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Al fresco (later) and Solar (now)

Steve — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 07:07:32 +0000

We have some new bits around the house.

Outside table made for us from re-used old bits of Oregon pine by the lovely folks at The Woodstocker at Altona:

Can’t wait until it gets sunny again and we can eat outside :).
Nicer chairs to follow…

Also, yesterday: Solar geyser installed. Huzzah!
A deep, meaningful, interesting picture of the thingy on the roof:

And it works! :D

Spring garden is springing. Also: mirrors!

Steve — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 10:07:38 +0000

Things are shooting up at a mad pace, thusly:

Also: mirrors!
The back wall o’ mirrors continues to expand.

Newest addition is the two-piecer. Very shiny!

Bamboo screen thingy

Steve — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:57:18 +0000

Sproing helping by chewing on meep’s ears.
Ahem.

Further gardening adventures, logs, and stepchairders

Steve — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 07:19:31 +0000

Another weekend, another green expansion :).
See: the sprouting of many things on the ground!
Laugh: at the cunning use of old burglar bars as trellis thingies!
Sneeze: since you just had a cat sitting on your head!
(that last one might just be me…)

Also, meet Trunky. New deck chair.

In further, awesome, news: stepchairder! Chair and ladder! Combined! More than meets the eye!
1/2 of which is HW pressie from Jess – thank you! : )

“Got Wind?” or “Thar She Blows!”

Steve — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 09:12:04 +0000

The true story of a back garden in Cape Town that is Windy (like many places in the Cape).

Oops!
Yes, that is a ladder in the pool.

more, more, more

Steve — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:14:23 +0000

more deck:

more green:
(i.e. painter dude is back, now that we’ve decided the whole house should be green and not just the bit at the back)

possible pretentious title for above photo: “The transition from a life of Pumpkin Walls to Jolive Green Lifestyle Living, with a Unicorn, as a Young Man, Again Last Summer.”
Umm…

Salty

Steve — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:15:32 +0000

So, Pool Cnuts installed the chlorinator last week and have finally officially Fucked Off.
Yay having a chlorinator, Boo them leaving wires hanging all over the show.
We shall tack them against the wall or summat, eventually.
Here it is:

Shiny!

Deckage continues apace:
(trying to keep up that whole photo a day in the same place thing)

Exciting times!
Also: we has umbrella. Lol.

Dudes doing the deck

Steve — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 08:07:54 +0000

So, we’re now putting in some deckage.
A big bit just outside the kitchen and around the pool.
And a more ickle outside the guest workshop room thing.

The frame support hoohaa is pretty much done, now they just need to plank it – yay!
Pics:

In continued pool-company-is-incredibly-shit news: four weeks after coating the inside of the pool has passed and it’s time for the salt water chlorinator to be installed. The pool has been available for use the whole, but apparently the SWC had to wait.
So, we call and book them for Thursday and they say yes.
We come home Thursday night to find no SWC. Of course.
We do find, however, a creepy-crawler-cleaner thing in the pool.
Friday morning we call and they’re very apologetic, promise that the SWC will be there Friday, and deny all knowledge of the CCC.
*sigh*
Let’s see what happens this week.

Once this is finished, we want nothing more to do with them, ever again (quite understandable, I think).
I’m almost hoping they call and want to discuss a pool maintenance plan so I can reply with:

Ahahahahahahahahahahaha. Haaa. Ahahahahahaha!
What, seriously?
Not a fucking chance.
*hangs up*

Oh, teh LOL.