Always up for a challenge!!
The spin on the spin
6 years ago
Tuesday, 27 October 2009
A bit of TLC is needed...
To get this little (18 foot) ugly duckling looking like a swan!
Always up for a challenge!!
Always up for a challenge!!
Thursday, 22 October 2009
Sunday, 18 October 2009
Sunday, 04 October 2009
Our town.
Just a quick post, to show the town we now live in:
Today is one year since I left London (the First Mate left about a week before me) and I thought it might be a good time to show where we are...
:)
Today is one year since I left London (the First Mate left about a week before me) and I thought it might be a good time to show where we are...
:)
Where they are.
The rooms, that is:
In these plans (drawn by the First Mate's architect uncle), pink and blue are the rooms in the previous post.
What is marked as kitchen is actually our existing bedroom, separated from living/dining by a passage (red) that travels in an inverted 'U' from bedroom 1 up and over kitchen, and down to double garage at the bottom right. It's a long way to walk around.
So, the next walls to come out are probably from kitchen through passage, to living/dining and some glass doors from the kitchen into the courtyard (green). After that, we'll be able to see from the courtyard right through the kitchen, living/dining areas and front terrace to the mountains beyond... :)
Double garage (as marked) is our present kitchen, and is large enough for two cars and a bike - way too big to be just a kitchen!!
More later, but for now we are going to be moving into the 'new' bedrooms in preparation for the dirty work in the new kitchen, to begin in a month or so.
:)
In these plans (drawn by the First Mate's architect uncle), pink and blue are the rooms in the previous post.
What is marked as kitchen is actually our existing bedroom, separated from living/dining by a passage (red) that travels in an inverted 'U' from bedroom 1 up and over kitchen, and down to double garage at the bottom right. It's a long way to walk around.
So, the next walls to come out are probably from kitchen through passage, to living/dining and some glass doors from the kitchen into the courtyard (green). After that, we'll be able to see from the courtyard right through the kitchen, living/dining areas and front terrace to the mountains beyond... :)
Double garage (as marked) is our present kitchen, and is large enough for two cars and a bike - way too big to be just a kitchen!!
More later, but for now we are going to be moving into the 'new' bedrooms in preparation for the dirty work in the new kitchen, to begin in a month or so.
:)
Changing rooms.
Work continues on the bedroom wing of the house, with the ours and the little 'un's future bedroom now ready to re-carpet.
The colour came out just a tad bolder than we anticipated from the swatch card, but hey, it's much better than the sickly yellow the whole interior was when we moved in!
No prizes for guessing which is whose...
;)
The colour came out just a tad bolder than we anticipated from the swatch card, but hey, it's much better than the sickly yellow the whole interior was when we moved in!
No prizes for guessing which is whose...
;)
Monday, 28 September 2009
Jack...
...has moved into the house, he seems lonely and is very needy for affection.
D'dog on the other hand, is quiet and behaving like a child that has broken a toy, and won't be getting a new one. Which is about right...
D'dog on the other hand, is quiet and behaving like a child that has broken a toy, and won't be getting a new one. Which is about right...
Saturday, 26 September 2009
Oscar, R.I.P.
Yes, we lost another cat yesterday. It seems cats and dogs don't always get on with each other. So now we are left with Jack, the oldest of the three mogs that came over with us, though we hardly ever see him as he pretty much lives in the boat.
He too will be missed.
:(
:(
He too will be missed.
:(
:(
Monday, 17 August 2009
Housebreaking!
No, not break-in - breaking, as in breaking down the house. The First Mate's uncle is an architect, and he has drawn plans for how this old ugly house should look. So, we've started. First, the main bedroom.
New door-frame in the passage, (old WC visible behind that, which will be broken down):
And a couple of pics showing how the bedroom looks at the moment:
The WC in the first pic is behind the big blue wall in the other two pics, above and below...
Much noise for the next week or so...
:(
:)
New door-frame in the passage, (old WC visible behind that, which will be broken down):
And a couple of pics showing how the bedroom looks at the moment:
The WC in the first pic is behind the big blue wall in the other two pics, above and below...
Much noise for the next week or so...
:(
:)
Friday, 14 August 2009
Suzy, R.I.P.
An e-mail I sent to a friend this morning, after his concerned enquiry as to our Suzy:
Suzy always suffered from allergies, and it more-or-less affected her whole system, to the extent that she would wee/poo whenever needed, not matter where she was at the time. That's the main reason all the internal doors in the house are kept closed, to try and contain her to one area. Rachel's going to start exploring soon, and we had to do something - and after talking to animal welfare and the vet, we were really only left with one option.
Tough one, and I don't feel good about it, but we think it was best for all, including Suzy who never really had fun in life.
Jack and Oscar know something's changed, even though they never really interacted with Suzy, and they're both suddenly a bit more 'needy' the past day or so. Still, if it makes them come into the house a bit more, then hopefully things will be better for them too. Sometimes I think they got a raw deal being moved here, unfamiliar place and all, then have to contend with an over-affectionate dog that keeps chasing them into the boat. They never saw eye-to-eye over in London, with Jack's territory being outside and Oscar's being inside, with both defending their spot from each other (sometimes quite violently), with the only truce being at dinner time. Now they are sleeping next to each other in the kitchen.
She will be missed.
:(
Suzy always suffered from allergies, and it more-or-less affected her whole system, to the extent that she would wee/poo whenever needed, not matter where she was at the time. That's the main reason all the internal doors in the house are kept closed, to try and contain her to one area. Rachel's going to start exploring soon, and we had to do something - and after talking to animal welfare and the vet, we were really only left with one option.
Tough one, and I don't feel good about it, but we think it was best for all, including Suzy who never really had fun in life.
Jack and Oscar know something's changed, even though they never really interacted with Suzy, and they're both suddenly a bit more 'needy' the past day or so. Still, if it makes them come into the house a bit more, then hopefully things will be better for them too. Sometimes I think they got a raw deal being moved here, unfamiliar place and all, then have to contend with an over-affectionate dog that keeps chasing them into the boat. They never saw eye-to-eye over in London, with Jack's territory being outside and Oscar's being inside, with both defending their spot from each other (sometimes quite violently), with the only truce being at dinner time. Now they are sleeping next to each other in the kitchen.
She will be missed.
:(
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