Pool work slowdown

Posted on by Ian C.

There’s been little progress for the last two weeks on our pool, sadly. A day or two of bad weather, and a few broken plans from Atlas Pools, and all we have different this weekend is a pile of bricks:

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Since the tiles two weeks ago, we have had the footings for the screen poured too, but that’s not particularly pretty or exciting!

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Hopefully next week we will see the screen columns erected, and get closer to having some pavers laid down!

Orlando MINI F56 launch event

Posted on by Ian C.

Tonight we drove to Orlando MINI for their F56 launch event, and Black Knight’s first “MINI meet” – sort of, at least, since there wasn’t any actual driving.

Black Knight got wet on the way there, too – and didn’t come home (I’m getting satellite radio installed):

Black Knight got wet!

 

The F56 launch event itself an assortment of the new MINIs visible, including this quite good looking Spice Orange:

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In general, the F56 looked very MINI like with few downsides – though the “fall apart when pulled” door handles are strange!

Meanwhile, it was great to meet MINI friends (James, Lori, Andrea, Troy – and others whose name I don’t know), and enjoy the desserts:

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Special thanks too to Greg, my Motoring Advisor, that organized booking my MINI in to get satellite radio installed – and presented a gift of a neat Tshirt:

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A couple of wetlands videos

Posted on by Ian C.

I created this recording last night of the frog, bird and insect sounds in the wetlands behind our home – tonight the frogs got much louder, don’t know what the trigger was but they were impressive (and presumably they’ll get louder still in the weeks ahead!):


I also took a video of the Great Blue Heron nest this past weekend, and happened to catch a parent feeding it’s young!

That young Heron is growing fast!