WIP

We are now on day 4 of building, the pictures show where it stood at the end of day 3. Things are going slower than we hoped... today we are down to just one builder and Mohamed.






















Aretha likes to inspect the work everyday.

Here is a picture of what it is going to look like (sort of)... though the fountain will be in the centre of the patio and the passage will be covered at both ends of the patio and over the entrance.




I spent a good few hours yesterday trying to work out the best layout for the bathroom in my dad's room - bearing in mind that his mobility may get less. I think I have it sussed.... but then who knows what the actual fittings will be.

Oh and I did see the windows that Mohamed had found, while not really what I had in mind they were nice. We have however both agreed on something else from the same carpenter though I think we will shop around a bit to check prices. Really nice carved woodwork.... moorish designs of course and at last Mohamed has stopped talking about massive plate glass vista windows.

There is an arabic saying along the same lines as "no good turn goes unpunished".

We were all set to start work about 2 weeks ago but our neighbour asked if he could borrow our builders and labourers for "a couple of days" so that he could get just a little bit of building done before he had to go and harvest his wheat. So, being good and considerate neighbours we said yes - and of course that couple of days turned into almost two weeks. What our neighbour didn't tell us was that he was also going to pinch our labourers to help him harvesting his wheat. So as previously explained poor Mohamed is having to do all the labouring himself. I did volunteer to help shifting bricks etc but that just is not going to happen.....

We have had another breakdown in the car... something not right with the work that was done before but we are stuck between two different mechanics both saying it was the other person's work that is wrong. We are beginning to wish we had gone back to the Renault dealership to get the work done.

I am also a little worried about Marmela, she has been coughing and I am not sure if she has a bug or just something caught in her throat. I have to say that she is not in the least worried about herself and has disappeared off out after wolfing down breakfast. She has had a horrible set of wounds around her neck - not sure how she got hurt. Seems have got her neck caught in something but I don't know if it was a thing or another creatures mouth! It is all healing up and her hair growing back (I did cut it back to try and get ointment on).

We have also been hosting some huge wasplike creature that was building a very nice little mud house on the light fitting in our spare room. This turned out to be full of green caterpillars ..... It was a very big waspy like insect so I do hope it is not too cross when it finds out we have wiped out the next generation! Oh how I wish I had an insect book.