Chit Chat - What's on your mind today?

[skb]

What you see are the grills, the windows have yet to be fixed. Since this is a rural area there are incidents of some thefts, hence the grills. We will be installing CCTV cameras all around.

[bigskygal]

What you see are the grills, the windows have yet to be fixed. Since this is a rural area there are incidents of some thefts, hence the grills. We will be installing CCTV cameras all around.

Ahhh, I thought it was leaded inlaid glass from the photo! LOL goes to show what I know!

[skb]

The work is progressing on all fronts. We are thinking of a road trip around the 27th.

[skb]

We are thinking of a road trip around the 27th.

Yes. Travelling tomorrow morning.

[skb]

Just logged in for a quick hello. Will be travelling back today and reaching home tomorrow  evening.

[bigskygal]

It's looking good!! What is that tree house looking place at the back? I haven't noticed it  before.

[walkerwally1]

Check his December 10th post. He described it then.

[bigskygal]

Check his December 10th post. He described it then.

AH, I see it now, it looks different from the angle of this current photo, plus more of it is visible. Thanks for the reminder!

[skb]

We are nearing completion and I'd love to share some pictures with you. This is the general exterior paint scheme. In the first picture the main colour looks a little greenish though it is a faint cream / magnolia. The second picture gives a better idea. I'm not happy with the second colour (green). I had wanted it an Olive shade. This is too green. That will change.

[skb]

To understand the internal finishes I'm sharing the layout as the first picture, 2nd is the Living/Dining room from the Kitchen door, 3rd is the kitchen (incomplete), 4th is the Passage from the rooms side, 5th is the Living Room toilet, and 6th is the toilet for the rooms.

[skb]

We left 5 am on the 27th, since I had to drive all the way to our place which is some 850 kms away. The government has made a new expressway which is currently about 582 kms and I wanted to try it out, and we were able to make it in 11 hrs including halts for fuel and food. The 2 nights that we were there, we had outings at farms belonging to some of our known people. These farms are touching the forest and many times the wild life can make an unexpected entry. Indian farms and structures built on these farms are nothing like you can imagine. Think something like a hunter-gatherer making something 10000 years ago. Some pictures to elaborate. 1st a forest road, 2nd a small drinking party at a shelter (It's just that a 8 feet square shelter with 4 wooden poles and a thatched roof, 3rd cooking in progress at a better shelter.

The 4th one is where we took a halt on the way back. The crater you see behind us is the world's 3rd largest meteor impact crater, and the only one that has water in it. The impact happened some 55000 years ago.   

[skb]

[bigskygal]

Wow!!! Thanks for sharing all these great photos!

The house looks amazing and beautiful and all the wonderful adjectives I can think of!! It is going to be an excellent place to stay when people are out on their wildlife adventures!

I liked the video, it is beautiful there in your forest! Our forests are very different, different trees of course, but still soothing and rejuvenating in the same way.

I love seeing the progress. Also great pix of you and Amee(sp?)!