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2008 April 12 & 13, Saturday & Sunday

Rain, glorious rain. It must have rained cats and dogs. The vegetation was waiting for it and reacted promptly, offering spectacular fresh green colours.

Overview, looking south-east. The future garden house in the centre
Saturday 9:57

The terrain is behind a hill in the centre of the picture.
Looking north-west
Sunday 18:26

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Also spectacular was the working of the rain water recovery system. Not only was the second pond filled but also, for about 70%, the water deposit with its capacity of 2000 litres. An achievement beyond expectation. Our only worry is the drainage of the extra water when the deposit is full, for which we haven't taken any measures yet. This water could cause some serious erosion and undermine the base of the deposit. Let's hope that the forthcoming rain (which is expected) won't be so torrential..

Nice detail was the croaking of the frogs we heard  for the first time from the ponds. With a torch we detected at least 10 frogs (or toads) in both ponds and the following morning we saw some strands of eggs near the shore.

First pond.
Looking north-west.
Sunday 16:46

Three olive trunks near the second pond.
Looking north-west.
Sunday 18:47

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We placed some 'garden-furniture' into a proper position in and around the ponds. The cut down olive trunks serve as excellent seats and tables near the second pond while the salvaged junk 'thrones' offer views over the first pond.

A 'ship' of olive trunks in the first pond.
Looking north.
Sunday 8:43

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Every week I manage to add one or two layers of stone to the stone wall foundation for the garden house. It's a job which supposes basically two factors that must be adequately controlled: fatigue and hurry. Only then it may offer quite some enjoyment and satisfaction. The correct positioning of these irregular stones and keeping everything aligned and level  is a real challenge. Working with the lime mortar requires some precaution especially when mixing when I use a special mask to avoid inhaling the alkaline dust. But I like the idea of this lime converting, over a period of decades, into the limestone where it was originally taken from.

Stonewall, without mortar. The smaller stones limit somewhat the mortar inflow.
Photograph taken on 6 April 2008 19:24.

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