NO MORE SMELL

 Do you want to know what I am LOVING the most about our new driveway?

Apart from not feeling sheer loathing from the shoddy workmanship and faulty product?

The lack of smell.

The smell of hot tar, and the incredible heat that rose up from it over summer.

The concrete has virtually NO SMELL at all, it is not hot to walk on, and OMG, no stones.  

Every time I walk out my front door, I just smile happily!  😊  No more disappointment.

I will finish putting all the pots back on the driveway and so on, then take photos for you.

But for now...

ABOVE: I took this photo of the Wooden Surround last night.  I was planning on staining it mid/dark brown, but Stew suggested we leave it 'natural' as it tones in with the existing fence.

He's so right, it really does look fabulous.  I'm rather proud of it, and we both had a hand in it's construction, making it special.

There will be boards running across the top, like an inside lid... (resting on the railings that you can't see), then Lacy can put her small potted plants on top of it.

So there ya go... that's all for now.

Catch ya later.

10.45 am:  Well it was a late start here.  

I've been outside and taken some photos, so here goes:

ABOVE:  It's still drying down on the right hand side, as the shrubs keep it in shadow most of the day.  The carport is not back in it's rightful position yet, that might happen Thursday night.

But mostly, it's finished.  We absolutely LOVE it.

I walked on it with bare feet... NO STONES.  So, so good.

Stew is about to go and cut up boards for the inside 'shelf' of the wooden surround now.  Yipee.

After that is done we are heading out for a nice lunch somewhere.

Then we are packing... for a three day trip away.

ABOVE:  This section of fence was out the front shielding the bins from the road.  Now we have the bins by the back door, so we have repurposed this bit of fence for the 'lid' on the wooden surround.

The surround has cost us nothing.  We had all the bits and pieces of wood we needed just lying around.  SCORE.

ABOVE:  I couldn't decide with photo was nicer, so ya get both.

It looks so damn nice there now.

It's now 12.18 pm, time for lunch I reckon.  We've not decided where to go yet.

ABOVE:  We ended up going to Hamilton Gardens.   It was VERY BUSY, cars parked on the grass even.  We thought there must be an event on to warrant so many people being there, but no.  Just a lovely Sunday to be at the Gardens obviously.

ABOVE:  We had Eggs Benedict again, and they were perfect.

On our way home we stopped in at Mitre 10 for potting mix and a new plant for our front door.  We decided Lacy's 'front door' looked way nicer than our's, and we couldn't have that! 😂😅😊

ABOVE:  Luckily we already had all the blue pots, just in other areas.  The new plant is a succulent type of thing, which we love.  I'm happy with my front door entrance now.

It's almost 3 pm, and I'm feeling tired and a bit crabby, so time to put me feet up and just relax for a while.

ABOVE:  I baked an extra large Bacon and Egg pie for dinner.  It has onion, cheese, fresh parsley and mint in it too.

Left overs will be our lunch tomorrow.

I'm sure it will be delicious, once it's cooled down a bit.

Time to sign off for the day.

Catch ya tomorrow.