Closing the door on that Era

The old barn doors have hung there, deteriorating, eaten by woodpeckers, since way before our time.  Some visitors have come and loved the rusticity of them, but ... having had the roof redone last year, the time came to 'tidy up' this aspect.  And so ...

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DAY 5

The colour choice was a bit problematic as the head gardener wouldn't go with a shade of red!  We agreed on a green but then the problems began.  Sue seemed to want a browny green whilst I favoured a green green.  We settled on a colour which the tin described as Olive ... which is what you see in the photo.  However I was imagining Olive meant the colour of an olive, but no ... it's the colour of the leaves of an olive tree!!!  No matter, I'm happy that the colour tones with the surrounding greens of grass, trees, hills.

All that remains to be done is for me to fabricate the 'feature', based on an idea we saw in Taiwan, which will hang on the 'door'.