2010-05-31 STARTING THE NEW WINDOWS !!

Dave has been working on the new drawers in the second bedroom.... they are nearly finished !!

Some before pictures

The scaffold goes up...who's singing lily the pink ??

Inside

A big surprise ...........the 'stone' surround on the first window is revealed as being fake !! its cement covering brick, clever hey ?? even a line drawn half way to look like two stones.....

Dave is cutting the new lintels from some of Annicks old beams which might be oak, or more likely very old chestnut.

Here is Jeremy's (the builder) glamorous assistant giving them a coat of protection.

Dave cuts more lintels, overseen by Jeremy......

2010-05-25 Wildlife in Cailho May 2010

Irises i thought would never flower, OK this is not really WILD life !

Another.........

A small present from Kiwi...for those unfamiliar with this beauty, its an Eyed lizard usually around 45cm long (18")but can get bigger !!

And they BITE.......well wouldn't you ??

another beauty we have seen before, it's a Giant Peacock Moth, this one was flying around our outside light, so we went out and it landed on Dave's shorts....

then the day......and we had a job to persuade it to leave.

OK, this is a different sort of wildlife......curry night with the friends from St Pons !

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My new shade area, under the wild cherry trees, now the hydrangea, and hebe can grow in peaceful shade from the searing sun.......OK it was raining when i took this !

not wild.....but nearly