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| Visit on 26th May |
Most of the ground floor is now tiled. Upstairs there is still no finished floor; and there is lots of wiring and plumbing still to do. Some of the wires are still in the wrong place (the kitchen lights); and the kitchen extractor also still needs to be re-sited. The walls have been painted a less pink shade, in parts, though, which is a welcome improvement. We admired the tiled floor of the shower.
As we have given our final instructions about the bathroom wall tiles (though we thought we had done that some time ago), we hope that the tiling will soon be finished and that the plumbing might follow.
As usual, we all gravitated to the south windows; and when we were upstairs we all stood waist deep in the bedroom windows admiring the mountains. We were quite impressed by how well the brise soleil, which we are learning to call the canopy, to avoid pretentiousness, was preventing the house from heating up in the baking sun, which had completely dried out all the places where I have spent such merry hours disappearing to the tops of my boots and being rescued.
I wish I had taken a proper picture of the blood curdling label on Klarg's lid. It reminds one not to walk on the lid in case one is tumbled into the rotating machinery below. The subterranean part of this place is as interesting as the bit above ground.
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Isn't it a little Victorian to be worried about legs? Are you planning to put little frills round them (each in a different tartan would be suitably period)
<insert offensive comment about the tiling in the shower>
Also; why no picture of staircase?
I don't take a picture of everything every time, though you might think I do. There is one in the last collection. It looks just the same, shrouded with sheets.
And on the subject of The Legs: good idea that person; but it might be socks in Opal yarns. See http://www.angelyarns.com/opal-yarn.php
and other sock yarns from Angel.
alternatively what about vines and declaring a vintage? trails of vineleaves would also come in useful for Bacchanals in the nymphaeum
or do you need to grow garlic to protect against Klarg?
Another good idea, that person. But when I mention vines Roy looks old-fashioned. We have not yet determined what sort of deity Klarg is, nor Nibe either, for that matter. Their requiring some sort of sacrifice seems a distinct possibility. Some chthonic overtones there; and the nymphs are not exactly totally above-ground, either.
26th was very wet here
May is often lovely in Scotland. There are surprisingly few midges and because it's exam season we generally have warm and sunny weather.
Vines? With all those nice secluded spots and plentiful supplies of peaty water I'd still be expecting something a bit more traditional if you get my drift...
Ursula
So we should add an architect designed peat-heated malting floor and a still to the West Highland straggle, then? Right.
Oh, by the way, chaps, we have planning permission at last.
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