Yesterday was written off, Marcela had a medical appointment on the other side of Medellin, mid morning, and being the first with this Specialist, I went for moral support, I was beginning to think she had been admitted, she was in so long. We then headed back to Niquia for lunch, before she went toContinue reading “A Working Day!”
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Gazebo / Quiosko Guttering
So I set to, to re-align the guttering on the Gazebo, or as it is called here a Quiosko, and I couldn\’t even get that right, for five plus years I was spelling it Kiosko! I took the entire set up down, and put up a string-line, at which time it was obvious that IContinue reading “Gazebo / Quiosko Guttering”
Odd Job!
The other day, I bought the paint to redo the Quiosko / Gazebo walls (For those of you who have followed along over the years, I have been wrongly spelling Quiosko as Kiosko for six years, I apologise to all who read Spanish), so this morning, I decided I wasn\’t going to look at theContinue reading “Odd Job!”
Early Start, Early Finish
Before I bring you up to date, here are a couple of photos of the finished gazebo fillet, not perfect, but it is out of sight and functional: I just need to render up each side of the post to repair the wall,, and then repaint the wall itself, nieither of which is urgent. IContinue reading “Early Start, Early Finish”
Not One of My Better Days
The day was going so well, after the first hiccup, the fillet I had made for the gazebo post, had to be scrapped, I had glued and screwed the additional piece to the wrong side, but knowing how I had made the first one, I had another made in five minutes. Once the waterproofer IContinue reading “Not One of My Better Days”
This is Taking Longer than I Planned
This morning, after taking the dogs for a walk, it was time for work, in case we were blessed with a scorcher later! Firstly, I took the measurements required for the fillet to be inserted in the bottom of the rotten gazebo post, then before I did anything else, I went and bought ten sacksContinue reading “This is Taking Longer than I Planned”
Back to Work
For those of you who followed my woodwork projects, you will know that one of the big ones, was to rebuild my Gazebo, in doing so, I kept three and a half of the upright supporting posts, three and a half?… yes, if you go to the Header, \’My Projects\’ and then \’Household Improvements\’, youContinue reading “Back to Work”
Another Project Completed
We had some sun today, and it was out early, so I joined it, and at 7.30am I was sealing the drying area floor. With the sun out, it soon dried! I then replaced everything that had been \’temporarily\’ moved out, along with a couple of chairs out of the gazebo, I think it willContinue reading “Another Project Completed”
Time to bring you up to date!
I guess the most important point to make, is that moving was definitely the right decision for me, Marcela has made my life, in many ways, and for that she will always have my love. In October, I decided we needed a carport, not so much for the rain, but to give the cars aContinue reading “Time to bring you up to date!”
That\’s more like it!!
It has been a full day for both of us, Marcela has spent the day cleaning the house from top to bottom, I on the other hand, have been doing a variety of tasks. Firstly, I decided that we are due for the inspection of the Septic Tank, in order to get our ten yearContinue reading “That\’s more like it!!”
An Englishman in Colombia 