Monday, August 24, 2020

The pile of dirt

 My aim is to shovel most of this onto the higher level of the garden, so as to make it fit under the retaining wall, and to level it off. It's going to take some time to do, but as they won't be building the shed for a couple of weeks, if I keep at it, I should be able to complete the job.

25 August 2020 - bit more shovelling done. If I do a few hours per day, or even one, it will all happen. The kitties are enjoying rolling on the concrete, and chasing loose stones around on the flat surface.



I'll have to move the vegie beds so that the dirt can be spread over that 'lower-level' edge of the garden.

Update - moved some of the veggie beds yesterday morning and it did make it easier to shovel the dirt around. Here's the beds standing upright until they can be relocated. Things are going to look worse, before they look better.

I think I will espalier the fig tree against the back of the shed, with wire lattice/trellis.

29 Aug 2020 - The pile is slightly less daunting. I attacked a bit more of it today and will do some more in the morning. Hopefully it will be mostly spread inside of 2 weeks.





31 August 2020 - I did a bit of shovelling and raking after work. The pile is slowly whittling down!






Bedrooms

 I remade the bed (fresh sheets) yesterday, and decided to add the single yellow eiderdown. The yellow reminded me of Stephanie's favorite colour in The Chateuax Diaries, which I am binge watching at the moment. Love all of it, although sometimes her giggly laugh annoys me some.

I love my bedroom. One day, I would like to extend it out a few feet beyond that back window, have french doors in their place, the bed to the left side, and a dressing room/walk-in wardrobe as part of the space. With the honeymoon table and 2 chairs and my 2 seater sofa in there as well. Dream big.

The Chateaux Diaries in Order HERE via Youtube.



Typical morning scene, with the girls all cuddled up beside me.


1 Nov 2020 - 


Earlier bedroom pics - 

Sept 5, 2017


Sept 17, 2017 - 


Other bedroom (for guests) - 2 Nov 2020 - 




4 Nov 2020 - 















Slab - from this to this

 Photos, going back in time to the changing views of this space before slab.











I can put the staircase to the right side of the shed, in the place where one day there will be two slim-line water tanks, sat on a concrete base.