Front Yard Finished

Finally the front yard is finished. We just need to spend some time looking and finding the plants we want. We only have four plants but looking is the easy part.

This weekend we moved 2m of loam and 5m of Bark mulch to finish it off. all the posts are in to support the large trees, mail box is in. The black bark goes well with the wood and house. it really draws the colour of the parts out.

Now starts the big job of the back yard and patio area's but we need more money for that. And Stephan(jr) wants to rest up.

Melbourne on a quiet morning

While heading to Work this morning I was slowed down by how quiet it was on the riverbank.

OK it was only 6 degrees outside but it was calm before the Monday storm.

Note The IBM Tower next to HWT Tower ( I work on Level 14 most of the time).

Girls at Gradutation

Gemma-ann has finished her 4 Years at Graduation and Lissa has completed 2 Years.

They were got there certificates with family and friends around. I great evening out.

Easter

I know it's late but Easter was a quiet Family Affair this year.

We only purchased Easter eggs for Family members only due to the budget being so tight this year.

 

As you can see we had enough.......

Front Deck finished

At last the front Deck is finished, now I just need to get on with the garden.

The deck as you can see in the photos now has an extra post in the front, I was not going to pay the builder $2000 to install a post that cost us $128.00 and 2 hours for Stephan and me to install.


  As you can see in this photo, The edge is what call a raw edge. All the boards were from recycled timber 200x45, so they all need to be dressed, routed, cut, predrilled and then finally painted before being screwed into place.  Then they were oiled once in place. It took a lot of work and a lot long then planned to do. We are using the same process for the front garden, Oh and the Mailbox is the same as the deck. The neighbours are impressed and it looks like a very expensive job but it cost less then $1000 to do.

Now the garden design is coming together. we aiming for the bushy Australian look. Post, stones and rail all black except for the only colour coming from the garden plants. Lets see how that comes along.

Brisbane Ranges

We went to the Brisbane ranges last weekend.
Due to my car having to go in for servicing for the brakes. We took Jennifer's car.

Bad move, the dirt tracks(they try to call them roads) were very dusty and the car needed the dirt scrubbed off it when we got back. We saw very little bird life and the scenery didn't change much

Big Crab at the market

At the market, we occasionally see strange things. But this one is a crab. A very large crab.

It was still alive and note the normal sized crab on the left side of him. And NO we did not buy him.