The joiner has asked us to go to his workshop this morning to look at the new bookcases. He'd planned for seven shelves of 25 centimetres height and one shelf that's 31 centimetres. Seems he's ended up with some additional space at top and bottom. I'd have thought this could have been sorted on a video call but he's insistent we be there in person. We'll also try to get him pinned down on when he's going to start making the kitchen units. So far the closest to a date we've got from him is a vague ' Aye Angus. It's all in hand '.
Progress on 'The Fonts' garden room. The architects have come up with a new, slightly smaller, 'perfect' cube design with a flat roof. One entire wall will be glazed to take in the view down to the sea. Finding a way to have a glass wall while keeping the warmth in and the Scottish weather out is not as simple as it sounds. I'm hoping the garden room and the conservatory can both be put up by the builders at the same time. This of course is highly improbable. As it stands the conservatory goes up in June, the garden room in late August.
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Congratulations on getting your build through planning. Those timescales for the work seem quite brisk compared to what they have been in the Scottish building trade.
Reading both Mike Pence and Jared Kushner is surely going above and beyond. Here in Aberdeen we plan to celebrate Nobby's first birthday with a quiet Burns supper at home, and perhaps a recital of 'The Twa Dogs'.
Cheers, Gail.
PS It's also Volodymymr Zelenskyy's birthday today, according to Wikipedia. My pup keeps fine company!
You are a brave man tackling both Mike Pence and Jared Kushner! As I sit here, my teacup is sitting on a coaster with a photo of three Highland cattle walking down a road - a souvenir from Edinburgh. When I was a kid in New Jersey, there was a small zoo that had a Highland in its collection. I adored the creature, who would come over and stick out his enormous tongue whenever a human approached, hoping for a treat. Slap on a treat and the tongue would be smartly withdrawn. It reminded of the coin device on a gumball machine.
Sophie has that "what do we do next?" look on her face this morning. It looks a lovely day for your walk, whereas here it's the second morning we've woken to torrential rain and single figure temperatures. A far cry from the 25ºC we enjoyed just a week or so ago.
The Highland cattle toys look rather frightening but I like the tartan Penguin and the dog - if that's what they are!
I reckon the designer who came up with the Highland cattle design needs redeployment ASAP. Highland cattle, with their beautiful big wide-spaced eyes and shaggy locks are lovely. Those look maniacal and distinctly unfriendly! At our favourite wildlife park, where the animals are (almost) free, there are a couple of miniature Highland beasts and they’re gentle ginger beauties.
I’m certainly not attempting either the Pence, or the Kushner book, and I’ve steered clear of the Ginger’s Spare too. Although I feel slightly more sympathy for him than the former two… I hope they get what they deserve!
An extra short shelf, with lighting, would hold a large collection of tiny highland cattle. When we visit there, I am certain one will join our menagerie.
Angus, may you and ‘The Font’ enjoy the Burns Supper tonight! I look forward to reading about your adventure. The first photo of Sophie standing in front of the golden sky is glorious!
I'd be concerned about a flat roof on the Garden Room given how much rain you have. (From someone who has a flat roof and just survived the Atmospheric River event here in California with a giant leak!)
P.S. Happy First Birthday to Gail’s Nobby!!!
Happy birthday to Nobby, Volodymyr Zelensky, and, of course, Robert Burns!!!
Wading through books by Pence and Kushner is above and beyond.....
Perhaps radiant floor heating in conservatory and garden room? We have a sunroom in the spring and summer. It gets quite warm during those seasons due tn the glass roof and warmer weather. In the winter, I call it the enclosed porch as there is no heating for that space. Wish we’d put radiant floor heating in during building process.
I’m sure your builders have it all in hand, but the window answer is Nordan.
Plus, see https://twitter.com/sirbenfro?s=21&t=DkQXOLvOnEu6hlgegysqWQ
For the BEST Fife Highlands
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