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jaybee2003
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Posted: 25 Jan 2007 07:29 am |
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When your boundary neighbour chooses to return some of your sheep he found on his property by putting them on a trailer and travelling 2 1/2 hours by road to your front yards rather than drop them over the back boundary fence, you could be forgiven for assuming he wants to come for a nosey. One glance at his spare tyre cover and I had to grab my camera again....
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David Harcourt
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Posted: 25 Jan 2007 04:55 pm |
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| I will have to ensure that Ann sees this, but the timing is critical. I need to ensure that she is drinking a cup of coffee at the time and has just taken a mouthful.
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jaybee2003
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Posted: 26 Jan 2007 07:58 am |
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The paint for the walls and roof arrived today - 30 10 litre pails. The colour for the sills is undecided still, so that can wait. We were advised against "Tea" as it has black pigment in it (increases heat problems), so have gone for double strength of a similar colour called Pupu Springs, that has no black in it. Choosing the paint became very complicated, but no changing minds now.
Working from mid afternoon till just after 7pm tonight, this is todays cutting in progress. The first coat is finished and part of the second coat too. I think the colour is going to look great.
The big team has arrived, and providing the forecasted morning rain doesn't arrive, it should be all on for tomorrow with finishing the roof and tackling the walls.
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David Harcourt
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Posted: 26 Jan 2007 04:34 pm |
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It really is an incredible building, with all the complexity of a small palace.
I suppose one day, when the city finally arrives (I have this theory that there will be suburban houses on every hill one day, separated by manicured stands of native bush), it will be turned into an up-scale restaurant and its humble origins will be lost sight of forever.
Please keep the pix coming. This is very exciting.
(There's a book in this. You do realise this, don't you?)
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jaybee2003
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Posted: 26 Jan 2007 10:17 pm |
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David Harcourt wrote: ... an up-scale restaurant and its humble origins will be lost sight of forever.
(There's a book in this. You do realise this, don't you?)
A Wellington friend, an investment advisor, has spent hours trying to convince me to do exactly that. To use the upstairs part as a cafe/restaurant, waxing lyrical with his ideas on what I could or couldn't do, highlighting the best target market, menus, Wairarapa wines etc. Each time I tell him to put his money where his mouth is, then I'll do my bit. So far he hasn't taken the bait.
You are right - it has to be documented somehow. As yet I am unsure exactly what I will do, but I have been carefully keeping and documenting anything of relevance right from when the project was first suggested.
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David Harcourt
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Posted: 26 Jan 2007 10:31 pm |
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| If you tell the Historic Places Trust that you have the history, the photographs, and the inclination, I suspect they will jump at the chance to do something about it with/for you. It's an opportunity to show the Trust in action, with before (including long before) and after pix, and lots of very human touches.
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jaybee2003
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Posted: 26 Jan 2007 10:36 pm |
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After days of hot sunny weather, we had hoped and hoped today would be a repeat, but even though it's warm (muggy), the sky was cloudy and overcast this morning, and looked like possible rain. You can't predict the weather way in advance when planning an event, nor do the forecasters get it right every time, all you can do is try read the sky on the day and work round it. I wouldn't have liked to have been the one making the call this morning, but the call was made to go with it, so it was all on.
After a cooked breakfast the team was energised, motivated and ready to get stuck in, and get stuck in they did. I popped down at 10am with my camera.
Scaffolding, cherry pickers, spray guns, people galore...it was all happening. As anticipated with aged dry timbers, the first coat was soaking in, hopefully the next coat/s will stay. We're all thrilled with the colours, it's always a worry with paint colour that you won't like it when it's on, but I am pleased to say, there are no such worries here today.
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Posted: 26 Jan 2007 10:42 pm |
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For its age, there's a surprisingly small number of weather boards that need replacing. There are a few however, and with thoughts of the original building and the idea of off the land itself, earlier this year some macrocarpa trees were felled on the farm, and we organised someone come in to mill them for us. That milled timber is being used for the replacement weatherboards.
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Posted: 26 Jan 2007 10:54 pm |
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| Cutting in the second coat on the roof....DIL (on the right) and a friend from Wellington who comes out here often of a weekend with a few mates to go hunting...he's here with his mates because to help today is a way of "paying back". If it wasn't for all these volunteers, there is no way this project could have been considered at this pace. The support from so many people still blows me away. When the paint was picked up, the comment was made that for a team of professionals to spread that amount of paint, we would have been looking at somewhere in the region of $30 - 40,000 just for the labour. Attached Image (viewed 53 times):
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Posted: 26 Jan 2007 11:04 pm |
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All was going well until around 11.30ish - when it started to rain. Fortunately only light drizzly rain on and off, but enough to decide to abandon the project for an early lunch break.
It rained for about an hour I suppose, I see they are back down there again now, but....looking at the sky, I'm not too sure how much further they will get today. It clears and looks as if all will be well, then it clouds over again and looks threatening. So far since lunch it is fine and holding....fingers crossed!. It would be such a shame if it had to be abandoned, but, then, there is always tomorrow, or another weekend.
Still, it is looking good, and will look even better once the next coat is on too. Pretty good progress for a mornings work!
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Posted: 27 Jan 2007 01:42 am |
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The sky cleared and the rain held off. All bar one wall of the second coat is on now, worked stopped at 4pm, any later is taking a risk with drying time. I haven't shown any pics of the back of the shed yet, so here goes...
This 'wing' housed 10 shearing stands, only three of the stands are used as shearing stands now, fitted with electrical shearing gear.
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Posted: 27 Jan 2007 01:51 am |
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This 'wing' with the covered pens is where the (current) main shearing stands are. There are still windows to be replaced around this side, and another coat of paint to the wall. Tomorrow hopefully will see the third coat of paint, and the roof. Maybe even the window frames too.
What an achievement for today though!
Celebrations tonight indeed!
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Posted: 28 Jan 2007 04:12 am |
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and at the end of the seventh day they ended their work and rested...
What a mammoth effort from so many people. To say Thank You doesn't seem enough, but it is meant most sincerely.
Once the remaining broken windows have been replaced, the frames and sills can be painted, there are eaves etc waiting for painting too but they can be done over the next month or so.
For now though, everyone involved is thrilled with their efforts, feeling very satisfied at finally seeing the old woolshed wearing the dignity it deserves. We are most appreciative indeed of the generosity of everyone who has helped in so many different ways to make this all possible.
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Posted: 28 Jan 2007 07:58 am |
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| It's an incredible transformation, Jo, and what a beautiful building it is.
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Posted: 20 Nov 2008 07:46 am |
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| Bumping for Emma.
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