This afternoon saw David attacking the greenhouse. Berna stepped in giving instructions and generally getting in the way but, to be fair, he aquitted himself very well at the age of 73, himself breaking lumps of concrete and yanking steel tubes out of the ground. I kept a safe distance from it all until it was time for four of us to lift the structure up and carry it to its new site. Berna quipped that it was just like the Semana Santa procession, only without the funny hats!
But don't think I haven't been doing my bit this week. Sawing up the timber pallets for firewood took a lot of time and effort. I also secured the windmill sails with new steel guys, and fitted a new post box!
I am really keen to get the finca tidied up so we now have a skip for the rubbish. The decent rocks I am collecting for future stone wall building projects. I took the opportunity of getting some sand delivered with the skip for building work. The next day was very windy and the sand started to migrate like a little sand dune. Hence the pallets thrown around it. Not a problem that I have encountered before!
The kitchen is coming on slowly. The cupboards were installed at a strange angle and the carpenter was summoned to put it right. Still waiting for the cupboard doors to be fitted. The worktop will be granite, a very nice warm yellow (Wendy calls it orange - we see colours differently). The electrician has done a lot of re-wiring and putting in new power points and lights. The trailing wires and dangerous connections that we inherited have been done away with.
We should have a JCB tomorrow to help clear up and also to dig a drainage ditch outside the front wall. Berna gave me some very nice tomatoes from his friend's finca the other week. I have asked him to arrange for me to have a tour of his greenhouse. Next Thursday is Christmas so I doubt if I will post a blog next week.
It is now just over two months from when we bought the windmill. I suppose we have done quite a lot in the time and we still have another six weeks before we have to leave our rented house. But I am starting to worry that we have a lot to do before we move in.....
We should have a JCB tomorrow to help clear up and also to dig a drainage ditch outside the front wall. Berna gave me some very nice tomatoes from his friend's finca the other week. I have asked him to arrange for me to have a tour of his greenhouse. Next Thursday is Christmas so I doubt if I will post a blog next week.
It is now just over two months from when we bought the windmill. I suppose we have done quite a lot in the time and we still have another six weeks before we have to leave our rented house. But I am starting to worry that we have a lot to do before we move in.....
