View from the living area by happypat

View from the living area

Harry & I have been & done a bit of gardening today. We took a packed lunch & made a start! It is a start too as it will take a good couple of years to get it anyway we like it!
The beds are full of dead growth & there are still a few brambles trying to sprout....more spray next autumn!
I’m not a natural gardener & we certainly don’t want the work so mostly grass & shrubs & more trees.

Three good things:
1. Five shrubs planted including two foxgloves down in the wood area.
2. The piling in the new foundations is complete & just waiting for the building regs man to ok it on Monday then it’s all go!
3. Our grandson in NZ is a firefighter & has been tasked with the raising & lowering of the Union Jack for the Duke of Edinburgh.
The instructions are as follows.....
The flag has to be taken down before dark each night & back up each morning at sunrise. It cannot touch the ground, must be done in uniform. It has to be raised to the top of the pole before lowering it to half mast & to do this until further notice!
Wonderful to be looking forward.
April 10th, 2021  
You are going to have a love vuew of your stretch of lawn and garden when all done..
What an honor for GS..
April 10th, 2021  
Lovely view down the garden. Going to be great when you've got some walls!
April 10th, 2021  
Nice shot. I am sure it will eventually be the way you want it
April 10th, 2021  
I'm loving seeing what you're doing at the house. Such an exciting project.
April 10th, 2021  
A lovely view of your garden from the living area ,and a nice day to do a bit of gardening - brambles are such an invasive pain aren't they !
April 10th, 2021  
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A lovely view. Beautiful clouds too.
Love your #3.
April 10th, 2021  
Such a large garden/yard. You will enjoy it I know. Loved your #3, such an honor.
April 10th, 2021  
Great to be able to make a difference to the garden already.
And excellent that your grandson has such a significant role with the flag. Proud event to remember forever.
April 10th, 2021  
Good to be getting started.
What an honour for your grandson.
April 10th, 2021  
A lovely view of your garden
April 10th, 2021  
Wow, that's quite a task for your grandson. Quite a responsibility too! Good luck with the gardening
April 10th, 2021  
How special for your grandson to be able to do the flag ceremony each day, especially with his extra strong connections to England.
Nice you could take a picnic to your place so you could get onto the garden work.
April 10th, 2021  
Looks like a lovely day
April 10th, 2021  
It is lovely to see your house and garden taking shape.

I know all about the flag ceremony. On RAF camps the flag is raised and lowered each day and as you say if anyone significant dies the flag has to be raised and then lowered to half mast. Whoever is on Orderly Officer and Orderly Sergeant that day has the task of lowering the flag at sunset and raising it at sunrise. The Orderly Officer does the salute and the Orderly Sergeant raises and lowers the flag.
April 10th, 2021  
@gijsje @louannwarren @sarah19 @mave @busylady @dide @onewing

Thank you all, yes we are very proud thinking if him doing that specially as it’s a volunteer fire station so he has to do it in conjunction with his other fire fighters job which is a good drive away into Hamilton.
It’s the little things you do don’t think about that constitute the formalities of what is traditional & right in the armed forces & similar institutions.
April 11th, 2021  
The lawn looks good and its is also good to take a few years to decide what to plant. Foxgloves are good because they multiply. Lupins are super too if you can get them. Where is your grandson raising and lowering the flag?
April 11th, 2021  
@maggiemae In Morrinsville maggie the fire station he volunteers at but he’s also a firefighter at Hamilton airport so will have to fit it in round his shifts.
April 11th, 2021  
Beautiful capture and your property looks very big - at least compared to those you see here. It will look very nice when ready. Work seems to be going on well on the house, too.
April 11th, 2021  
@sangwann Thank you Dione, garden is big but house not so big! We had to have space round us....we are used to lots of acres so we were determined to buy somewhere we were comfortable with. We have lovely neighbours which we like but space to breathe outside.
April 11th, 2021  
Looks like you had a lovely day to do all that hard work 💪
April 11th, 2021  
What a lovely big area to work with.......
April 11th, 2021  
Looking very good, lovely to see it taking shape.
What an honour re the flag.
April 11th, 2021  
Well, this takes “open concept” to a whole new level!
April 11th, 2021  
Looks like a beautiful day! What an honor for your grandson!
April 11th, 2021  
Gardening is a never ending work in progress, but you have such a beautiful foundation to work with and are off to a good start! It will grow more beautiful by the season with you and Harry working your plan with trees and shrubs.
What a distinction for your son to be a crucial part of traditional honor and ritual.
April 12th, 2021  
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