Angela's Art Success

Another day has gone past and so here I am with another update before collapsing into bed exhausted once again.

Bekir replacing the kitchen tap

Brush taken down round the side

Halil rakes in the backfill

Pouring concrete into the forms

Cement truck on the slope

Almost complete, just a bit missing

Halil mixing the extra

Tidying for the end of the day

First thing this morning Bekir was in to replace the tap in the kitchen that broke last week; this took him a little longer than he thought it would due to a corroded rubber seal but now we have a nice new tap and can once again access our drinking water supply in the kitchen. While he was doing this Halil was out with the chainsaw cutting down lots of overhanging branches to make space for the cement truck to get round behind the chicken enclosure and up to the top bank. We weren't quite sure if the truck would arrive today and while they waiting Bekir and Halil got stuck into filling in the soil up against the foundations that were poured first. During their lunch the truck arrived. I ran down with Rosie to watch and then went back to the balcony to keep working and continue watching as it made its way up the ramp. It had brought just a tiny amount too little which is perfect as after it went the men mixed more with my mixer machine and filled the last gaps. This is very cool progress. By the end of the day they had completed this and were working away again on raking over and filling in the soil in front of the front wall. We were heading out early, before they left, so I didn't get to see how far they got.

The fantastic old build the art show was held in

Angela's wonderful paintings on the wall

Daddy and Rosie time for dinner

The reason we were heading out is today Angela had an art exhibition with her paintings hanging on the wall and it was awesome! She went on ahead and I followed with Rosie and we met her there. There was some speechifying before we were allowed in (Rosie did pretty well at staying relatively patient though she did keep asking "when can I be loud again?") and they gave Angela a lovely welcome and introductory speech. Then we were allowed in to look at all the art in the really fabulous old building. The standard was superb but honestly Angela's stood out to me so much; there was a lot of technical ability on display but hers have soul. That's my opinion anyway. Rosie and I didn't stay that long as she was getting hungry so we went to the fast food place for a quick bite before heading home.

So there it is, another day done. Thanks for reading, and congratulations to Angela for her exhibition debut!