October 2010 – Autumn works
Over the next few months the two front doors (!) will be changed into one front door, one window and one set of glass doors. This has been high on … Read More
Author: Mark Johnson
Not a Hummingbird Hawk-moth!
Every day during the 5 week trip I had seen Hummingbird Hawk-moths (Macroglossum stellatarum for those of you who like the proper name) feeding from lavendar on the rear terrace. … Read More
Downstairs Bathroom – Part 3
After the opening for the window was made the sides were rebuilt with a slight curve and the oak window sill installed. This gives a much nicer appearance than just … Read More
Downstairs Bathroom – Part 2
With the original walls being so uneven (over 2 inches difference top to bottom) we installed plasterboard on partition framing to get good flat surfaces for the shower, enabling easy … Read More
Downstairs Bathroom – Part 1
The downstairs (and up until recently, the only) bathroom had to be changed as the WC waste for the new bathroom had to be installed via this room. It also … Read More
The Guest Bathroom – the final part
In the last article on the guest bathroom (here) there were a few jobs left to be done during this trip. So with help from Peter these were fairly quickly … Read More
Railings by the pool
I was lucky enough to be joined for the first 9 days of the trip by Peter, who not only kept me well fed and watered (under instructions from the … Read More
Kitchen refresh (and a ****** dishwasher!)
The kitchen will be totally revamped in a year or two so I was very reluctant to spend much time or money updating it this year. However the powers that … Read More
Master Bedroom improvements
With five weeks being spent in the house during July and August we were able to complete a couple of projects and start others! We started painting the main bedroom … Read More
June 2010 – ‘Making Out’ and naked in the garden….
Caught these two ‘at it’ in the garden…….. The snakes have been confirmed as being Western Whip snakes. Found a very useful website here. Not venomous!