Sunday 8 April 2012

The Garden


Mr Nuts ready to supervise
Marc happened to have a glorious week of weather whilst off and has made inroads into progressing the garden.  The garden brings us alot of pleasure, from watching the dogs, to actually gardening, dining out there, watching the sunset. We are really look forward to creating it into our own garden.
Dratted shed = blocked view :-(
The shed that the previous occupiers placed in front of the longe window has gone. It has irritated me big time. To remove it took 4 men nearly 3 hours to dismantle, and to be used in another home - recycled. It just feels so terrific to look out of the window and see light, trees and birds, rather than the dratted shed. What a stupid place to put one.
Shed gone = View and Light :-)

Then when the fence men dug the foundations, it brought up so much cr..p, it was shocking but my delight was that Marc found the original mantel and hearth for one of the fire places - two immensly heavy pieces of slate, that just need cleaning up.  I guess in the old days they did not have tips, what could not be burnt was buried.

Fencing Project started
The cleared and fenced area will be grassed initially and it will eventually become the all weather area for the guys to play in during the winter months as Nuts and Dixie are the king and queen of mud making and grass destroying. So many projects even just with the garden, we have a bookfull of projects.
AF - contactacoated
Marc, even found time to rubberise the AF, the see-saw will be done this weekend. By end of April the Wingate-Wynnes will be fully rubberised. So far so good with using contactacoat .

I think for the first time in 20 years of moving around the country I had the feeling I am falling in love with the place, and we can make it a home. A whole new concept and a whole new way of thinking!

1 comment:

  1. Looking great Christine. I agree what a crazy place to put a shed! Must be wonderful to see daylight :o) We have just changed to rubber contacts, haven't had much chance to play on them yet but what I have done, I love. Just wish they would become the norm at shows but sadly I think that will be a while coming. We have kept wooden contacts at our training school so our dogs will get to use both rather than just training on rubber. Nuts looks great in the photo x

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