Day 1, week 1

Yesterday we had to prepare the space in the back for the builders to start today. This required cutting the vines that creeped over from the neighbours. It was really painfull as the vines were lush and we were finally seeing grapes on our side of the wall.



This morning we were really anxious before the arrival of the builder. I imagined him laughing about the suckers that gave him ten grand as he parties it up in Grand West or wherever builders go to blow your hard earned money. But he showed up in time with his off beat sense of humor intact and now we have a neat hole under the hole that's already there. In his words "I found a big mamba (very poisonous african snake) in your backyard." Translation: I found a bloody big rock that took hours to break up. Relief...