The End

...and the beginning!
Sue has finally made it to the end of the Serpentine bed.

She seems to have been weeding forever (well, a few weeks!) but, seeing as the beds were hardly weeded at all last year, she's done well.  So now she can start all over again .... and again ... and again ...
Seriously, we are slowly reassessing the garden to see what is practical for us (Sue) to maintain; but it's nice that she has rediscovered her enthusiasm for the garden.

In between mowing the grass and helping out here and there, I'm progressing with the stairs.

As you can see I'm now fitting the hand-rails although there is still ongoing discussion about what and how we will 'fill in' the area below the hand-rail to form the bannister.  Sue is definitely happy now that the house is moving on.  Our attention is starting to focus on the 'salon' and we are trying to get quotes for putting in the underfloor heating and/or having a wood burning stove.  We will be needing to make a firm decision soon on exactly how we're going to fit out the room.  No doubt there will be more 'discussions'!