Wednesday late May ... I've lost track of the dates but can report lots of essential activity on the house. Fiona took the latest batch of pictures as we've been unable to get down to Woodbury over the past couple of weeks. The walls are being filled in, and apparently there's lots of activity inside as well. Detail, detail. It's Queen's Birthday holiday weekend coming up (June 4) but we're needed in Christchurch as the house here is still on the market and it's more important for us to be here than gadding about down there. Much as we'd like to. All reports tell us that things are going according to plan, so next visit, and updated pix, should be far more interesting than this one. Anyway, it's clear that pictures tell people far more than words, so feast your eyes on the latest and await a visual delight next time.
Thank you, Hoppings and Canadian rellies, for such lovely feedback. Miss you all.
The two of us at home pre fund-raiser kitchen walk for kindy
Tuesday 27 May 2008
Tuesday 13 May 2008
This one's for you, Linda
On the day after the big birthday bash (Dad's 80th, on May 10), Mark and Linda Baxter finally paid us a visit to check on progress since they were last in Woodbury (Christmas time). Yep, there's a house there, all right. Mark was pretty interested in Keith's projected workshop area, while Linda bravely went up the ladder (no stairs yet) inside and helped make sense of all the wonderful space up there. It was a weekend of visitors, just checking it out - others included Cindy Baxter, Fiona, and Patsy. Things are progressing steadily and according to plan, so not much blog story to report, and only one or two pix this time. Expect much more after our next planned visit (a couple of weeks, probably).
Thursday 8 May 2008
The big Monday morning conference
And so it came to pass that on Monday May 5, we all met at the house in Woodbury. Present if not correct were Jane and Keith, Ken and Shane (the boss builders), Desmond (the architect), Toby, Wayne and Barry (all hammering and building busily), and Jamie the electrician. What a great group. To celebrate the roof being nearly finished, we shouted morning tea and left a couple of dozen beers for the boys.
The work is going very well indeed and the house looks amazing. It's a beauty. We had a most productive 'meeting', which lasted about four hours and left us a little dazed, but very satisfied with decisions made so far. Colours, power points, dormer access and window heights were just some of the points covered. And yes, the house is big - whoops, how did that happen? However, it's beautifully proportioned and feels balanced, so we're in no doubt that we won't regret one square metre of it. The pix scarcely do it justice, but they're all we've got right now, so unless or until you can come and see it in person, feast your eyes on the latest.
More after this weekend, as we're going down again to celebrate Dad's 80th birthday (Happy Birthday, Binks) followed by a Mother's Day brunch. She's all go in Wooders.
The work is going very well indeed and the house looks amazing. It's a beauty. We had a most productive 'meeting', which lasted about four hours and left us a little dazed, but very satisfied with decisions made so far. Colours, power points, dormer access and window heights were just some of the points covered. And yes, the house is big - whoops, how did that happen? However, it's beautifully proportioned and feels balanced, so we're in no doubt that we won't regret one square metre of it. The pix scarcely do it justice, but they're all we've got right now, so unless or until you can come and see it in person, feast your eyes on the latest.
More after this weekend, as we're going down again to celebrate Dad's 80th birthday (Happy Birthday, Binks) followed by a Mother's Day brunch. She's all go in Wooders.
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