This was the day the roofers were scheduled to put the tiles on the garage and porch roof and ... would you believe it ... the sun shone! We have had really dreary weather for about 2 weeks and today we had a good few hours of afternoon sunshine.
So for the first time I got out with the camera and took a few shots of the new structure. I am really pleased with the look of the building(s). The asymmetrical roof of the garage means that it is not so imposing a building for our neighbour. I feel it puts the weight of the building in our side which is where it should be.
There you can see the adjoining porch leading to the garage. I have already found that it functions as a larder or 'cool room' for big cooking pots, vases of fresh flowers. I can now see the line of the roof in respect to the house roof. Again, the building is low and so it is deceptive as to the square footage of room inside (which is much bigger that I had imagined). We will be able to get a car in the garage and have room for Iain's workshop.
And so with the spring weather today all the good folk in the neighbourhood were out having an end-of-winter inspection of their gardens. Yes, there has been frost damage but amazingly some plants and trees have actually survived!
These are the crocuses that grow along the little garden between us and our (very patient and tolerant) neighbours on the east side of our house. I derive enormous pleasure from seeing the little dabs of colour that these flowers bring at this time of year! We know that it will be another 8 weeks before the trees turn green but these are the first ... well, the second after snowdrops ... to inject colour into the greyness of our winter climate!
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