Winter is done

Wow it has been some time since the last update; I planned on doing regular updates through the winter however of course as you can tell I never started and so now I'm sat here the night before the men are due and I've got to do an update to catch up. With a combined 574 pictures and videos to go through. So I'm just not going to bother. This'll be quite a quick update and tomorrow I should be back to normal service...

Rosie

Princess Rosie and a jigsaw

Another jigsaw

More completed jigsaw

She's proud of this one

Dinosaurs!

In progress (this one still isn't finished)

The one she finished today

Rosie has been really getting into doing jigsaws and is getting really good at them. Just today we did another together and I'm having to buy more and more, and bigger and more complex, to keep her entertained. It is really good for her though so I don't mind at all.

Fish being buried

Awesome shapes on the trampoline

Bicycling

Rosie playing her keyboard she got for her birthday

Out to the new restaurant for dinner

Helping me mow the lawn

Going for a ride at the park

Rosie made these

Doing a puppet show

Our bulbs coming up

First camping of the year

Enjoying the sun and the breeze

So more stuff with Rosie before we go on with a few more subjects and wrap this up. We had one dead fish which Rosie was determined to bury so out we went and put it into a little hole by the cherry tree at the front. She has also had lots of fun with the trampoline, her bike, her keyboard (she's getting good at it already, learning some songs!) and doing things with me like going out for dinner and riding along on the mower as I've already started having to mow the lawn! We also took her to the park a couple of days in a row with her bike which went really well. She's also made some martenichkas and we hung them on some trees. She did a puppet shows in the puppet theatre we made together, enjoyed the spring flowers and last night we camped. Today was lovely and she got to enjoy the warmth on the patio.

Building Progress

Window people fitting tilt and turn

Halil helps lift in the new sofa

Bekir and Halil fitting more posters

More plugs required

We've had a few things happen, all of which almost prompted me to do an update but never quite did. Firstly while Angela and Rosie were away visiting her parents I had the window people in to refit all the remaining windows that we needed to have swapped over. Halil popped over to help the delivery of our new three seater sofa which is now being used every day. They also replaced the broken and missing fly screens. Bekir and Halil were also in for one day only where they put up my picture frames for the stairs and fitted some more plugs in the music room.

Right I'm going to wrap this up here. Thanks for reading and back tomorrow.

Welding and painting

Today Angela arrived home from her art week and she had a great time it seems. It's good to have her home though! When she got here I suddenly felt myself get very tired as I'd just been keeping going and hadn't realised how stressed I was from the Maisie situation. Anyway, back to this morning

Having a lovely cuddle before school

Halil gets to painting

Bekir sets a panel in place

Getting ready to weld it in place

Melted the plug and the socket

Bekir keeps welding

Rosie had me awake early but I sent her back to sleep though I couldn't get back down again sadly. When it was time for morning to happen she was very good again, we had a lovely cuddle with Louise and Xena and lots of of her teddies. After dropping her at school I headed into town to get more insurance for Maisie but found I was already covered until next April; I could swear I bought six months only but obviously not. I also picked up my other bike from the shop and now both my mountain bikes are operable again. When I got back Bekir and Halil were continuing with the same task as they left off last night. Halil was following behind Bekir and painting the columns and extra reinforcement while Bekir went ahead with the welder and fitted the extra strips to every joint. They knocked the power out at one point and the plug, that they only put on yesterday, had completely melted. It pulls a lot of current, that welder.

Getting to painting the long beams

Two bikes back in service

Rosie and The Little Lady in the garden

By the end of the day all the welding was done and they were both over at the 7m lengths and were painting them. They headed out to get some more supplies and try and get a better quote for the crane which should come next week, but by the end of the day they still had some painting to do. They have said they'll come on Sunday so you may get a bonus update. I took my bikes for a quick spin around the land to check them out and they are both riding great, though I do need to do a bit of work on the front brake on the big GT at the back in the picture. It needs its brake fluid bleeding. I was sat reading to Rosie, after she calmed down from playing with Punduk when she got home, when The Little Lady came over with gifts for her and to start harvesting walnuts. Rosie went out to be with her which was awesome.

The moon rises above the hills

I'll leave you with this lovely picture of the moon rising that I took during our dinner time. Beautiful.

So there it is. I may indeed be back on Sunday; thanks for reading.