After all the rain, the pool water balancing continued anew, slowly turning the colours in the right direction. But it was cool, even if it was dry. So, no swimming this week. Maybe next (when a period of warm weather is predicted). But it will be cool swimming – so we will turn on the […]
4th October 2015 – After the deluge Read More »
At the start of a week of chemical balancing of the pool water, we thought that all would be clear and blue by the weekend. How wrong we were. It might not have been as murky as at the beginning of the week, but the greenish hue stubbornly remained. It wasn’t entirely the fault of
27th September 2015 – Rain, Rain, Rain = no swimming Read More »
Now that we have the pool full of water, we need to find out how to maintain in pristine condition. This became extremely evident as an issue on Tuesday. On Monday, the pool was full of crystal clear water, with a blueish colour from refraction and reflection of the sky’s colour. By Tuesday morning, the
20th September 2015 – A fish fry and a wine tasting Read More »
After recovering all day on Sunday from our exertions at the Master Gardeners Conference, it was time to get on with matters domestic. Mostly at the back of the house. Whilst good progress was made on hard landscaping during last week, there wasn’t any progress on actually finishing the pool. We eventually found out why.
13th September 2015 – A pool and unhappy squirrel Read More »
The first Monday in September was a public holiday, Labour Day. However, there was plenty of work going on around the pool over the whole of the holiday weekend. In particular, TJ and his two sons came to clean up the concrete deck. During the week, a retaining/planter bed wall was built and filled with
6th September 2015 – unLabour Day starts a busy week Read More »
At the start of the week, we had the makings of a swimming pool (with nearly a foot of water in the deep end) surrounded by heaps of soggy wet red clay. By the end of the week, we were starting to see something closer to the finished article. TJ, our concrete specialist, had been
30th August 2015 – A winery party and pool progress Read More »
At the start of the week, we had the makings of a swimming pool (with nearly a foot of water in the deep end) surrounded by heaps of soggy wet red clay. Fortunately, we didn’t get much rain this week. The violent storms earlier in the month had caused a large oak tree near the
23rd August 2015 – More pool progress, and days out Read More »
One of the attractions in our bit of forest are the birds. And of particular note are the hummingbirds. The predominant variety around here is the ruby throated hummingbird. Both male and female have an iridescent olive green back, and the males have a bright red collar. And both genders have a very aggressive attitude.
16th August 2015 – Humming birds and Concrete Read More »
Progress on the pool was a little delayed, waiting for the gloopy clay slime to dry out enough to permit the next stage. That was probably a good thing as the project manager, Doc, was off work with a bad back. One of his crews did come on Monday to ensure that the rain drain
9th August 2015 – Digging and Hawks Read More »
Significant progress at the back of the house happened this week. On Monday. Jonathan and his crew returned to couple up the stand-by generator. So, now we have some protection against the all-too-frequent power cuts. Not total independence from the grid, mind you – the generator will be enough to provide light, power for cooking,
2nd August 2015 – Power and charity Read More »
