Wedding day

We got married in the house, 1 Sep 2007 - first sunny warm day in Joburg for awhile - and the first day of spring

Watching things grow...

We've planted two silver birches next to the vegetable garden - I know they're two close and this will really cause issues in 8-10 years time. It seems so far away...

We've also made a cactus wall with cacti bought from various parts of the Western and Northern Cape.

Entrance

We're thinking of making the entrance hall a place for all pics and paintings, and not books and couches since it's not the most comfortable spots to spend long hours reading (doesn't get any sunlight). We will make the current 2nd Lounge into a reading room - Ulindi's project for the early half of 2009.

Guest bathroom

Hardly ever used, but still nice to have since it gets great northern sunlight

Pool and Ensuite

The pool and ensuite bathroom

His and Hers Studies

Ulindi's gone for Deep red and modern as a theme - clean lines and colourful - which makes a great change for the earthy greens and browns i tend to choose.

I selected a 110 year old desk with a modern chair to offset it.

Some fine art and furniture

some more furniture - specifically some designer stuff since Ulindi's become a fan - and some extra paintings and pics. We're running out of wall space :-)

Vegetable Gardening!

Nothing like inviting friends over to help you figure out what you're doing. In short, we overdid pretty much everything and have had an abundance of lettuce and tomatoes! But the gorund is fertile, and the Marigolds have kept the critters at bay. The only parasite we have are slugs and snails under the tomatoes bushes - fairly easy to control organically. Lots of herbs, onions, peppers and beans. Enjoy!

Preparing a Vegetable Garden

we made the soil ready for at least a month before planting a garden in the sunniest area of the house - at least 6-7 hours of sunlight fall here.

There's been some rain since last I updated... :-)

besides the fact that there are always dogs in the pics (i have two staffie shadows), we've laid pathways to prevent the constant footpaths margaret and shelton make. The delish monsters are growing at a rate they block the red light of the armed alarm. we've also planted some shrubs in front of the garage dividing wall - but they're proving pretty slow to take.