New home in Kalorama

We have finally moved into the home in the hills

Getting the house furniture into the house proved to be the first issue
The walk way up to the house is steep.
And doing it 42 in one day proved to be very strenuous.
Jennifer tried her best but it was only 7 weeks before that she had surgery
We had some members of the church come and assist to move some of the very heavy stuff

We still have some stuff at the other house but we have decided to get a Commercial Carrier to do the moving of the large items.

So what happened in the first week.

Visits from lots of Parrot’s, Cockatoo’s, a Wallaby and one stray chock.
The Weather was the worse it imagine, High winds, Rain, Sleet, and Snow, but the Sun is out today.

We have start on doing the alternations to the dinning room and opening that area up into the lounge.
In the garden we can now see the huge task ahead of us to regenerate the once great gardens back to lifeLet the mission begun.
In the meantime, I am still bring things up to the house from the carport, that is 20 metres below.

And the views I see in the morning walk are fantastic. Towards the city.

And towards the Yarra Vally

Locust as a passenger

I travel on the train regularly to Work I usually see unusual stuff on the train. But this week a locust joined us. It was attracted by the lights I suspect. Still this is Australia..

Hinton Ampner - A Garden with a House

Hinton Ampner is a house in East Sussex that we decide to visit to get out into the country side and check out a garden Their was a beautiful productive garden that was in need of a lot of work. But a church view while you work. dreams are made of this. 100 year old apple trees in the gardens. The church was built in the 1700's But the windows are obviously newer. Their were formal gardens Rose gardens But it was the productive gardens that got the attention of the tourists. We stopped for lunch at the usual National Trust Cafe Jennifer got her usual scones and clotted cream, while I enjoyed a stew. The walks were pleasant and enjoyable. The house was a mixed house, it was a old Georgian house that the owner had modernized in the 1860's, then a fire in 1960 pull a whole new twist to it. Once inside we found the house was actually small and the NT is restoring the upstairs. The dining room was put on display. The

Quarry Bank Mill's, Styal

Quarry Bank's Mill is a Cotton mill that helps start the Industrial Revolution. So first we went through the house where child works would live. The tour guide was all dressed up and knew her stuff answering any question that was given to her. The house is where 90 children would live. The factory is one that evolved over 200 hundred years from a flour mill to cotton mill Once inside we got to see the process for making cotton. With some of the looms still able to run. Two were running to meet the demand of the National Trust Shops they supplied. These were the small ones produce cotton about 1 yard wide. The Bobbin setter was for the line threading of the fabric. The is the Bobbin roller with cotton thread on it. In this room upto60 looms would have been going, non-stop. This is the end result of the carding machines. The mile in its prime would produce 30 miles on Cotton Fabric every day. The Large Factory was first built h

Ducks Patch

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