

Before the rain came - we've been checking the forecast daily - we asked the builder if the roof would be OK with the sheeting and they assured us it would. You would think the builders would've known that the sheeting wasn't waterproof - well they didn't. And the instructions they're following from the house design company weren't specific enough - we've checked. All of which means we've been hiring tarps to the tune of $200 a day until we came to our senses and bought our own.
P was looking around the site yesterday and yelled out 'Hey there are animal tracks - look over here!' He asked me to identify them so I duly took a look and saw some finely formed three-prong chicken prints in the mud near the front door. Apparently our two-legged fowl friends have been wandering further afield lately in search of tasty morsels in the upturned earth around the slab.

Today after work I'm heading off to a local newsagent to collect a pile of last year's newspapers. No, I'm not trying to catch up with the news - I prefer to get mine online these days. Actually once I get the papers home I'm going to soak them and then wheelbarrow them down to our 'sunken garden' to lay as a mulch and weed barrier before we spread the gravel around. I've got some ideas for planting this part of the garden, but most of it will have to wait until the council inspector has been and gone. The official use for this sunken garden is a storm water retention pit, complete with drainage and pipes laid in. I, however, have other ideas for it. It has a low wall around it which would work really well as seating for a small garden party (in good weather - so it's dry). I can imagine a nice curvy arabesque deck (we have a pile of offcuts etc that would be useful for this purpose) reaching out from two sides to meet at a small garden island in the middle of the space. This could be more seating or a table for refreshments... Here is a sketch I've done with my ideas. I have my eye on a soft stone sculpture workshop in the area where I could learn to create my 'two hands' sculpture for the centrepiece and possible water feature.

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