Plumbing and blocks

It's been another beautiful day today, though it did get cloudy and cooler mid afternoon, and lots has gone on outside at the sink.

Breaking away the old manhole surround

Working out how the pipes should run

Bekir removes the wooden shuttering

Pipes are in place

Blocks filled with rocks

End of the day state

First thing Bekir cut off the water and began to do the re-plumbing to get the pipes into the correct configuration. He did this before I made a cup of tea to begin work so I went and got water direct from the standpipe. They were then breaking the existing cement a bit to make space for the extra pipe work and after that, and some confusion about the actual arrangement, we've settled on a solution that will work for us (though it isn't exactly what I had asked for originally). Next Bekir removed the shuttering from around the sink interior, while Halil was out getting some more plumbing supplies, and with that everything was settled into place. With that done the next task was to start building up the walls for the little hut that will have the plumbing inside it. We're using blocks (we will need to order replacements for the chicken enclosure task now!) and by the end of the day it was really starting to take shape. Good progress all round.

The football net is on the lawn

Rosie, Xena and the slide

Rosie picked a daisy for me

Making a farm with her blocks

At lunch time I took the new football net (that we've been playing with in the lounge until now) and pegged it out on the grass. Rosie was very excited about this when we got home and we variously played football and then she slid on the slide and also spent a LONG time running around with Xena and Thelma. After this there was just time for some balcony play time before a very lovely dinner from Angela.

Potato field

Last but not least here is the picture promised yesterday; the spuds are coming up really well and Angela did a load of weeding, and then companion planted some cabbages. It's a good year so far for the garden!

So there it is; another day done. We'll be back tomorrow. Thank you for reading.