Tag Archives: Building

Mike in his Workshop

Posted on May 29, 2023 by Helga

Monday Dear Elsie Today was the day a strong black south-easter blew and a cold front started to make landfall. I got dressed up warmly in the long jersey I bought in Milan. Julian will remember the event. Mike was … Continue reading →

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Mike Rubbing His Hands Together

Posted on March 12, 2023 by Helga

Sunday Dear Elsie, Today I saw you looking so cute in pink! Off to church you went and afterwards you went to the Padstal to see Oupa and visited the dog which you have altogether outgrown. This is you with … Continue reading →

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Second Hand Tooth

Posted on July 15, 2022 by Helga

Friday Today was the day… …of the second hand tooth!  When I first started writing today’s blog, I did paragraph after paragraph of explaining. Never a good idea, so I’ll give you the 8 sentence short version My orthodontic treatment … Continue reading →

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Mike Making Gates

Posted on June 8, 2022 by Helga

Wednesday Today was the day… Mike made gates. This is the second set. He made these ones for the Little Lookout… And now he is making more for the Seaview apartment entrance…this is the gap into which they will go… … Continue reading →

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My Black Prep Bowl

Posted on July 18, 2020 by Helga

Saturday With Mike beginning to design the kitchen we needed to know the exact sizes of the hob (which we bought a few weeks ago) and the prep bowl both which will go on the kitchen island. I had wanted … Continue reading →

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Early Morning Site Visit

Posted on February 25, 2020 by Helga

Tuesday The land surveyor is visiting the site on Friday, but that was way too far away for Mike. Shortly after sunrise we were down at the site for Mike to do some measuring. He was going to see for … Continue reading →

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If Someone Had Said…

Posted on February 11, 2020 by Helga

Tuesday If someone in the family had said, “let’s build a massive mansion behind little Echo cottage”, we would have said ‘NO.’ So how did we get to this point?  It boggles my mind that we are fast approaching the … Continue reading →

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Second Level Electrics Done!

Posted on December 10, 2019 by Helga

Tuesday Mike and I were up early and by 6am we were in the garage. Mike was busy loading the car with the prepared conduits. Courage arrived. At 6-20am we were on our way to the building site. It was … Continue reading →

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Plot Clearing

Posted on October 18, 2019 by Helga

Friday Weekdays are becoming a little exciting. Each day there is activity and movement at the building site. Things are in full swing and there is an air of excitement. This afternoon David sent me a whole batch of photos … Continue reading →

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May 9th Blog

Posted on May 9, 2019 by Helga

This day’s blog is predictable. I never forget 9th May…it’s pretty much written in my marriage DNA. It’s not our wedding anniversary, but our engagement anniversary. I can just pick a 9th May blog and find something I’ve written about … Continue reading →

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Two SMS’s

Posted on January 11, 2019 by Helga

Our house plans are chugging through Council. This morning I got an update SMS… Couple of hours later… Leanne warned me of this. She wrote a number of days ago to say we will get a message saying there was … Continue reading →

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Back at the Cottage

Posted on December 20, 2018 by Helga

We woke up this morning and enjoyed a relaxing hour or two before going home to feed the cat. Truffles met us, looking, I must say, rather unhappy that we had spent the night away.   My routine was completely out … Continue reading →

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Compassion and Caution

Posted on June 3, 2018 by Helga

I do believe there has to be a balance in life between compassion and caution. I’ve been chatting to someone recently and I think they have got the balance right. When a stranger comes to their door, they go and … Continue reading →

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Old But Faithful

Posted on September 15, 2017 by Helga

Today as I drove out of my area I passed a lovely old green truck with Old But Faithful written across the front. I immediately wished I could have taken a photo of it. That’s what I want to be, … Continue reading →

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