Category: House

So now the re-pointing is finished. The mud between the stones has been replaced by beautiful lime mortar.

It took us 4 weeks each of work. So quite a substantial effort and a learning experience along the way as we learned and adapted the techniques for applying the mortar. The stones needed a good clean at the end and it was clear the applying and smoothing of the mortar improved as experience was gained.

Now will be the time to turn it into a better entertainment area and zone space. We will see.

End if the day after working in the open barn.

It is colder today after some unseasonable warm weather. It has been raining and the wind has taken more of the leaves off the trees.

The race arrives on Friday with part of the route through St. Gilles vieux marché.

And the local route:

It is currently warm and dry. The grass is growing more slowly; which is good.

We are working on the wild flower development with some small success. More seeding done after grass removal with the expectation that we will achieve some flowering success.

There are some flowers out that the insects like.

The apple and pear trees have blossom, so more than others but a success all the same.

Another tree is being collected tomorrow to add to the collection and complete thecircle

The shipping container with the items we sent back from NZ arrived in Rotterdam about two weeks ago and turned up at the house yesterday in a big lorry. Not so much stuff, bit still, along with beds and memory boxes, the kitchen table which has been back and forth over the last 20 plus years in back in place.

Shaz’s dream has been constructed. A high quality item made in Finistère which is more robust than the ones in the garden centre type places. After reading the insructions and watch the videos lots of times, she put it up with great success.