Howes Castle
A place that belongs to us. No need to worry about nails in walls, paying a key deposit, getting your bond back or even just having that...
Student speech recital + Building our castle
Yesterday was the first time I had overseen an English recital from start to finish. It was quite a challenge for the students when I...
Building our castle: A lot can happen in a month
A lot can happen in a month. The weather has changed from oppressively hot to very cool mornings and evenings. The leaves have already...
Building our castle - the roof is coming!
We're adults now. We have a mortgage. It's that kind of feeling, isn't it? Finally, our banking system is in place and we are ready to...
Building our castle - foundations
Took care of home loan matters today and returned to find they had wrapped up the field like a present. Again, this was rain/typhoon...
Building the castle - the beginning
A few days ago, this arrived. The port-a-loo. So that means they're ready to get to work. The reality of us building our house has...
Building our castle - Land Blessing Ceremony
Today marked the most important day in the house-building process so far. In the morning heat we held our "land blessing" or...
Building our castle - Day 2-4
Even though the weather hasn't been that great for construction work, the workers have made some progress during the dry intervals. The...
Building our castle - Day 1
It has begun!! I do not have enough time to go into the details that led up to this moment tonight, but construction has begun. The...
