One Whole Week

I can't believe that it has been one whole week since our beautiful, sweet, stubborn Gidgee left us.
The house seems much larger now, empty and quiet.
She is buried next to our other lovely girl Kia.
There are still tears and will be for a while yet.
 

Rub-a-Dub-Dub

Civilisation Advance #5
The washing machine is now ensconced in the laundry.

No more lugging baskets of dirty clothes waaaaaaaaaaaaay down behind the shed. No more turning on tanks and connecting pumps. No more constant walking backwards and forwards to check on loads/fix an out of balance/hang stuff out/take it down/lug baskets of clothes back to the house.
Gawd without all that exercise I will now probably get fat.

All is Vanity

Our custom made (by moi) vanity unit. Gluelam finger joint pine from Bunnings and the idea from Better Homes & Gardens. Will make timber box drawers to house all our stuff outa sight.
Have timber to make towel rails to match vanity and may put a dark timber frame around mirror.
Lovely to go from having a shower to cleaning teeth in the same room and a not having to peer into a teeny-weeny mirror to brush your hair or dab on some lippy.

AND. . . . 
for all those who winged and made snide remarks about the green patch on our newly commissioned toilet wall...

 

HAPPY???????

Flushed with Success

Exactly one year, to the day from moving out of our fusty, musty, dusty 'Our Gunyah' we have our very first, fully functioning, modern
convenience.

 Our waterless toilet.

The pedestal is clean sleek and modern, just lacks the wall tank that everyone is used to.

The seat and lid must be kept in the down position, which may be a problem for some of the male members of society. The closed lid is part of the negative air pressure venting.

Below the floor is the heart of the system. The waste bin with the air venting network, that assists with drying the contents and keeping any odours out of the house. When that bin is full, another bin is put in place and the out of service bin is connected to air system and left until contents have composted down. And the cycle is repeated. More work than a conventional toilet, but I would much rather have a long shower or water the lawn with the water we save with the Nature Loo.

Our plan for the day is, copious amounts of coffee and tea so that we can have an official opening and cut the dunny paper!
 
 

T is for Trivia #2

Also for TABLE

The empty space in front of the couch that was clearly crying out for a 'put-down-surface' after removal of dog now looks like this.

But it's too damned tidy - needs a disheveled pile of books and mags and some empty coffee cups don't ya think?

Ablution Evolutions

 

First there was Commando Style! 

Great on a warm summers afternoon but quickly lost it's appeal when the chilly winds of winter arrived.

Next was a hastily erected tin lean-to that I was too ashamed to photograph and post.

 

Next, the only frameless glass shower screen within, oh I dunno, bloody miles!

Followed by camping shower tent in the laundry.

And NOW. . .  

That's right a DOOR! 

You read all this way down through the trivia for an image of a door! 

Bwhahahahahahahahaaaaaa!!! bad Greer!!

I shall however, be redeemed.

BEHOLD!!

A real-indoor-in-the-bathroom shower. 

No water connected yet but it will be nice to have a bucket shower in a real shower enclosure.

T is for TRIVIA

also for TOMATOES

 

Hiding under the leaves, plump rapidly ripening tomatoes 

The cage is to keep these buggers out, 

and these!

Must have worked because for breakfast we had these.

Sweet plump home grown, properly ripe tomatoes. Just waiting for the bacon rashes to join them!