The Daily Update

Saturday, June 8, 2013

Colonial Days

The weather didn't stop us from having a good time.

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Dessert

Had to have some French pastry goodness on my last night. Oh la la....profiteroles!

Carousel

In a square downtown, we hadn't seen it working yet. Every morning we go by it's all locked up. This afternoon we saw it going around.

The English Garden

More like a park, it wrapped around the lake to the front of the compound.

Private Canal

Off the back of the grounds facing Avon. When the chateau was built Fontainebleau (the town) didn't exist. Once Napoleon moved in, he torn down the back wall and opened the chateau to the masses.

The French Garden

This is the view back at the chateau from the back corner of the French garden. Lots of grass with very linear flower beds.

From Another Angle

Here is the entrance from the end of the tree lined drive. We walked around the French garden to get here before walking through the English garden.

The Main Entrance

This is the main entrance to the chateau. The door is bared off because it is covered in gold leaf.

Swan Lake

What royal compound isn't complete without swans for the lake!

The Inner Courtyard

Halfway through the complex. There is a small lake in front of this courtyard.

Tennis Anyone?

Only one of three remaining "real" tennis courts in France is housed at the chateau.

Chateau de Fontainebleau

Built in the 1500's by Francois I, the chateau was home to Napoleon starting in 1802. This is actually the back of the complex.

Viva la France!

In Fontainebleau, France this week for meetings. This is the town hall.

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Sunday, June 2, 2013

Saturday, May 25, 2013

Saturday, May 11, 2013

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

All our forest friends are back

Ginger is watching cat TV. Out there today is a Morning Dove, Squirrel and a Chipmunk if you look close.

Sunday, May 5, 2013

We didn't get quite finished (one more row on garage door) but we also helped the neighbors clean up the neighborhood tennis courts yesterday too.

All we have left is to fill any holes and final sand before paint. As much as we love the cedar some of the wood is pine so it will not match. Hopefully this week if the weather holds we can paint this section completely so we will know what the final house will look like.

Saturday, May 4, 2013

A couple more years

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Paint Shaver Pro

5 mins with the paint shaver pro and the sander and we are back to bare wood. This will make the job so much easier.

Wish they had never painted that cedar. It is beautiful but we have no good way to ratio between the boards all the way back to bare wood since it was also stained.

Monday, April 29, 2013

Beck's new outdoor sink

The top is made of an old solid wood door. Beck and Em sanded, stained and polyurethaned it. The sink is solid cast iron we found at restore.

We just need to add the bottom shelf and put a facia on it.