Tag Archives: Paving

Heavy Duty

Posted on August 16, 2021 by Helga

Monday Today was the day… That I was on Heavy Duty! I got up at 5am and started clearing some of the 400 emails. This is what happens when I do no work over the weekend. I worked until 7am … Continue reading →

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Paving is Done But Not Without Hiccups

Posted on September 14, 2016 by Helga

Today is absolutely wonderful! The house is quiet. There is no angle grinding of bricks outside or clouds of red dust in the air. The paving is done, but it was not without hiccups. The company (small informal company with an … Continue reading →

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Paving the Back Garden

Posted on September 9, 2016 by Helga

This has been years in coming. I wonder what Granny would have made of it all. In her younger days she would have watched with great interest and pottered around and spoken Xhosa to the workers and commented on what … Continue reading →

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Ton of Bricks

Posted on September 5, 2016 by Helga

Behind our house the garden is stepped. The upper level has always been very difficult to maintain mainly because of the moles. They made it impossible to have a lawn up there. Throughout the years, the space has changed from … Continue reading →

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