The past few days ,Geoff and l have put a huge effort and amount of work into the patio area we call the courtyard. Levelling out the dirt..............
Barrowing in load after load of rock dust to bed the bricks in..............
So we could at last start laying bricks!
Eeek!!!! A long way to go!
About 20 at a time was about my limit!
Which got piled up in neat little stacks as Geoff started to lay them down.
Now you might think that a brick is a brick is a brick! But trust me ........... that isn't so!!
We had four pallets all gathered at different times and places over the past year. Some are redder, some are browner, some have paint on the sides, some are bigger, smaller, narrower, tapered, fatter , thinner............you name it...... it's in these four stacks!
So barrow loads had to be fed off all them at the same time to ensure the same bricks of the same colour didn't all end up in one row or corner!
10 down, 1590 to go! TWICE!!! Into the barrow AND out of it! My poor thumbs!
We had a few interruptions and escaped visitors.....
l think they approved!
And slowly they started to go down.....
Looking fabulous!
l soooooooooo can't wait to get flowers, colour and candlesticks (don't tell Geoff!!) in there!
Waiting for the sand in-between.....
The fun part!! Filling in all the gaps!
Then time for a wine to appreciate our hard work!
Two days in and we have about 400 bricks left to go down. Good job me and him!!!
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