A Feast for the Eyes

When we first arrived last November Binghi and I set ourselves a goal of finishing the porch floor on the North side of the house. Last week we finished, and so now as you come down onto the porch almost everything you see is tiled. Truly a feast for the eyes!

Here's the approach to the house.

The work we've done over the last couple of months are the panels on either side of the walkway. Binghi did all of the panels on the left side and Tom did all of the ones on the right.

Here are detailed photos of Binghi's panels.

 

And now Tom's panels. Tom did the right side so he could dangle his legs off the porch while installing the tile. Much easier on the knees!

 Now we have to set ourselves a new goal for the remaining month!

Cats, Kids, Puzzles, and Tails

Life here at Whimsey Hall South has been a bit quieter now that the excitement of holidays and construction are behind us. The cats - Stripey and Bootsie - have also settled in and become best buddies.

Bootsie has even learned to stand on his back legs - if there is food!

JC (aka Barbara) went up to the Kendal Basic School to visit with the kids and donate some books.

Charlie Mayer and his daughter Lily came down for their usual winter break. Paco's grandson JT came that day and he and Lily enjoyed playing games.

Tina sent a puzzle down with Jake. It was a National Geographic puzzle, and many of the pieces contained only text. To figure out where they went required using our magnifiers to try and read the tiny text in the box picture and match up the text. Sometimes a piece would have the name of a city, and we would use the internet to figure out where it was.

The completed puzzle. It had quite a bit of interesting information on bird migrations.

And speaking of birds, we have been visited quite a bit by a Streamer Tailed Hummingbird. He is wonderful to watch and his tail feathers make a very unique trilling noise when he flys.

Sometimes he looks like he's dancing!

He comes by a lot just at sunset to tank up for the night, so we have to decide whether to watch him or watch the sunset.