Professor Brian Cox is currently talking about cosmic collisions on the TV, I'm full of beef rendang and once I have finished here, I will be filling in my Census form to do my civic duty. All is good. I am a little achey as the fab weather this weekend has enabled us to do yet more work in our garden which is all very exciting! It really doesn't take much with me.
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Those of you who have been kind enough to visit us will know about the epic saga that was our house renovation and now our garden. We haven't and don't really do anything simple! I blame Mat - he is very good at having a 'vision' of something and once he gets an idea in his head... More often than not, he likes to do things himself too, so there's always a project around the place.
Those of you who saw the building site that was our gardens (front and back) will be pleased to know that you no longer need to literally walk the plank to get to our front door and we have started the fun and long journey of 'prettifying' it all.
As you may know we have a Japanese theme going on in our back garden and this weekend we started painting our 'torii' themed pergola. It's taken the whole weekend to do and there is still a couple of struts to finish off but the dark grey undercoat has now been painted on. Not quite sure when we will be painting on the actual colours of the torii what with skiing next weekend but it's a start. Anyways, some photos below. As Anita (Mat's mum) was here with us for the weekend Mat got her in overalls, paint brush in hand, paint pot at the ready and let her loose on the torii pergola. Many hands make light work and all that! Mat got a load of paint on his arms whilst I ended up with a load on my face. Don't ask. I also planted a 'Lonicera Japonica mint crisp' (Japanese honeysuckle) out front so looking forward to that blooming in the summer. Piccy of one above. Just call me Alan Titchmarsh!
Anyway, 'The Only Way Is Essex' beckons and I have got to fill in my Census form so "Ohmigod! Babes, gotta go. Shuut Up!". Absolutely love it. I can't believe people take it seriously.
Those of you who saw the building site that was our gardens (front and back) will be pleased to know that you no longer need to literally walk the plank to get to our front door and we have started the fun and long journey of 'prettifying' it all.
As you may know we have a Japanese theme going on in our back garden and this weekend we started painting our 'torii' themed pergola. It's taken the whole weekend to do and there is still a couple of struts to finish off but the dark grey undercoat has now been painted on. Not quite sure when we will be painting on the actual colours of the torii what with skiing next weekend but it's a start. Anyways, some photos below. As Anita (Mat's mum) was here with us for the weekend Mat got her in overalls, paint brush in hand, paint pot at the ready and let her loose on the torii pergola. Many hands make light work and all that! Mat got a load of paint on his arms whilst I ended up with a load on my face. Don't ask. I also planted a 'Lonicera Japonica mint crisp' (Japanese honeysuckle) out front so looking forward to that blooming in the summer. Piccy of one above. Just call me Alan Titchmarsh!
Anyway, 'The Only Way Is Essex' beckons and I have got to fill in my Census form so "Ohmigod! Babes, gotta go. Shuut Up!". Absolutely love it. I can't believe people take it seriously.
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| This is just the undercoat! |
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| Many hands make light work |
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| Manly paint arm. Phwoar!! |
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