Only in Dahlonega

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 […]

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

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

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

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,

No, this is not a rant about the iniquities of Blue Laws controlling and taxing the sale of wine. It just reflected two things going on this week – a wine tasting dinner at Corkscrew Cafe on Sunday and then a visit to our tax accountant to provide all the input for our annual tax