Saturday 27 March 2010

You will bless the day we move her so that I will just SHUT UP and get on with it.......

We shared some very old louvered wooden shutters that came off Sarah and Peter house during their renovation and we used one set straight away to put doors on the smoking shelter now known as the pepper and chilly house. We went for a cuppa with S & P last week and they have built a lovely garden structure and used the shutters as a wind break. Mike said that he and Peter had spoken about this idea and today Mike constructed our very own version and it is just fantastic. The very first structure in our garden was the hitching rail so called because it looks like a place you might just want to tie your horse to. It was actually designed as a leaning rail so that we could watch the storks on their nest and it was just good use of old timber from the sheep shed we demolished way back in 2007. So, the hitching rail was good to stand, and lean, and watch, until we planted our wood and unintentionally we planted a tree in the exact eye sight to the nest.....mmmmmm, not to worry there is always a good reason for that sort of blunder because the structure itself has enabled Mike to attach the shutters, making a very Mediterranean corner where there was once just three posts and a leaning rail. We have plans to put a hard floor for our bistro chairs and table so if there is a little troublesome breeze then we can sit in "wind break corner" and have a good view over the garden without getting blown about too much. Did lots of little planting jobs today and I am acting like a gardener possessed because I can, and loving it, all at the same time. We spent the afternoon on Beema, she is so ready to go and if you are seriously reading this blog you will bless the day we move her so that I will just SHUT UP and get on with it.......

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  1. Hi Viv loving the blog and always have a quick read as I have it on an RSS feed now which means it pops up automatically when you post. Hope the cauliflowers don't produce too much wind in Brevand!!! ha ha loads of love Gigi

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