How are we all? Good, Good. Apologies for the absence from the airwaves, uni became increasingly important in the lead up to finishing (yay!) and we have had some other exciting news... Puffin and Squirrel are now engaged!
Puffin and Squirrel being adorable.
A selection of some of the flowers we got from our friends and family!
Puffin surprised Squirrel with a weekend away in the blissful Palm Cove in North Queensland and popped the question after a day of snorkeling on the Great Barrier Reef and an amazing dinner, and of course, Squirrel said yes! Rather than starting an additional wedding blog, I will occasionally post here!
And of course, we continue to work on the house, now turning out attention firmly to the garden. Here are some progress shots.
Very very early on....
After installation of pear trees and boxes (and of course new front door etc) No filter on this photo, it was just that much of an amazing day.
And today! After the ripping out of the front lawn!
So since last time we have.... Rotary-hoed the front lawn (with thanks to Badger for the use of this and his help!), then raked it, then got all the rough-ness out, then further dug out a few sections including the driveway. As you can see in the left side of the photo, we have edged off and prepared for concreting of an extra corner of the driveway. Both of our cars fit up the end, but it meant that I had to cut the corner of the lawn with my car each day. If we are going to put new lawn down, we didn't want to bugger it up, hence concrete. Puffin made an excellent point on this, in that this should also add value to the house, as it makes it a double driveway and who knows, maybe one day we will add a car port.
So far, this has cost less than $60 in reinforced steel, crushed rock and labor - (Big thanks here go to Mitch, Tab, Bennett, Neesha and of course Wayne and Linda for their help on what turned into a spontaneous working bee!)
There has also been a lot of behind the scenes work done by Puffin, including chopping down trees (so many) and clearing the guttering, repairing the back lawn and being generally awesome to name a few.
Go Puffin go!
Still to go:
Concreting of this driveway area, an area for our pillars, and a section out the back from the plumbing repairs earlier this year
This bit.
Adding edging for the division between our lawn and the 'footpath'
Edging for a garden bed on the right of the yard - some formal camellias being the order of the day.
Fare-welling the yukkas and stones in favor of some nice low hedging at the front of the house.
And of course laying and nurturing the new lawn!
Then there are the bigger bits, new stairs, new pillars, painting of the trims, change of guttering and painting the roof - all mixed with engagement planning! Fun fun and we can't wait to share our experiences!
Love, P&S (and Bowie)
