Archive for 2011

Well it’s been a couple of months in the making but we’re almost there with the laundry. Here’s what’s been done up until now:
Fixed up the rotting window. Removed the tiles. Installed new cement sheet tile underlay. Installed cement sheeting on one of the walls. Removed the old toilet and replaced with a new toilet. [...]

August 6th, 2011

Well, Tim has installed a new toilet, a plumber has come in to move the taps in the laundry so that our laundry tub can now be flush against the wall in the corner of the room and Tim has removed part of the masonite panels and installed some of the dado boards.
This is the [...]

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June 4th, 2011

It’s been a while since I’ve been on etsy to have a look around. I finally purchased my dilkabear prints. Woohoo! Now I just need a place to put them – maybe in the hallway when the new picture rail goes up?
And I found these bits and pieces:
Apple Green and Blueberry Laced Guillerminas from Lepiedleger

This [...]

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May 10th, 2011

Here are the first artichokes from the artichoke plant that I grew from seed. Unbelieveable that these monsters grew from something smaller than the size of a finger nail! Tonight we’re having roasted artichokes and pork :) .

 
 

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April 29th, 2011

We did away with the river pebbles that the previous owners put down. Although it looked okay, it was too difficult to walk on and wasn’t very practical (you couldn’t put the BBQ there or put a table there if you wanted to).
Tim expertly built 3 planter boxes to go around the outside of the [...]

April 28th, 2011