April Rose

 First conservatory rose of 2021. A cracker.

Garden Brought up to Scratch

Done  paint job on Polly's garden chairs.

Looking smart in situ. Looking west,

looking east.  Have to have symmetry.

The boss looking out for the Chinese orchids.

Black and White now has an Outhouse.

 

Fills the room rather, but just for a couple of nights entertainment.

The walkway to the Kitchen.

and the servants quarters.  

Night view,

for an evening's entertainment with G & T and Keane on the Bose.

Snow, in April?

 Yes, and thick with it but did not stick.

Gek Contemporary - Chinese Brush Painting

 

For the full exhibition follow,

http://gekart.net/Contemporary/ChinesePaintings.html

Conservatory Mock Up

 Added lights and  mock up image for outside.....just to see if it works.

Visit to Cardiff Bay

 

The reason for our visit, a must attended  appointment  with the immigration agent to take Gek's bio data for her Indefinite Leave to Remain visa, the last step in the application.  Phew.  Now the wait for the result which could be up to 6 months from now.   But at least Gek is now in the country legally.

Of course, being just a tad early, we took the opportunity to stretch our legs, down to the Bay.  The Norwegian Church is still there. 

Memories of Scallywag's visit..

Every where was blue. Lovely.

Walking and biking, the new must does.

New Smart Phone Picture

 

A wide angle view of the workshop. Different.

Conservatory Roombox.

 

First trial put together.

In the box.

Snow Again

 

This winter is the year of the snow.

There be Snow on Our Hill

 

Awoke this morn to snow.

No grazing today, me thinks.

The Front.

The back.  Feed the birds a must in this sort of weather.

Icing on the pots.

and hedges.

But the heather seems to love it.

What is he doing out?  It isn't summer yet mate.

Outhouse Weaving

 

Weaving with bamboo to create the window tops. 

A New Project

  

The beginning of the first room box project using a box frame - the design.  

Black and White Refurb Complete.

Front half

 

Back half.

B & W Refurbish

for a view of the interiors.

Blooms in Winter

 

Heathers out front,

Sparaxis inside

TravelArt Miniature Exhibition

 

To welcome in the New Year, a new exhibition of paintings we have collected on our travels. Follow

http://www.gekart.net/Contemporary/TravelArt.html

for access to the show.

Decorations

 

Surrounded by art works on our Christmas Eve.

Resting

 

Our neighbour's pussy cat's favour head rest.

B & W House Refurbish

 

A start on the front half.

Falling apart it is.

I must count how many there are to glue, quite a few. Equally spaced and square

Seventh Escape off Campus, Twmbarlwm

 

The last escape of 2020.  It was fortuitous that we took this day to escape.  A couple of hours after returning home, Wales went to an unplanned  lockdown. Up there is 419 metres above sea level.

It was rather mistly but we could just about make out the coastline to the south west

and south toward Clevedon and Portishead in Somerset, some 30 miles away.

We did not linger long, a chilly breeze there was.

Butterflies

 

A new set of cuddler cushions to complement the calming painting.   Gek has been busy again.

Feeder Relocate

 

Following a visit by Mr. Rat, the decision was made to move the feeder up between the hedges.  One of the first to find the new location was Mr. Robin.

House Refurbish

 

The house undergoing an overhaul,

to include a window with a dragon and phenix profile taken from a Chinese paper cut.

Finally. got round to fitting the windows properly after xxx years.

A Starlings Breakfast

  

With winter, out comes the bird feeder. A sure fire favourite are dried meal worms. Conflicts are inevitable

Sixth Escape off Campus, A walk in Penallta Park

A stroll down from the car park,

under a blue blue sky. Spot the trail-less jets?

But you must go down before you can go up,

to see Sultan, the pit pony.

Ok, a poster view for a clearer view.

A strange structure at the highest point in the Park..

Also strange that 3,200 men worked the coal mine here in the 1930s and that where Gek is standing was then the top of an enormous waste-coal tip.. 

A little different now.

T'was a frosty day.