Janelle gets digger envy

Today, when we visited the block, several friends dropped by to share a glass of champagne and admire the newly dug drains.

The view from across the street

The official notices

We walked all around, stepping over the remnants of fences which we think were put up by the Land Development Authority, peering at the marks on the ground and pointing to our bedrooms. It looks as if the outline of the house has been marked out with string and paint, and they have started to put the drains in.

Nat took this picture while Sue held the umbrella and the beer.
L to R: Janelle, Deb, Wendy, Rob, and Gail

Rob paced out the space we will need for the shed. We'll get the builders to put down a small slab for the floor of the shed, and then we are going to call on all our handy friends to come to a shed-erection working bee. Janelle was quite envious of the digger; she would like one just like that to visit her place, where she and Nat are rebuilding their backyard by themselves - by hand, paver by paver, shovel-load by shovel load. A digger would be a considerable assistance.

As you can see, it was raining for most of the afternoon.
We stuck it out, though. Can you spot the
impressive digger in the background?

Nat and Janelle

Gail, thinking that she might have to take refuge in the builders' toilet ...
at least it would be dry in there and the rain wouldn't make her hair curl