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Post by MikeMusic on Jun 29, 2017 16:41:02 GMT
So often you need someone who knows what they are doing to at least start you off.
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Post by pinkie on Aug 3, 2017 8:12:35 GMT
Plenty of entertainments on the way, in the sunny south of France  |
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Post by pinkie on Aug 3, 2017 8:13:55 GMT
Oh and a spot of music  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2017 8:39:47 GMT
It's the "fête locale" all weekend here in the village.
Mrs Wonky will be helping, toddler Wonky will be on holiday with the Grandparents, so it will be an ideal time to relax and listen to music.
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Post by MikeMusic on Aug 3, 2017 14:28:20 GMT
Did Bouhanni thump anyone ?  |
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Post by pinkie on Aug 3, 2017 17:14:13 GMT
Criterium is 13th August - coming up next Sunday.
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Post by MikeMusic on Aug 3, 2017 17:54:39 GMT
Should be a good day out
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Post by pinkie on Nov 1, 2017 15:24:55 GMT
The building works are nearly finished - this week hopefully will see the last of the builders on site
The pile of rubble outside my office window is now beautiful flat soil, which will be a beautiful lawn - after we have picked a few hundred rocks out of it
And our Swiss electrician has just finished his works, including a brand new "tableau" - new dedicated radial circuits, and an extension to the Cat5 wired ethernet, which means the last of the home plugs has been removed
And the music sounds ... just as good as ever, but not any better.
Looking forward to some peace once the builders are gone. And a visit to Wonky - maybe with some toys to play with.
And hoping to have a good ear day. Well, hoping to be completely sorted by then, although that is maybe a bit optimistic. A good ear day will do.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2017 15:47:32 GMT
A lawn in France? Good luck.
It must be nice to see the end of the building works. and to finally be at the end of the disruption. It will soon be time to relax, and enjoy the peacefulness of the countryside.
I really hope you get your ear sorted. It can't be much fun.
I hope we will have time to "play" when you visit, but it is not at the top of the list of things to do.
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Post by pinkie on Nov 1, 2017 16:06:45 GMT
Thanks
I may have a couple of toys of interest to you - we'll see what happens this week.
The ear is much improved. Partly, I am 95% sure the specialists know what the problem is - Eustachian Tube dysfunction caused by an ear infection. That often resolves by itself, and although I get good blocks of hours and bad blocks of hours, I am progressively getting more good ones and fewer bad ones - helped by steroids and other treatments. And if it doesn't just resolve, then there is much new hope from a treatment known as balloon tuboplasty. But it is better than it was, and still improving. Slowly.
Lawn may have been the wrong term. But grass and wild thyme, like we have elsewhere in these patches, rather than rubble and building waste.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2017 17:23:25 GMT
Oh joy. More temptation.  I will be playing with my new coffee machine as well, I am hoping to be able to serve a decent coffee by the time you get here. |
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Post by MartinT on Nov 1, 2017 19:39:58 GMT
Any photos of the completed place, Richard?
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Post by pinkie on Nov 2, 2017 6:23:22 GMT
I'll have a go later today . Clearly I need to master Flickr since photobucket in addition to being grindingly slow wants to charge for hosting.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2017 7:21:25 GMT
Flickr is relatively easy to use.
I am intrigued by the toys, and I am wondering if one of them is a KK?
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Post by pinkie on Nov 2, 2017 9:37:23 GMT
Flikr is great - but not intuitive for me. Every time I try it I am back to base and cant remember how to do anything
Toys were not Funk ones. Will catch up with Arthur before I see you though...
I thought maybe a proper Technics stylus and some speakers - at least to stick in the boot. Not the ESL's - Ventrical and, maybe if I have them, TSR 102.2's (there, that's probably jinx'd it)
Photo's to follow - with luck
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Post by pinkie on Nov 2, 2017 9:49:46 GMT
Here goes The start of the pool  Pool liner plus guard dog  Pool with water in  Pool with a cover on  I may be getting the hang of this!! |
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Post by MartinT on Nov 2, 2017 10:02:36 GMT
Very nicely done. There must be some pressure on those pool walls!
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Post by pinkie on Nov 2, 2017 10:04:39 GMT
First landscaping after pool install  Footings for extension  The extension rises !  Extension interior in progress  Mrs Pinkies office today  Mrs Pinkies office - gallery ceiling  The outside of the extension (wrong light to take photo)  |
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Post by pinkie on Nov 2, 2017 10:12:46 GMT
And the final set - the garage (nearly finished) The garage footings  (Bit of a "full and frank discussion" when the mayor cut off the water without warning 7/8 of the way through the concrete pour) And the garage rises...  And starts to add a roof  Then a roof with tiles  And today the garage showing path back to house from office  And finally, the newly landscaped former building site (few tools still to clear)  Garage needs a coat of paint (recently fetched from Wickes Maidstone) and the electrics installing |
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Post by pinkie on Nov 2, 2017 10:14:13 GMT
Very nicely done. There must be some pressure on those pool walls! Thanks Martin. Yes those walls take a lot of strain. Its not easy to see, but there are steel angles in the uprights, which have fat plates set in the concrete below. |
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