You've been framed.....

Quite literally, this week poor Mr. M has been framed.  Making them, painting them, installing them and basically just surrounded by them....

Making them....

Painting them.....

Installing them....

Surrounded by them......

He's going dawg gone frame crazy........

Another week, a bit more progress...

Another week, a bit more progress... Monday was more time spent on the computer and finally he got his parts list all completed for the ducting on the heating system.

Then he fitted the famous door from last week....

And then the rest of the week was spent working on the trim for the windows, we have decided on cedar which we will be painting white, that should work well against the cedar shingles.

Lots of woodworking, which apparently Mr M is really enjoying....

You cut all the pieces of wood, they are all connected with dowels...

And glued together....

And a practice fitting....

Next job painting!

Then come Thursday afternoon Mr. M got slightly distracted by a craigslist advert and off he went to buy another lathe... not sure why he needs another lathe but apparently this was an absolute bargain, it's a deal, it's a steal, it's the sale of the bloody century - deja vu! NEVER heard that before... anyway Friday was spent collecting it and installing.... It's a real beaut!

Lots of stuff going on in the garden, my dahlias and scatter seeds are coming along nicely...

 

Nice neat rows for my root veggies...



My sweet Williams are starting to flower...

My redcurrant bush is full of currents and netted from the birds....

Our property is full of wild irises including this huge cluster that rooted itself outside my greenhouse...

Free flowers inside, who doesn't love that....

My time this winter spent around the fire pit hasn't been wasted as I have been working on my garden art, each letter tirelessly burnt in using a special tool invented by Mr M, involving rebar and a handle.  The ladybirds are reused and recycled from another piece of garden art that I brought about 10 years ago that finally fell apart this winter...

 

 

And finally, welcome Butch and Barb to the flock.  Huge Thanks to our neighbor Butch for selecting and babysitting and then delivering them to me this weekend....

Not much to report.....

Might need to crack the whip a bit harder....  Not much happened this week..

Painting.... photo overload because... seriously... there's nothing else..

And then taa daaaaa , without the masking tape...

I think he also painted the door frame, but clearly that didn't warrant any photos....

And some more electrical stuff, boxes for the outside lights...

And that it is... it's all I've been given to work with this week.  I promise to make him work harder this week, otherwise we might never get moved in!

I mean.. you miss one week....

Sorry I forgot to mention we would be MIA last week.  The real life grown up job got in the way and off I went to the desert....

Meanwhile Mr M kept the home fires burning.  Over the last two weeks he has been a busy boy.  He got the gap above the front door filled and wrapped.....

Bug mesh to stop the bugs getting in and nesting in your cavities... sounds painful!

Good old trusty plywood....

And then wrapped....



 

Then he's been working on all the light switch and socket placements... *yawn*



 But some exciting stuff happened, my kitchen light inserts got installed....

And finally he went and picked up our heat pump and associated paraphernalia.... now he's just got to figure out how to install it.... *engage brain*.....

Weather's been glorious so we've spent the weekend hanging out on the beach.....

Having fires.....

 

And pottering around in the garden.....