Well its been a plumbing kind of week, lots of pipework, pipes coming in, going out, for waste and for water!
We went from this last week...
To all our waste water pipes being in situ..
It is actually all connected to the septic and so that we can complete our inspection where it is all filled up to check for leaks, WITH FRESH WATER PEOPLE! we have these funky little caps on top of the open pipework! after the inspection a sink will be attached to this pipe!
And of course water going out has to come in first, so all our fresh water piping is in too! I will leave it to all you intelligent geniuses to guess which is for hot and which is for cold!
Hot water tank & washing machine behind it..
Mr M has been very busy this week I have hardly seen him... Where's Wally?
Am I the only person who thinks he should be working on a Carnival float in this outfit?
So that's the barn update - exciting stuff and we are starting to get excited about moving in. We went to look at appliances this week too which made it all seem much closer to reality! At last we will be spending money on something I can enjoy! I mean pipes are ok and obviously necessary and functional, but an oven is so much more stylish!
This last week or so we have been well and truly battered with storms coming in from the pacific, it has been one after another and due to storms and very high tides during the day we hadn't been able to get down to the beach for a walk for about 2 weeks.
This weekend we were treated to some gorgeous weather, such a nice change from the wind and the rain, it was low tide at midday so we went and made the most of it. WOW it was surreal to see the beach after all these storms, at first I thought there had been a rock fall onto the beach until we got closer and realized it was where all the sand had been washed away for the past 2 weeks and our lovely sandy beach....
is now a lovely rocky beach!
We estimate about 4 ft of sand has been washed away to somewhere - Japan? California? Mexico? England? the writing on the bottom of this rock was right at about sand level 3 weeks ago!
Anyway the most wonderful thing about big storms and getting back on the beach is the beachcombing. Although the shocking thing about that is how much plastic there is washed up, I find it so upsetting to think that this is just a mere morsel of the amount of plastic that there actually is floating around in our oceans, it has certainly made me think about the role of plastic in my day to day life!
SO back to the wonderful part of beaches after storms and beachcombing, you find so many amazing things:
Wheels and tyres - lots of them, probably from all those boat trailers that get washed off of docks, or cars that are stuck in the mud...
And as I said, lots of plastic... plastic pallets, I really wish I had a need for this, it seems such a waste to just leave it....
Plastic toilets... at least after all the washing you know it is clean...
Tennis balls, this is where all the lost balls end up, spot the ball...
And rope, always lots & lots of different rope and naturally of course, erm......... handcuffs???????
Being back on the beach is good for the soul, it is like the mountains and an ever changing scenery. We are fortunate to be here and to be able to witness its changes.
We are now heading into the Christmas week and just 4 more days of work before a long weekend. I hope that everyone has a wonderful festive season, Thanks for following along, and Merry Christmas from Mr & Mrs M, the doglets, the chickens and the Pelicans!
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