Forever House #20

Friday 12th July 2013
I think the pictures can tell the story of the week that was out at the Forever House.

Peita's rock wall - assisted by Danielle to start.

Briefly; as I had hoped there was so much achieved - unexpected things such as my sister Peita's incredible efforts to build a rock wall at the front of the house, and a garden of natives, including installations that have been waiting by to find a place. Our youngest sister Danielle is married to a Cornish man and she lived in Cornwall for a decade. She watched a couple of dry rock walls being built and was quite confident about how it should go. Peita was a willing and very able student - after Danielle left Peit paced herself over three and half days to complete it. The Great Wall of Currawinya she calls it.

Peita Wendy and Danielle in the mosaic studio

And the things we had planned also got done - seventeen mosaics were made all up, six by me. Wendy, Danielle, and Peita made two each, Mum, Dad, Rosa, Sara and Dave's wife Gabbie made one each. Peita, Danielle, Wendy and I painted three coats on each of ten ceiling sheets. Jeff Dave and Ken put up about six or eight whole sheets; enough ceiling (with insulation) was done to allow me to complete mudding the bathroom and mud room to lock up, and then turn the bathroom into a usable ammenity. And the power cable was run for the whole house.

The ceiling will continue at whatever rate we can manage - it needs Jeff, Currawinya Dave and me, at least, working together. The mud walls will be completed as the ceiling extends over them.

So enough Blablabbing. The pictures. These are mine until my phone went flat late in the week. I will upload some more beautiful pics that Rosa took during the two days she and her family were with us. Next Post.

Lunch in the dining room

Ceiling sheets prep coat - Peit

Ceiling Sheets  prep coat - Danielle

the Cornish dry rock wall lesson

Planting the first little found plant

and Peita is on a roll

My double tile - all tiles must contain a piece of the salmon floor tile

Tiles by Danielle Wendy and Peit

Peita Mum Dad and me - happy mosaic-ers

it took three ute loads of rocks

Currawinya Dave

Ken and Jeff cabling

Ceiling over the bathroom

the meeting of the cables

ceiling and light cable in mud room

Peita's completed Great Wall of Currawinya and garden

me in the garden

Peita's second tile - flowers

My camp fire and stars

Rosa's dragonfly

Gabbi's Cataract and Clarence River Junction