galway hookers

Excuse the  typos but we had a nice day out watching the Galway hookers at Spiddal and the Curachs racing I must admit to having partaken in  a couple of Guiness on the way home, infact they dropped me off at the local to finish the story but it hasnt worked as i'm as sober as a judge. A really happy one thats bslightly crosseyed hicccc.

Septic tank replaced

Well they got torn into replacing the septic tank today, the new one is installed and old one partially dismantled, there is an eighteen foot square sand and gravel filter to be constructed as a soak away / percolation area so the machine was flattening out an area for that. A couple of trees had to come down and a road was made so a dump truck can get in. I will buy a load of gravel to surface it and leave the road there as it will be handy access to the shed.

We all went sailing today and stopped to have a fish for half an hour caught 2 nice ones and they did for dinner, was a Bonny day with only a gentle breeze, came home for 1400 as the window company came to measure up. Replacing 11 windows, 2 patio French doors and a double front door, with double glazed uPVC light oak, wood effect ones.

 Next job after that is getting insulation installed in the cavity,s and ceiling. I shall take some photos of the progress tomorrow.

Monivea and a new website to do

Well I had to visit a potential client in Monovea which is about an hour and a half's drive from here so Leona our present visitor from New Zealand, came along for the ride with the dogs. Went via Oughterard and the dogs had a swim and run around the footy park there,then we drove into Galway and picked up a couple of lavender plants at the garden center and visited Tescos supermarket. Movivea went well and I secured the job. We then went for a walk through the woods there to a mausoleum set in a clearing amidst the trees of Monivea Wood, the ffrench Mausoleum and chapel was commissioned by Kathleen ffrench in honor of her late father, Robert Percy ffrench. In 1914, the Pope granted an indult, permitting official mass celebrations on special occasions and under special circumstances.Designed by architect Francis Persse (younger brother of Augusta Gregory), the mausoleum took four years to construct, at a cost of £10,000 (near two million in today’s economy).Built of rough-granite blocks quarried in Wicklow, the structure resembles a small castle, approximately 25-feet-wide by 30-feet-high, with crenellation along the roofline, and featuring a back, left turret Stone steps lead up to a gothic-archway and heavy oak door secured with decorative rod iron hinges

Stopped at Spiddal so the dogs could get another swim and run on the beach

Did a wee bit gardening when we got home Leona is a deft hand with the secateurs and Gus got covered in mud so we had to go to a local peir for him to have his third swim of the day to get cleaned up again. I think Leona is in love with my garden.

The excavator arrived this evening so they should be starting tommorow morning.

Another top day

Well its another bonny day below is the view out of my bedroom window at about 0800 this morning

I went out to finish cutting the grass and managed to get a bit of wood stuck in the blade, tipped the mower on its side to get the wood out and it emptied the oil into the exhaust oops, I learnt something anyway dont tip the mower on its side unless you are very fond of blue smoke.

Jessy was dreaming of Australia basking in the sun

Its breezy today but would be great for a sail.

Heat wave

Well it feels hot in fact it got to 28 C today which is nothing compared to Sydney, we had one day that I remember because it killed off the ferns in my garden even though I was watering them all day, it got to 48 C. Mind you we had air conditioning then. I cut the lawn today well half of them anyway, and I was melting by the end of it, the plumber and his offsider were breaking up boulders with a jack hammer type drill and sledge hammers all day they struggled in the heat too. Sitting in a pair of shorts here trying to get a draught in he windows, strange fir ireland. There is a track cut for he excavator which comes on Tuesday and they wil use all the broken boulders to landscape the tank I think. Leona arrives from Paris on Tuesday evening and the forecast looks good until she arrives then rain lol typical ehh. Mind you I shouldn't winge it's been nice for most of our visitors so far.

Some of the colour in the garden at the moment

Here are a few photos I have just taken walking round the garden, I'm not sure what everything is right enough

I like this photo of some ferns with all the green and the close leaves in focus.

Not sure what this plant is called but the dropplet flowers remind me of jelly beans.

Irises are flowering around the pond now 4and I have these hugeeeeeeee skunk weeds that are also meant to have a nice flower later in the year, the leaves look like a huge cabbage and are bright green.

Climbing rose bush on the front of the house has a wonderful scent.

I have had to chop down a Rowan tree today to let the excavator in to install the new septic tank, there are lots of them around to keep the witches away or so they say, no wonder it was queit at Halloween. The unit I took to bits in the house yesterday has been reassembled and made into a work bench in the shed. Thankfully it came out without having to break it.

renovations begin

Well I have started my renovations on the house, the solicitor got the deeds yesterday so I guess its ours. My first job was to remove the 1970's varnished pine thing that was built into the wall deviding the kitchen from the living room. I am going to put an archway in its place, the amount of extra light that gets in is amazing. We are going to put wood floors in the living room kitchen and hall so it should look good. Also with sealing up the doorway to the kitchen we will be able to put in an extra kitchen cabinet and bar.

Excuse the mess in the photo but I was dieing to blog the photo so much I took it with things lieing around. The old kitchen door is behind the bookcase which will be moved after the gap is filled in as the bookcases are slightly different sizes.