The renovations continue after our layover at Jenny’s house. Mind you, that layover consisted of two cars going down to Jenny and Scott’s house filled with tools, supplies, and dogs, to help them out with their deck. It took both vehicles to drop off all of the tools those two carpenters were going to need. And of course, Cody made HIS appearance October 23rd, a week before we got there. So while Chris and Scott worked on the deck, Grandma was ‘hanging out’ with the grandkids. And once Chris was finished with HIS part of the deck, we returned home and started back up with our own fence.
This is the place where I’ve been doing MY part of the painting. With the music blasting away and the cool breezes flowing through, it’s been great.
This is the final on the back fence. All that gravel you see, is going out the other side near the water tank.
As you can see there’s very little grass anywhere and the Leopard tree is still standing alone.
Chris worked in the hot sun spraying the bulk of the fence with the same colour as the house. Those dark patches are where the insets are going to be. Chris has already cut those out and they’re ready for pulling apart. So more painting and carpentering ahead.
This little section here doesn’t look like much but in the sweltering sun and about 10 wheelbarrowfuls of gravel, I darn near doubled over. Do you KNOW how much each of those pavers WEIGH?! “Great exercise” I told myself. I kept having to stop and rest, but Chris took pity on me and gave me a hand. (after he fixed the floor in the boat, set up the water hose, and fixed the water pump. What can I say, I’m a wuss) We ran out of gravel and ordered some more in, but the next batch we received, wasn’t the same thing. So we’ll have to take some from the back yard now and spread it out here. But we can only go so far because…..
THIS is a problem. there’s water coming out from under the pathway. And it’s one of THOSE situations where you contact the builder who built the house two years ago. They in turn contact the NEW plumber they’re using, who doesn’t WANT to fix the problem from the OLD plumber and this new plumber had already BEEN out once to fix the problem and it’s disconnected from the elbow joint again. AND on top of all of this, it’s CHRISTMAS time which means the plumber is flat out trying to get other jobs done before they stop work. This problem means that we’re not getting any water to our tank which is shown in the above picture. But! thank goodness, our regular plumber has come to the rescue and is fixing the problem as I write this.
I started pulling weeds late yesterday afternoon. I’ve got one patch done and a WHOLE LOT more to do yet. Once that’s done, we’ll top dress and then water the heck out of it. The young agapanthas are doing fine and as you see, the Jacarandas are doing fine too.
One thing I have noticed, is that because it’s hot and humid and it’s only the BEGINNING of summer, we need to develop a different strategy. Like starting EARLY in the morning, ( like 5am or 6am), and then finishing mid morning. I just have to get myself psyched up to get UP that early. (Okay, I TRIED that method, but couldn’t function so I took two Panadol and drank two glasses of water and went back to bed)
Good news though! We finished the back passageway before lunch today!! We’re off to get a planter and some bamboo/palms to plant. MORE GREEN!!
Well, that’s what’s been happening in the neighbourhood at Hervey Bay. With Christmas coming up next week, we’ll be making plans for catching up with family and friends. I wish everybody a Happy and Wonderful Christmas and we’ll see you in the New Year!
