Plenty of sun and wind today. Perfect for drying washing and paint. It's already noticeable how much the position of the sun has shifted and in order to find the mid-morning sun I had to move down to the front garden. Still a good view.
This time I made sure to take a break half-way through painting to give my knees/toes/back/hand a chance to recover before going on to finish the job.
All that's left to do is to replace the small gate and set up a water butt by the drive. And of course wait for the guy to come and spray the bottom part of the porch.
2019 - taken when we came to view the house. The chimney has gone as has the large bay window. Having a generous terrace suits us much better. As for the porch, you had to change direction twice to get to the front door through the ramshackle structure. It may have kept the wind out but would have made bringing furniture in very difficult.
Demolishing the porch was one of the first jobs we got our (then) builder to do and we lived with the peach coloured walls until last autumn when the render was replaced and sprayed white.
The new porch and a lick of paint complete the renovation of our sea-side home. (Well there are some walls to be painted on the far side of the house too.)
After the ironing I sat outside doing some hand sewing and toasting my legs.
And in case you were wondering how Hazel behaved yesterday, she still doesn't like THAT corner and she shied a few times but the worst that happened was my foot coming out of the stirrup.
2 comments:
Beautiful photos, Ruta! Thank you so much for sharing, and warm greetings from Montreal, Canada.
Your house looks SO NICE. What a difference!!
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