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... Westlakebridge construction now considered completed.

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving (in Canada).

:-)

Green

Just green ... and glass and water.

End of summer

Quite a while since I've posted something.

Stairs

From behind the stairs that is.

One more week ...

... to the long Easter weekend.

The daffodils are blooming already.

Landscaping

We've started laying out the front garden.

If it doesn't start freezing again, works will continue this week.

By next weekend things should have moved forward quite a bit.

Season's greetings

Spent our first New Year's eve at Westlakebridge in excellent company.

On a misty morning

First signs of automn.

Sleeping ...

... in the "master bedroom" just feels like sleeping outdoors.

Mirror

On a windless night, the water of the pond acts as a perfect mirror.

The lawn

Looks like most of the grass seed did germinate, despite the dry weather.

Noticed the ducks ?

My wife's colleagues thought we needed some more wildlife in the pond. Thanks guys.

Cor-ten steel - one year later

The Cor-ten steel façade is just over one year old now. To see how the weathering has evolved, have a look at day 1 and day 23.

Meanwhile we're still waiting for the grass seed to germinate. Need some rain followed by a few warm days.

The edge

Stabilizing the edge of the pond : rolling out HDPE nets (Geocells) and filling these up with soil and lava. We had one side done by an excavator. The other sides had to be done by hand using wheelbarrows. A hell of a job.

Light ...

... at the end of the tunnel.

Spots have been installed.

We also have a kitchen now.

And a pretty steep stairway.

Even a shower and a toilet.

It's really starting to look like a house to live in.

Winter Wonderland

The snow has gone and it started raining again.
Just trying to hold on to the real winter feeling for a short while.

It stopped freezing ...

... yet here's another winter landscape.

Click on the picture to zoom in.

Corten steel in the snow

Next week the kitchen will be installed.
Meanwhile we're enjoying a few days of Canadian-like winter.
Hope our water conducts aren't frozen.

Vibrant colors

Thought I'd let you enjoy a fall color view.

Little progress to report - just a couple of small things, nothing worth mentioning really.

Preliminary acceptance

Friday we signed for preliminary acceptance. The steel construction has finally been completed, - except for some minor details -.

It's now three months ...

... since the Cor-ten steel plates were mounted.

Meanwhile the rainwater tank and the domestic sewage treatment plant have been installed.

Just waiting for some final details to be sorted out, before we shift focus to the interior.