Still stormy at times

After a day off for the men yesterday we're back again with a four day blog. I'm not, however, going to spend all night writing this so I'll do a bunch of photographs for the weekend and yesterday, and then catch up to today.

Chilling out in the shade of the vine

The vine is now giving a great shade

The Other Brother and son, with Rosie

A beautiful sunrise indeed

Some of the grass and weeds I have cut

Snoozing puppies (Louise JUST woke)

Stunning sunset

Moon rise the next morning

Huge cricket on the wall

Stag beetle on its back (watch video below...)

The weekend consisted of lots of time outside in the sun, including taking full advantage of the vines that have now grown up and over the framework to give a really lovely shade to sit under. Not that Rosie stayed still long but it was nice to be there for a bit. We had visits from the neighbours, beautiful sunrises and sunsets, I did some grass cutting in the orchard, Thelma and Louise snoozed on my knee, the moon was beautiful and we had some pool time and the wildlife around here amazed me a couple of times. Also Rosie has really been struggling to sleep recently which has been stressful and reduced the sleep we are getting. We think it is largely teething related but also she is starting to come off the bottle. Kids are hard work, huh.

A rainbow for the morning

Sun breaking through

Sally climbs up

Window man measuring

Tiles on the roof

Grinding down the metalwork

Halil lifts tiles up

Bekir working on the downspout

Downspout in place

End of the day state

Today started with a shower that caused a rainbow over the back mountain but it cleared up then and was a warm, even muggy, day all day. The men were on time and straight onto the roof and I was busy with work so didn't get many pictures really. Mid morning the window people arrived to measure up for an accurate quote for sliding windows around the balcony, fixing a few other bits, and glazing around the main porch entrance. Big plans but it'll make a huge difference. All day the men were tiling away on the front side of the roof, fitting metal for waterproofing between the wall and the roof, and then lifting more tiles up for the other side. At the end of the day Bekir was just fitting the downpouts when it started spitting large spots of rain. I went inside (I was carrying Rosie) and then the downpour began. It was SO heavy and the wind was blowing it inside the balcony roof onto the balcony so we really do need those windows! The roof is now half tiled, and should be finished tomorrow I hope. There are a few other bits and pieces to do, including more metal work if we do get the windows done, but at least we have a secure roof and tiles in place now.

So there you have it; hopefully get this roof finished tomorrow or Thursday and can move on to the next bit. Thanks for reading.