Now the outside pointing on the dairy is finished, our attention turns to the inside. This is before we started removing most of the old soft concrete . and after about an hours de-pointing. A long way to go yet, but at least I can work inside now when it’s pissing down outside.
Walking the Policies
Up at semi Sparrows fart this morning to give the doggie a full walk around the Policies. Is that view gorgeous or what? When we have a ball Rubes is completely self contained – and by that I mean no lead or rope attached. Flowering Yarrow in now abundant….. ….as is Red Valerian. We also have a rare entry this year – Common Eyebright. There are only two clumps of this growing in the…
Nearly finished.
The pointing on the Dairy seems to have been going on for weeks and weeks and indeed it has. But the end is almost here We had to take off the roof sofit to cement the stone underneath it. Having taken of the rendering on the left hand side, the rock underneath consisted mostly of rubble…… …this was all taken out and larger cut pieces were set in place. This now just leaves filling…
Happy 7th Anniversary Stonewalls
This time seven years ago, we were moving into Stonewalls. How innocent we were – do a bit of work on the house and then the weekend country retreat will be finished. How things have changed. July 2010 July 2017 July 24th 2010 and and Today. I went to work on the day after we moved in. Sandi had a day off and decided that she would start work on the kitchen. The image…
We have swallows.
A pair of Swallows have been building this nest since Early June. We came back from holiday to find it in an almost completed state. The couple produced three offspring which fledged the nest today. Bon Voyage on your long trip to Africa.