So... Do You Know A Good...

... Gardener??? Only, it seems that... we have a loverly drive and... erm... a (without wanting to sound rude) really ruuuuubish front garden LOL But more of that later... firstly, it is Friday so my day for the Bubbly Funk DT... and I have been carrying on with my amazingly unbroken New Year Resolution to make at least two cards each week... and this time I have really excelled myself and made a card for a chap!! All the deets etc are HERE and this is a little snip pic of the card :O))





So... da-da-da-da-da-daaaaaaaaaaah... unveiling... the new drive at the House of Sheridan! Oh boy are we chuffty tuffty with it... it is ... quite simply... amazing!!! It looks a bit pale in the pics... do you know, I took on board what you all said about getting photo's of it when it is finished... so I did just that and risked life and limb by hanging out of the bedroom window... well, actually, I just opened the window and waved the camera around a bit but ... it sounded so much better to say I had been daring ROFL




The colours... well, someone said yesterday, "what colour is it?" And... to be honest, in "real" terms I couldn't possibly describe it... but... for you, who are all in the know and totally *get* what I mean... I can describe it as a base of Pumice Stone with smatterings of Frayed Burlap, with subtle hints of Brushed Corduroy and a teensy smidge of Walnut Stain and then just a very slight smidge of Fired Brick... so the cobbles look like they have broken up bricks in them... that red bit was my idea that was... cos I thought it would just fancy it up a bit without it being bonkers over the top red.



So... the cobbles... how cool are they!!! I showed you the pics of those clever chaps doing the stamping... oh and ... someone did ask... "how do they do the stamping without getting their knees in the wet concrete?" Aha! Well, that is simples... they... put the mats down (that is what they call these here stamps) and then... they stamp on them... literally, with their feet... and then they have a really cool tool which is like a big sink plunger on a broom handle.. without the suckery bit from the plunger... I am sure I am not creating the best of scenes here for you... but you know what I mean, I am sure :O))



Cor... look at those steps!!! Before there was a manky worn path that people who were too lazy to walk back out of the drive, cut through to the path at the side of the house... now it is a lovely big path with steps and all.. and... once we get the side done and a fence up, it is going to look...perfect!! Oh and the cuts you can see, they are expansion joints which are going to be filled up with silicone - so the concrete can expand and contract without cracking... it won't look so obvious once it is filled in... but... they do think of everything!



That round thingy in the middle... that is to break up the cobble design and I really like it... I think it just defines the overall look of the driveway... so... going back to the title... have you seen the state of the front... erm... *ahem* lawn!!! I know!!! Look at it!!! Actually, it wasn't much better before the drive was done and the chaps are coming back to sort it out and backfill, what ever that may mean... it needs a border and some flowers and a bit of grass methinks... all in good time though! Anyways... there you have it... a brand spanking new drive... and we can eventually put Ferdy and Gordon on it next Wednesday... ahhhh, the wait!!! Thanks for looking... TTFN!

Hels x