Goats on the road, every afternoon – milking time. The huge variety of goat cheeses and other dairy products was a gourmet’s delight while travelling around Greece. Each village seems to have its own bacterial cultures producing distinctively different cheeses. It was the same with the many different fermented drinks. The fermented honey mead drink […]
Read More...I claimed my space by placing a table and 2 chairs on the porch. Dave has been working on the outside staircase. It is made from big chunks of Western Red cedar that will resist rot without needing any finishing or sealing. The wood will fade to a soft mottled gray. The metal treads allow […]
Read More...While I was away in New Zealand, a lot happened on the home front. The cut flower bed burst into bloom. It is hard to see, but the downspouts were made then put in place. Ron sealed the porch concrete. Dave finished off the porch soffit. It is all looking good outside. Ron is pointing […]
Read More...I made a quick trip to New Zealand to be in on my father’s 87th birthday celebrations, Mother’s’ Day, another family birthday and to catch up with family. Painted corrugated steel I was treated to a Kaipara Coast Sculpture Gardens and Nursery visit. After wandering the inspiring nursery, we had morning tea in the outdoor […]
Read More...The studio gets its gutters….. … and grey, metal, no-maintenance soffit. Proline Roofing and Gutters makes each individual gutter on site. Metal from a large roll on the back of the machine is passed through a moveable chute which shapes the sheet to a programmed gutter design. Then it is cut to the required length. There […]
Read More...Ron and I spent the day cleaning up the construction site. Manufactured wood and concrete board went into the skip. Anything made with treated timber or glues we don’t want to burn in the fireplace. The cladding off cuts went into a recycling pile. I stacked all of the shorter boards that can be used as […]
Read More...Drywallers clad the inside of the building with fireproof sheets of plaster. All of the east wall windows have drywall right to the window frame to give a simple clean look. I am going for an industrial/farm style for the building. All of the west and south facing windows will have painted wood sills which […]
Read More...The east side now has 3 sheets of metal cladding. The biggest negative of cladding a building in steel is it has a poor thermal value when compared with almost any other material. But the positives of metal being our cladding of choice more than cancel out the one negative, particularly when it is being […]
Read More...There was a collection of other things in the box I won at the auction. A large printed table cloth and 2 plates…. One is a rather lovely painted, wooden plate from Russia (I’m guessing) and a Finnish Arabia plate, produced between 1971 and 1975. …and this odd assortment. These crocheted kitchen items were made […]
Read More...Articulation visited many cathedrals, churches and chapels while in Quebec City. Two were the most memorable for me. One was originally the Petit Seminaire of Quebec’s chapel but now a deconsecrated building and incorporated into the Musee De L’Amerique Francophone.My 1st reaction to the chapel was surprise when we discovered all the wood, marble and granite walls and ceilings are […]
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