Ok – we weren’t exactly dancing on the roof… we were being responsible adults and attempting to fix some leaks.
It stopped raining so Jeff asked for my help to do the job. (I was not really that helpful. I took photos, cleaned the top of the skylight and helped wrangle the ladder!)
Really – this skylight is old and whoever put it in was possibly dodgy. I suspect come next summer it would be smart to get a proper skylight person in to remove it completely and put it all back together with new parts. We don’t know where the leaks exactly are – the whole thing looks suspect!
While Jeff was having words (a few naughty ones) with the filler, I went and took some photos of the yard from the roof – never having brought the camera up there before it was nice to have a different view.
I saw this view coming across and thought we should hurry things up!
Despite that dark bottom it didn’t really rain much this afternoon.
Different story right now! Its becoming quite heavy out there. I must go stare at the skylight and see if any of the 20 spots ‘we’ calked actually was the right one!!
I just had a peek – so far, so good…
The two holes circled were the only obvious thing I could see that may have caused the upstairs leak. they have been calked so fingers crossed it was something that simple!
(Yeah, yeah… I know. Nothing is EVER that simple!! 🙂 )
We started having a good look at the yard and ruined path to see what we could do… we even started doing ‘stuff’ (for another day), but later in the afternoon I got onto putting together a terrarium.
One of my lovely sisters, Michelle, had given me a beautiful hanging glass teardrop – but I hadn’t done anything with it. Another friend tagged me in a post on facebook that had a fabulous beach scene terrarium, so I got a bit inspired
(I would like to add I have no clue about what to do or rules or anything about terrariums)
Since we are always collecting beach treasures, it wasn’t hard to get a bunch of possible decorations together for this project
I got a little of my compost soil and spooned it in on top of the sand base at the back – something for the moss to hopefully grow into
Filling this sea urchin shell with dirt took ages! I used a chopstick to poke the roots of the succulent in
I tried a few different items in the teardrop, but settled on a very simple arrangement. A bit disappointing as I have so much stuff to use! Perhaps if I don’t kill this one, I can make more!
Hopefully I will get some nicer photos tomorrow when the light is a wee bit better!
I have hung it in the kitchen where it looks pretty nice!
Enjoy the upcoming weekend everyone! Next week back to my regularly scheduled “Fridays Footprints” & “Ruby Tuesday”
Cheers
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You did a beautiful job. I’m currently working hard to embrace the less is more philosophy and understand your pain with wanting to have used more or your materials. Here’s to making more in oder to use those materials and sharing them with others.
Thank-you!! With luck I can make more of them… maybe I should read up on ‘how to take care of a terrarium??” 🙂
Its like Ikebana – Japanese flower arranging… they are so simple, beautiful and elegant!
Now to work out how to arrange my living spaces with that in mind! 😀
Love your terrarium! You could look around your house for something else to put one in to use up your leftover supplies, like an old kettle or teacup, glass candy dish, etc. I have even seen them in repurposed lightbulbs! I like the way the pink sand and shells contrast with the dark moss. I am attempting a fairy garden this year. I found a dwarf pomegranate tree (like 6 inches tall!), some sedum, fairy foxglove, and worlds smallest daisies (Bellium bellidioides) to which I would like to mix in some offerings from the small patch of forest behind our house, maybe a fern, moss and a snail shell or two! What do you think?
Thanks so much! There are so many great op shops in this area that I am bound to find some interesting containers! Someone in town does succulents in teacups which looks really sweet.
I love the idea of a fairy garden! It sounds amazing! You could just keep adding as you get ideas/inspirations. I have seen photos of tiny wooden doors attached to trees – as if that is the fairy home entrance, also small furniture made from twigs. Definitely ferns! They are so delicate – perfect for a fairy garden!
I am going to want to see a photo!! 🙂
I think the terrarium turned out beautiful! Who knows, you make more and sell them at market….that is if you can part with them ☺️
Thank-you!! I am encouraged by this first one. It’d be fun to have a new thing on my stall!
Aww I love what you did! I have always wanted to do something like this, so please, if you do more, keep posting. I’d love to learn from you when I finally set out and try it myself! It turned out utterly adorable. 🙂
The trick is – can I keep it alive!!?? 🙂
Very pretty, Lisa.