There is a sense of urgency as our days here draw to a close. Susan would contend that i need to have that feeling every day. There are many jobs underway that need finishing. Some await materials, other labour.
Susan believes she has finished the gardening well almost. There is the small matter of rebuilding the rockery which requires me to lift rocks and mix concrete. Mixing concrete was today's theme. The concrete mix here has the largest stones i have ever seen in concrete mix. Not the customary blue metal of SA but lumps of granite. I may not be the worlds best concrete mixer but this mix was weird, I mixed two batches in the barrow both not overly wet but after sitting for 10 minutes they had water pouring out of them. Made the finishing off a bit slow since i had to scrape off the water and wait for it to set a bit. Anyway i cast the two pads for the steps and replaced the pavers and their retaining pads removed to pass the 2" pipe through.
It was a hot sweaty day but at the end of it a fair bit achieved.
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| Step pads |
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| Repaired paving |
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| Pump finished |
When i returned from my trip out yesterday someone had dumped the "Car Free Village" sign where I have been parking. I tossed it in the bushes. Today it was leaning against the spare wheel cover and someone had lifted a wiper blade up. Tonight the car is parked out front of our unit which makes things a bit tight but at least i don't have to worry about some moron with a bee in their bonnet about parking damaging it. There has been some speculation as to which of the local nutters it might be. Anyway Shunny encouraged us to park in the yard so that was a good thing.
I wonder how long Bundagen can hide from the realities of planning laws as enforced by the local council. I guess there are many dwellings here that wouldn't comply to any code although i am not sure of how the planning of this place evolved and what the requirements actually are. Certainly adequate parking is covered by planning laws generally.
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| Petty , petty , petty! |
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| Singing in the rain, just singin' in the rain |
Tonight's movie was Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close which was a bit different, a little bit gruelling but interesting and worth a watch.
Ok bedtime need to build my strength up for another day on the Burma Railway tomorrow (just kidding)
Cheers Simon
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