Saturday 22 October 2011

October 22 - The things you find in your swimming pool...

Joan here - Well, we get all kinds of stuff in the pool: scorpions, spiders, bugs of every kind, but today, we had a basset hound! Yes, Flash fell in the pool somehow. We (Trev, Colin and I were in the tv room, Shelley was in the shower and I heard a funny sound that sounded like Flash sloshing in his water bowl, but seeing as that's in the kitchen at the other end of the house, it couldn't be him, so I went out into the hallway and looked out to the pool, and there he was, doing a frantic doggie paddle in the pool and trying unsuccessfully to get out of the water. I yelled for Trev who came running and dove straight in and rescued a very soggy and sad looking Flash. He must have swallowed some water too as he started throwing up a bit. He looks very sad and sorry for himself  but at least he's drying out now. Heaven knows how he ended up there. He does use the pool as his personal drinking bowl so maybe he toppled over while drinking. Anyway, he's safe for now til the next episode. At least for now he seems to be avoiding the pool and is taking his drinking water from the koi pond instead. Don't know why we bother with a water bowl in the kitchen. At least if he falls in the koi pond it's shallow enough he can get out by himself. Dumb dog!

Today is Saturday and Trev is going into the village to the North Shore Autolovers Club or something (some club or others for car enthusiasts). They meet the once a month at one of the bars in town. Guess he's missing his car and like-minded buddies. Don't know if we are going to stay home or go into town with him and then do some shopping, plant hunting or something til he's done. Decisions, decisions, decisions. As long as they don't involve WORK I can hack it.

We (as in Trev and Shelley - I supervised) planted some blue flowering vines this morning out by the front gates so they will climb and cover the walls and ironwork out front. They look lovely and will grow fast now they're in the ground. No painting today though - may be tomorrow.

We had the contractor in a couple of days ago and will be starting on the cassita in the next week or so - there's a fair amount to do - replace the windows with french doors, block off the door to the street, new door to the patio and install patio with roof, install new door to laundry room, along with walls and roof (the laundry room will become the kids private bathroom) There's already a shower, toilet and sink in there and we just have to remove the excess cabinetry. We are also going to have the gravel which is on 2 sides of the pool removed and have the area concreted instead so we can sunbathe there. Right now it's not really usable as it's uncomfortable under foot. Should look good once it's done - the job should take around 3 weeks once it starts.  We also want to put a palapas roof (palm leaves) on the structure out on the patio  by the pool, but it's not the season yet. But Shelley found a company in Florida that makes artificial palapas which doesn't attract scorpions and doesn't have to be replaced every few years so she is investigating If we can get that, we will get the look we want but without the maintenance (or scorpions). The thought of them dropping in my margarita doesn't sound appealing. It may be more expensive initially, but cheaper in the long run.

We decided to stay home after all and have been sunning out by the pool. It got way too hot so we came in to the covered patio to have lunch then I wandered round taking photos. Ah, life is good.

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