Weekend and more wood

 After a weekend that was too short I'm back to updates. Here goes.

The Mountain House, very much falling down

The property next door

Rosie watching as Angela splits wood

Angela lit the fire!

Rosie getting her bounce on

Daddy Saturday involved a nice drive up to the Mountain House, which will now have to wait yet another year to be done. It was a chilly day and we wrapped up warm. It was a little disheartening in a way being up there and knowing it's going to have to wait however the stuff getting done at the School is absolutely more important. Next year! Angela spent some time splitting up kindling as she had put the barrier back up round the fire downstairs and then Saturday evening she went and lit it; winter is coming. Rosie had a bounce before bed and then it was Sunday and I spent all day stuck to my computer working on software. Yuck.

A slice of moon

Going for a morning walk

Rosie by her flowers; they came again after Angela's efforts

And there is the sun

This morning blew that yuck away. The first thing Rosie said to me when I got her up this morning was "Daddy, I have a really good idea; let's go for a walk" and even though the sun was not yet up this is exactly what we did. We wrapped up and went for a walk around the garden then down the drive, out the gate, along the lane and back in the side gate. It was not a long walk but honestly it put me in a good mood from the very start and has stayed with me all day. We got back just as the sun was breaching the hills across the valley. The perfect start to the day.

More wood chopping

Bekir chainsawing

Out for another walk!

The remaining wood to be chopped

The men were in, but only Bekir and Halil as the other guy doesn't want to work. Such a shame, but never mind. They cracked on all day and have now really filled up the wood room inside. Indeed Halil cleared out another room in there to make space for all this wood. Crazy amounts, but better to have it than not. After work and school I did a little bit of picking up of kindling from around where they are chopping the wood and then, pleasure on pleasure, went for ANOTHER walk with Rosie, this time up round the back bank and down the hill and back through the village. It was lovely. Before dinner we played on the balcony for a bit and I got to see how much more wood there is left; so much!

And there you have it; a day made by Rosie. Thanks for reading.