to the helicopter pad is carved into the side of the mountain
![JK-Tass-6](https://blogs.sfzc.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/JK-Tass-6-600x259.jpg)
Farewell to Tassajara: a final view