Limewashing

16 March 2016

The weather has brightened up a little, but is still too changeable for plastering, so Dave is pressing on with the three base coats of limewash.  He is hoping to get round all the plastered areas with all three coats before we start on the final plastering.

 Here he is tackling the south wall.  He found that he was getting fierce headaches, we think as a result of the splatter of lime off the rough plastered surface.  So he's started wearing the mask which has fixed the headaches.

 I've been doing my bit by getting three coats of acrylic paint onto the window frames.  We extend the paint about an inch over onto the plaster, and then limewash three layers over that.  So far it seems to have been making a good seal, withstanding a 6.5 Richter earthquake, even.

 Meanwhile the painting of Jonathan and Bella in Rome is finished (enough rainy days to get it done!)

One of the trees we had from a few years back was planted in the wrong place, so I moved it.  It seems to be enjoying the new location.  It is an apricot, and the blossoms come early.