Tiles and Pruning

So, last Monday, the tile guy was supposed to arrive. Unfortunately, he never showed up. No word and no sighting all week. So off we went to find another person who could install the tiles. Clovis hunted down Option #1, but he wouldn't have been able to get it done until the end of the year, and was going to cover about R20 / m-sq. Luckily, through a patient of Evelyn's we found option #2 -- and he started yesterday. And should likely finish by the end of next week.

José, the tile guy, is fantastic. He does good work, he understands what we want, and he's good humoured. So the floor for the guest room is laid as of today, as is a bathroom wall. As it turns out the other bathroom wall needed to have a pipe moved so it would line up right with the toilet. Eduardo and Cosme took care of that little issue today.





Eduardo also did a little pruning in the back yard today. There's a jabuticaba tree that wasn't getting enough light to bear fruit, so Eduardo cleared some of the branches of the mango tree that was shading it. He also pruned some more of the low branches of the mango tree to open up the view. It means it'll be a little trickier to pick mangoes, but we'll have more shady space to enjoy. The branch he's sitting on is slated to go tomorrow.