Irene's Blog

After their Easter Egg hunt, the twins decided to count how many eggs they'd found. They had such fun searching for eggs in the garden, then again seeing what was inside each egg, then when they were finished, they put all the chocolate back inside the hollow plastic eggs. Kept them busy for ages - and they hardly ate any of it which was a miracle. The golf was on as you can see - what a lovely golf course it was too. Could that be Tiger playing a shot?

My latest project has been fun and very rewarding. If a grandmother can build a retaining wall with this system, anyone can. No mortar needed, just a bit of muscle power to lift each block into place - they're very heavy. I now have muscles I didn't have before!!! If you can get the first course straight and level, you're on your way. I started off with a string line and a spirit level but eventually just did it by eye as that seemed to work best for me. Once my arms have recovered from all the heavy lifting, I'll remove the shrubs that are behind the wall now and put in top soil to bring the garden beds up to the level of the top of the wall then I'll plant it out. Right now, I'm enjoying just looking at what I've done - the rest can be completed once I've recovered. - HAPPY EASTER -