Tag: sunrise

YES, I KNOW THERE ARE STREAKS.

We still haven’t finished putting the terrace back together since the installation of the glass curtain. We got sidetracked by a trip to a new-to-us garden center (called a vivero). It’s a half-hour away and our new favorite place; having a car sure makes a difference.

We bought six large amaryllis bulbs and San Geraldo planted them in a long planter. We hope to have the same year-in/year-out success as the restaurant across the street (click here). We ordered a potted amaryllis for My Mother The Dowager Duchess every Christmas. As we selected our bulbs at the garden center, I had a moment of panic that we hadn’t yet placed this year’s order. Oh yeah…

So, we’ll instead think of her as ours grow and bloom.

The new awnings (toldos) have been opened and closed again. We’ve had the windows completely open, partially open, and closed again.

Today’s temps — a frigid 10C/50F earlier and now a chilly (Oh, please; I know) 18C/65F — have made us really appreciate the warming effect of a glassed-in terrace.

Dudo has been out there soaking up the sun. (Click the images to turn up the heat.)

BOTH AWNINGS DOWN. I’M ABOUT TO REMOVE THE BOTTOM SCALLOPED VALANCE.

WINDOWS SLID. AWNINGS DOWN.

AWNINGS UP. TWO WINDOWS BLOCKING THE INSIDE CORNER. A NEW WAY TO KEEP THE CATS OFF THE NEIGHBORS’ TERRACE!

THREE WINDOWS STACKED AGAINST WALL.

WE’RE NOT THE ONLY ONES LOVING IT.

We had our entire terrace enclosed in a glass curtain (cortina de cristal) this week — glass panels that slide individually to the ends and then fold in to stack vertically. It’s like adding another 30 square meters (323 square feet) to our living space and it looks incredible. And San Geraldo can no longer complain about the cyclonic winds destroying his plants and making his life miserable. The furniture and plants aren’t back in place. But we can get that all done today even though it’s raining!

(Click the images for crystal clear views.)

I was up at 7:30 every morning to greet the contractors. I didn’t enjoy that part of things. However, Thursday morning’s 7:30 sunrise — which I would normally sleep through — made it all worthwhile.