Time to focus on the gardens!!

Well now that the bulk of the work has been done on the outside of the house, it's time for me to start working on my gardens. Without my care, they continue to flourish, but the weeds are there and they need pulling. I'll start with one garden at a time and see how much I get done. It's a labour of love and I enjoy doing it. I plan to work early in the morning each day before beginning my work. It shouldn't take that long.

The final piece gets finished

Well the peak is done and essentially that's it. We've decided that we don't like the peak. It's a unanimous decision so we've talked to Henderson and we're going to get a Stucco colour that will blend in with the roof. Right now the eye is drawn to the top of the house because of the peak. It's nothing that we did wrong, but just because it's there and the roof is black so you look right up towards it. It's not an urgent thing to fix, but something on our list of to do's for the next couple of weeks...

We had a nice dinner all together last night to celebrate all the hard work.

The work is done...

Well, it felt like the day would never come.... but it has. The Stucco'ing is complete. The final touches are happening as I type. Today will most likely be the last day that the crew is here working on our house. I think we're going to miss them!! Oakley treats them as his best friends. I know he'll miss the interaction for sure.

We are really pleased with the work. Henderson is going to leave the scaffolding for Ralph to use for the next couple of days so he can complete the flashing and evestrough's. We thought that was a very nice gesture.

We're nearing the end of Phase 1

Well, it's almost finished... We can see the end... The last wall is underway. Everyone is here working today. Calvin, Jumpa and Henderson were hear early to work on the last wall. The trim is up and the mudding is underway. Next week the Stucco work will be done. It feels good. The next is getting the soffit and facia and flashing done with the aluminum. Ralph has been up on the scaffoldng putting the flashing between the roof and the wall to help keep the water away. We're expecting rain tomorrow so it's important that we get as much done as possible. I'm thankful that it' a nice day.

A race against the sun!

It's bright and early - 6:00 a.m. and I hear noise outside already... Henderson and Jumpa are here to start stucco'ing the back wall. They have to get it on before the sun gets too warm. Yesterday it was just too hot to work. They couldn't even put the concrete on the last wall because of the heat. It's funny, you hope for beautiful sunny days not realizing how difficult it is to work with all the sun shining. We in the final stages now. The back wall should be done this morning and then all that's left is the side wall and some touchup's here and there...

The transformation begins

Wow, what a difference it makes with the Stucco added. Today the wall on the driveway side and most of the front of the house received a coat of Stucco. It's amazing how it transforms the house. I'm very happy with the results.

More trim work