A little visitor

I was loading rubbish into the skip we hired to clear away all the old building materials yesterday when I found this little bloke.
For the first time ever I find a lizard in my garden after spending my childhood in a place infested by skinks I find a gecko in Melbourne!!
Taking it as a good omen because Geckoes make appearances in my work
the first pic was taken just after I caught him, I kept him overnight to watch and sketch and he gradually changed pigmentation to a paler colour which makes me think he is a Marbled Gecko after doing a little research on the Museum of Vic Website

The fun part- getting some colour!

For the past ten years or so my house has been coloured Portland Stone but now that I am selling it I decided to add some colour to it- splashes only because all the new paintwork inside is nice and neutral to appeal to the maximum amount of prospective buyers.
The outside wall colour is called Dancing Moss and is a nice green with cool blue tones in it which balance the Rivergum guttering but the sparkle comes from the white architraves and door trims. My inspiration was the houses I saw on the Chesapeake years ago- I would have liked to go for a stronger colour but again the tastes of the prospective buyers had to be taken into account- AND my rather wild garden.

Despite rather sceptical comments from the chippy about my abilities to choose colours from paint chips- the cheek of him considering I chose the colours for his boat for him from chips LOL



Then there is the front door- which is somewhat pinker than I thought from the chip even after two coats- I think the guy used the wrong base colour when he mixed the pot for me but I kind of like it - even it M.O.T.H is a bit alarmed by it. When you hold the chip against it it is definitely NOT the same lol

but Miss Jazzy seems to like it!!

The 'Treehouse' is ours

waking up to this each morning is going to be so hard- NOT!!!

In all of the activity of the past couple of weeks I forgot to relate one important detail- the house in Queensland is now officially ours! What a ride that has been to say the least and even at the last minute there was a near disaster because the bank didnt have the right paperwork in place.
But as of the 3rd of December the house is ours and now all we have is a BIG FAT MORTGAGE to pay off until we can sell our house in Melbourne. Which was why all the hard work over the past two weeks with our wonderful friend.
The generosity of spirit of our friend has sustained us both through all of the ups and downs of the past six months or so. The debt we owe him is huge and we will be there for him when he needs us.
One little pussy of the household is totally bereft at his departure yesterday- when we came back from the airport last night she inspected the car and gave us such a dirty look and then stalked inside and spent the night on 'his' bed. This morning she is quite bemused by the lack of noise and activity (I'm puddling around and catching up on housework ye-uch instead of builder's labouring today) and has moved to the windowsill in this room in disgust.
Friends you make in life drift in and out but this friend is a constant for M.O.T.H. and I and will always be. I hope he knows how much we both love him and how much he means to us. Thank you Ken.

Recap of old pics but just a reminder of what I am moving towards. YAY

Home stretch- sort of

Miss Jazzy in her role as supervisor of works.


The reason she never goes terribly far from the work going on - she knows a sucker when she sees one.

The builder in chief has suggested we might have it all finished by Wednesday AM. Once the window goes in today I think they are stopping for a break- they better because I am decidedly fragile after a night out with the Community Centre mob- sort of my last blast because of the move north. I had a great time last night and will miss most of them quite badly.
Isa as my friend Mereani would say.

Pussy Blog- Jazzy speaks

Well it is tough at the moment at Eirene St, Mummy is busy being a builder's labourer for that slave driver builder. He keeps her working SO hard she barely has time to feed me which is JUST NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
I could take a stand I suppose but he is such a nice man who gives me loves all the time when I fluff him with my tail. And he cuts all this stuff in the back yard that is such fun to get on my coat and drop all over the house!!

And he built this deck on the back of the house that is just PERFECT for me in the mornings to have a sunbathe and wash so I suppose I can forgive the fact that my Mum is not as scrupulous about feeding me as she usually is.
Daddy is working with him at weekends but Mummy is being the labourer although it is not all work and no play because they took a half day off yesterday and buzzed off to the Aquarium and left me out in the heat for the day the rats!! Although they did bring me some tuna so I can almost forgive them. Just wish they had brought me home something from the Aquarium tho' some might big fishies there.

wonder what he tastes like?
Well enough fluffing from me I have to chase my mum into the shower to get her out of the house for the night so I can have Daddy and and hunky builder all to myself!! MIAOW and purrs to everyone except maybe one...............
/Jazzy Jazz.