Week September 8, 2012

Well the last two weeks have been a flurry of activity, we had all 4 chimneys extended up above their surrounding roofs and that solved our smoking fireplace problems. Then we had two walls build one around the orchard and one from the corner of the garage out to the future sidewalk and over to the perimeter wall. Each wall also has its gate entrance. And finally we had Casa Perro built for the boys. So here we go.

First the X spot photo (as close as i can get to it) showing the dog house and on the left the gate to the front yard.

The changes really show up with a wide view from the front with both new walls and their gates visible. (double click photo to enlarge)

Last week we highlighted the orchard wall and here is a closeup of the Garage yard wall.

And a shot of the enclosure, still some wall rubble and rocks to be cleaned up but we are making progress.

Around the other side here is the interior of the orchard wall.

Also in the orchard enclosure we now have a temporary solution to our water problem with the City water works. We are in drought conditions they tell us and there are no pumping stations. They depend on gravity flow from their treated water tanks and they do not have enough water in those tanks to reach our houses. The developer is working on this and should have it taken care of in next two weeks but we now have a new 2500 L black tank that feeds into our 1500 L cistern and both were filled this morning by the fire dept. we have been out of water for 4 days. Very dry and windy here right now.

On a lighter note here is the unpainted (it will be white like the house) new Casa Perro complete with tiles and post and beam construction to match the house.

Fortunately the boys seem to like their new front porch.

See ya next time.

Week ending August 29, 2012

Well just to show you we are settled in here is the living room kitchen view from the entryway.

This was a busy week so lots to show you, here is a photo from back yard showing perimeter wall construction and Master Bedroom chimney extension work.

And around front you see the extended Office chimney and work on the Living room chimney. 

Three of the 4 finished chimneys (now we can burn a fire and not get smoked out) turns out the reason they made them so short was they could not reach any higher without building a scaffolding to stand on. 

Around to the left a shot of the ditch for the Orchard wall foundation.

And here is the almost finished (in just 4 days) orchard/front wall.

From the X spot, as close as I can get to it shooting down the new perimeter wall.

Shot from the corner of that wall showing the backyard. Now we just need to get the gardener back to start finishing the topsoil installation, grass and plantings around the inside of the walls.

Continuing down the wall will be the rest of the perimeter wall on our side of the development as you can see from the next photo that work also continues.

 and last but not least a shot of the Boys who now both weigh over 55 pounds at 4 months plus 2 weeks.