Dutch suddenly appeared

Today has been an unexpected day, as you'll see later, but let's get the rest of the day sorted first.

Such a beautiful sunrise this morning

Raised bed is so nearly ready

Rosie woke up feeling a unwell this morning, unwell enough that we let her have the day off however that meant that Angela had to take her to the doctor during the day as they have a new policy that every sick day needs a doctor's note! This meant that I didn't need to take her to school so, after appreciating the sunrise, I did the last lift of soil into the raised bed and spread what compost we had in stock over the top.

Halil starts sanding down the shelving wood

Bekir trimming and notching to size

The shelves are in place

Securing the shelves to the metal frame

Starting to situate the bench top

We had to remove a part to make it fit

The workbench is in

The men were in on time and got started on their task for the day; getting the workbench finished for me for this weekend. They wouldn't achieve everything I wanted however there was a little more work in what they did than I realised (as always). First of all they worked out the timber for the shelf, which then needed all sanding down which took Halil a fair while but it looks much nicer, and has no splinters. Bekir was measuring and cutting some notches so they all set in nicely and then it was a trip to town to pick up some metal tapping screws to secure the shelves to the metal frame. Later on, when they came to fixing the bench top on they found they didn't have the correct screws for that (it's so frustrating they don't plan ahead) but Angela was out and was able to get what was needed which prevented yet another trip out. By the end of the day the table saw was all done and ready however the electrics haven't been done, and the mitre saw hasn't either. That will have to wait for Monday.

Dutch arrives

Dutch having a drink in his new enclosure

We have been thinking about getting another bigger dog as a guard dog and today Angela found a street dog that was looking to be homed so she popped out and collecting him. Yes; him. We have a male guard dog now called Dutch and he is living in Rambo's old dog kennel which we've moved into the garage and put some fire guard railings around. There's going to be several trips to the vets for treatment and vaccines and to get him chipped over the coming weeks but he seems a very sweet little puppy and has been licking Rosie's hand already.

So there it is. We have a new member of our family. Thanks for reading, back on Monday.