Reno # 17 + Isaac

Slowly does it with the linings, and the fire has been a constant each night and all weekends.  Dad is bringing heaps of wood home each night, and last night a whole trailer load came home behind the 'cruiser.

Yesterday the new cedar doors got fitted between the Smoke / Dining Room and Lounge... just awaiting the bevelled glass to go in them.

Last week I went to view the progress on the Leadlight window.  It should be all finished now, and will go in this next week.  Hard to tell from these photos, but Pauline is using some fancy floral and other glass with double cut crystals in the corners which look stunning against the light..

My roofing man (with gloves on) got some of the copper gutters up yesterday and more today.  Looking good for the magpies :)  They're a length and couple of brackets short, so next week before they're finished.  Some of the downpipes will wait until the old part is re-clad with weatherboard, as they have to solder all the joins.  Very precise and slow work.

Now just have to find some kiwi ingenuity to work out how to hang the very front 'downpipes' using these glass insulators on a chain of some sort.  Always thought downpipes need to be something to look at or not seen at all!

Isaac visited me at work one afternoon and did a bit of multi-tasking, reading about the cookie monster while being one.. and then talking on the phone at the same time as eating and reading.  Think he's related to Aunty Blondie ?

This new place of Grandad and Nans is a very interesting maze for Isaac to run around and get all dusty.  Peeking through framing not yet gibbed .. running along planks and skipping off the end.. bouncing his ball around, and he knows how to 'knock knock' on the door if its closed and somebody on the other side!  Mum & Dad were getting ready for a spa.