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Judy Evans @JudyEv (382349) • Rockingham, Australia 12 Feb 23

We had a tiring day yesterday finishing the brick-paving at a friend’s house. It was quite hot for most of the day but we stopped from time to time and finished mid-afternoon. We followed Vince’s brother home and helped him unload...

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Another beautiful tree

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382349) • Rockingham, Australia 10 Feb 23

The photo shows the magnificent tree in the front yard of the place where we are doing some brick paving. The area where we’re working in at the front right-hand corner. I think the tree might be a lemon-scented gum. The trunk is...

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Not quite a before photo; more a 'middle' photo

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382349) • Rockingham, Australia 10 Feb 23

In the photo, you can see the progress we made today on an area where we’ll lay bricks on Sunday. It took a lot longer than we bargained on but we’re home now and getting cleaned up ready to go across to the oval to buy our...

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Pretty pots for pretty plants

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382349) • Rockingham, Australia 30 Jan 23

Sometime before Christmas, we did some brick-paving for a couple. The husband had had a motor-cycle accident and was six weeks in hospital. The good news is that he is now walking a little but facing more operations on his...

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Back to brick-paving soon

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382349) • Rockingham, Australia 23 Jan 23

We’ve had a hot week here with temperatures up around the 40C (104F) mark. The next few days will be cooler and we’re looking at going back to finish some brick-paving for a couple who are having a tough time at the moment. The...

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Filling in the fiddly bits

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382349) • Rockingham, Australia 2 Dec 22

In this photo, you can see the other end of the brick path we’ve been working on. This was laid by the man of the house before he had a bad accident. He hadn’t got around to filling in the fiddly edges down the right-hand side so...

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We've finished our brick-paving project

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382349) • Rockingham, Australia 1 Dec 22

Yesterday, three of us finished a brick paving project that we started last Sunday, and which I’ve written about before. Vince, his brother and myself began work at 8am and finished about 4pm. It’s was my BIL’s birthday and he...

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Brick-laying and birthdays

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382349) • Rockingham, Australia 30 Nov 22

Happy 1st December, everyone! We’re off to finish off some brick-paving soon. There might be a bit more to do later but we’ll finish one section today. It’s Vince’s brother’s birthday today and we’re taking him chocolates. He...

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Be careful what you say - Big Brother is watching

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382349) • Rockingham, Australia 28 Nov 22

The house where we are installing a brick path is near a railway station and a technical college. There is a bit of crime in the area and the house has security cameras on the corner of the house and above the steps that lead into...

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What's simplest reason why the motor won't start

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382349) • Rockingham, Australia 27 Nov 22

I wrote about the compactor that we’re using to prepare a path ready for brick-laying. What I forgot to tell you was that, after we unloaded it, we couldn’t get it started. It has its own motor but no way would it start. Vince and...

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Machines make a hard job easy

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382349) • Rockingham, Australia 27 Nov 22

The photo shows a small compactor which mostly gets called the 'whacker packer'. We’re using it to help lay a brick path for a friend. The bricks you can see had already been laid but there was some concern that the ground below...

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A 'before' photo of our latest project

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382349) • Rockingham, Australia 27 Nov 22

The photo shows the brick path we are paving for a couple who are having a run of bad luck at the moment. The man of the house did the part you can see but then had a very serious motor-cycle accident and will be in hospital for a...

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Brick-laying today

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382349) • Rockingham, Australia 26 Nov 22

I’ll be away most of today. Our niece belongs to three bands and is good friends with another player, whose husband had an accident off his motor-cycle. He has been in hospital for nine weeks and will be there for many more. The...

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A bit of manual labour today

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382349) • Rockingham, Australia 26 Mar 22

It’s almost 8.00 am and any minute now Vince’s brother will arrive. Tomorrow, weather permitting, we’re going to pave the area you can see in the photo. It is on the east side of the house. At the end, you can see the door into...

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Cleaning the paving

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382349) • Rockingham, Australia 3 Apr 20

The photo shows ‘before’ and ‘after’ of portion of the paving under our clothes-line. The top photo is the 'before'. I’m trying to catch up with a few chores around the house. Being retired, we should have plenty of time to do...

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Paving a New Road

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 25 Mar 19

Paving a New Road Over the remains of the one they'd dug out. This is the second week. The first week was spent scraping it down, measuring around the sewers or whatever they were doing. Now, apparently, they have begun...

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Obscure Word Of The Day Abaculus

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 15 Jun 18

A Latin word (not Greek as suggested on some pages) used in English, Abaculus refers to coloured patterned glass and porcelain tiling, as often used in ornate paving mosaics. The designs nay be simple or complex. The word sounds...

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Spent Hours on Scam Prevention Today

Barbara Radisavlejvic @bagarad (14283) • Paso Robles, California 10 Mar 18

Last night Hubby came home and said someone approached him as he was leaving the Templeton house in the late afternoon and offered to give him a great price on paving our driveway. He said he had finished a job close by and had...

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researching companies online

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Muscley mushrooms!

Fleur @Fleura (35069) • United Kingdom 11 Oct 16

I’ve quite often seen various plants growing through paving, even trees if the place is left undisturbed long enough, but I think this is the first time I’ve ever seen mushrooms doing it. And this is on our new driveway! Still...

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