The Garrido Adventure: October 2007

Hey,

now we are in what they call the "second spring" here and in regards to building we are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, stronger and stronger. And I have checked and checked and it does not seem to be another train coming. I hope I am right in that. Autumn here is pretty nice as plants start flowering again, green grass come up, and it is really strange sometimes to convince yourself that winter is coming. The dew is plentiful, the nights cool and the days hot and sunny, and we get some rain - you can't blame vegetation for giving it another shot, really. Pretty nice from the scorched earth of august and september...

Hello Jean!! Good to hear you are back safe and sound and hope to see you soon! xxx Mijo

And then one evening there was hail, so big they hurt. Mad.

Garden is going for it, got courgettes, French beans, carrots, parsley, dill, sweet peas, sweetcorn, spinach, tomatoes, garlic, rocket salad and radishes going hell for leather, and the artichoke and cauliflower and broad beans will be for later unless some freak frost kills them. So I am happy.

Bit of the garden.

As for building I am pretty happy too, it seems that everything that we do or someone else does now seems such a big visual step towards "a real house". Today we put in some glass and windows - wow how much more like a "proper house" it all looks, not just an empty shell with gaping window and door holes!!! Not to mention the guttering - perhaps sadly Paul and me were just grinning last time it rained, thinking that finally it was all caught by guttering and put straight into our water supply - yey!

Look, the kitchen, with glass in the kitchen windows!!

Pool looks nice, shame it's way too cold to swim in by now...

Bedroom with glass in the doors!

Living room shelves and fireplace taking shape as well...Today the woodburner got into place and the firehood was built and it looks GREAT - too dark to get a picture, next time.