http://www.orble.com/little-house-among-the-canefields/ Little House among the Canefields en Fri, 11 Nov 2011 10:27:00 GMT Fri, 11 Nov 2011 10:27:00 GMT info@orble.com info@orble.com http://www.orble.com/first-fruits/ Is there anything more satisfying than eating something you've grown from your own garden? It seems to have taken forever but we bought a small above ground garden, filled it... http://www.orble.com/first-fruits/#comments http://www.orble.com/first-fruits/ Fri, 11 Nov 2011 10:27:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/the-pool-is-in/ Good to his word the pool guy has installed the pool at the end of January, and not a day too soon. In the most humid days we've had this... http://www.orble.com/the-pool-is-in/#comments http://www.orble.com/the-pool-is-in/ Sun, 30 Jan 2011 03:32:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/fences-and-pools/ We have a fence and we also have a dirty big hole in the backyard where we plan to put the pool. After selling our business, getting our tax back... http://www.orble.com/fences-and-pools/#comments http://www.orble.com/fences-and-pools/ Sat, 08 Jan 2011 05:59:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/cane-burning-season/ When your backyard lies right next to a cane field, at some point you will have a ring side seat to a large cane fire. That's what happened to us... http://www.orble.com/cane-burning-season/#comments http://www.orble.com/cane-burning-season/ Mon, 15 Nov 2010 08:05:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/the-letterbox-garden/ I know, it has been an AGE since I last wrote on this blog. The priority of doing things around the house went low on the list when money had... http://www.orble.com/the-letterbox-garden/#comments http://www.orble.com/the-letterbox-garden/ Sun, 01 Aug 2010 06:17:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/finallya-laundry-chute/ We've been in the house for over three months now and I am relieved to say that the laundry chute isfinally in. After numerous trips down to the laundry with... http://www.orble.com/finallya-laundry-chute/#comments http://www.orble.com/finallya-laundry-chute/ Mon, 25 Jan 2010 01:02:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/stormy-weather/2/ I heard a frog this morning, which in itself is not big news. However, I was told somewhere that when you hear frogs, it usually means rain. Sure enough, later... http://www.orble.com/stormy-weather/2/#comments http://www.orble.com/stormy-weather/2/ Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:41:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/pooling-our-resources/ I've recently been working for the paper in Casino and one day one of my co-workers took his thermometer outside and measured the temperature. 43 degrees in the shade!! And... http://www.orble.com/pooling-our-resources/#comments http://www.orble.com/pooling-our-resources/ Fri, 01 Jan 2010 10:21:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/family-history-wall/ For those who don't know, one of my favourite past-times is genealogy or family history. There's an unmatched excitement that comes over me when I look through old photos of... http://www.orble.com/family-history-wall/#comments http://www.orble.com/family-history-wall/ Fri, 25 Dec 2009 09:55:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/moving-along/ Yes, I know. It's been some time since I last wrote on my blog. And just because we've now moved in doesn't mean I want to stop as I've discovered... http://www.orble.com/moving-along/#comments http://www.orble.com/moving-along/ Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:49:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/its-finished/ Following are photos of the day before we moved in. There are still small amounts that need to be done but the most important thing is that council have passed... http://www.orble.com/its-finished/#comments http://www.orble.com/its-finished/ Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:59:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/flushed-with-excitement/ It's becoming more like a real house now. The water tank has been installed, so has the hot water tank and the toilets. What more can a person want in... http://www.orble.com/flushed-with-excitement/#comments http://www.orble.com/flushed-with-excitement/ Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:02:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/going-up-in-the-world/ Our first few forays into checking out the upstairs of the house meant we had to climb a ladder inside. There was no way we were going to allow our... http://www.orble.com/going-up-in-the-world/#comments http://www.orble.com/going-up-in-the-world/ Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:38:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/the-home-of-the-laundry-shute/ There were two requirements that I had when we designed our new home. Aside from the obvious (bathroom, laundry, 4 bedrooms etc. etc.) the extras that became necessities were a... http://www.orble.com/the-home-of-the-laundry-shute/#comments http://www.orble.com/the-home-of-the-laundry-shute/ Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:20:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/miles-of-tiles/ The following photos show the newly laid tiles in the kitchen and bathroom upstairs. The tiles need a bit of cleaning but they still look great because they are where... http://www.orble.com/miles-of-tiles/#comments http://www.orble.com/miles-of-tiles/ Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:57:00 GMT