When we left you with the season finale cliffhanger last June, we had just bundled up our baby building with prayers that she'd survive the monsoon rains without a roof. That was asking a lot from a big mud sandcastle, and we put her fate in the hands of a few well-fastened tarps, some slate shingles sheltering the tops of the walls, and a whole lotta flax husk mixed into the mud plaster in which we dressed her up for the occasion. Well, the monsoon was merciless: it was the longest and heaviest in recent memory at nearly fourth months of battering downpours. But it turns out flax is up to the task!

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