I put aside the jobs I was doing to give Bluey a haircut. I didn’t want to use clippers as that means I have to bathe him with shampoo, then use conditioner, rinse him, before blow drying him. He hates every stage of this process, so I just used scissors to give him a bad haircut. He wasn’t happy but every time he objected, I pointed to the laundry sink!
The dispute with our rear neighbours about their hedge growing over our fence took an absurd turn. They cut the hedge back to the boundary, leaving bare tree trunks. We have gone from this …
to this …
They think this stupid action will end our application before the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal application for an order reducing the height of the hedge. However, I will contend that once jurisdiction is established by our application, it doesn’t end when the tree keepers act to create an ugly vista. The branches will grow again so the problem hasn’t gone away. The critical issue is that it can be unsafe to trim trees above 2.5m, which they are.
I have been working on the cabinet and managed to slide the heavy marble top off its temporary home onto the top of the cabinet. There is a step up from our garage into the house, and this was just the right height to allow me to push it from the table to the cabinet. I locked my apprentice in the laundry during this operation.
The doors have been fitted, the marble top secured in position, but I haven’t finished cutting and fitting the end panels. I am still researching options for screens to hide the hot water tank.
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