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I picked up these nice old chairs on marketplace. Here they are drying after a couple of coats of anti rust treatment.
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Lovely visit from the kind of old family friend that feels like family 🤗✨Please come back soon dear Liz and family.
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Dining room ceiling.
After part of our dining room ceiling collapsed, we decided to seize the opportunity and insulate the ceiling and therefore the bedroom floor above it. We got to see the amazing wattle and daube of its 16thC construction (twigs, horse hair and clay, and beautiful old beams beneath), but decided to rebuild with modern materials (fibre glass and Sheetrock). We are also replacing the beautiful but dangerous old wiring, while we are in there.
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I love the French canal system. Do you know that it takes 7 days and dozens of locks to go from our local river port on the Baise, Valance sur Baise, up to the canal system at Buzet sur Baise and the Garonne river. From there you can go all the way to Holland by canal boat…. Albeit slowly.
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After several months of digging ditches, running power and visits from our electrician, our new pond aerator finally has lift off! It doesn’t look like much, but it’s a very necessary first step to a healthy pond.
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Tis the season 🌻
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The best way to handle a heat wave.
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A little trip into Bascous. The heat is keeping everyone indoors, so these sleepy little villages are even quieter than usual.
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After a year off, I’m back on micro blog. Here are some of this springs projects. Mostly still in progress as you can see.
The stream and new overflow pond. The new chicken house and run The new collombage for the relocation of the pool tech room New planting beds in the gite courtyard
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Good one!
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I’m finally getting around to the pressed flower project I planned last spring 😆 I guess that there are advantages to running out of funds for big projects.
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Crowdfunding request
Looking forward to lots more renovation and development work at the chateau, we are inviting donations in exchange for country Christmas gift baskets, pampered vacations and retreats, estate tours, herb walks, oil paintings and more. Please consider buying your Christmas presents from us, and support the château at the same time. With thanks and holiday wishes, Monique and Don
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A lot of work and a lot of progress. We will have to pause this project for a while now, until we either get 60tonnes of gravel for the road and terrace, (and a little digger to spread it), or wait until it dries out in June or July. 🙈
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Chop and stack
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More rocks! Eventually these will be a terrace and a greenhouse foundation!
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We went to the local raceway for the first time today. It was a lot of fun. It’s a formula one track in the middle of the French countryside.
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Lots of progress today! We carved a new road to the pool area from the west entrance; filled the giant hole we made when we looking for the pool hoses; and we are currently backfilling the new terrace. It’s so very satisfying 😁✨
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Free stone!!!
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Just cute. Hibernating snails?
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During some crazy mini storms we found ourselves with an abundance of downed branches, so it was time for another little burn. Putting the burn pile on a bramble patch I got two birds with one stone.😁
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And chard.
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And chestnuts
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Black walnuts
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And sloe berries of course.
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