Monday, December 21, 2015

The Holly and the Ivy

I decorated a little with what was available, since neither Christmas trees nor wreaths are easily available.  Mostly bay laurel, privet and ivy, holly is on the list to plant.  It won´t be my fault if the days don´t start getting longer.






Happy Solstice and Happy Holidays from Galicia!


Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Finished Gate



We´re calling this a success since it stays up, opens and closes, and we didn´t get divorced.  A win!

The posts were sunk 50 cm and set with a cement collar.  The ground by the creek is permanently softer and wetter and will need some shoring up, but for the moment they´re plumb.



The wood is green chestnut we got from a place in Palas de Rei.  It´s very heavy.  We´ll wait until next Spring/Summer to put on a finish of some kind.



Now, I hum the Dallas theme song every time I come home.

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

New Curtains


They´re a little more raspberry than I´d like, but it was what Ikea had, and they add a air of Victorian bordello to the place.  I may have to get a potted palm.  I´m now on the hunt for a fabric store in La Coruña where, rumor has it, they sell fabric by the kilo.  Oh, the possibilities.

In the meantime, these keep the cooking smells out of the living room and the heat from the wood stove from dissipating through the kitchen windows.

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

First Frost

Made it to the end of November.