We recently made a last minute decision to head to Bali for a buying trip - you all know how much I hate shopping :-). Fortunately we were able to share a container with our friends Eric and Josh from Villa 76
http://www.villa76.com/welcome/ and have bought some great new items to enhance Gareth's beautiful, ever expanding sub-tropical gardens (see stone water bowl and carved head in this picture - just one of some 28 items we purchased.
The villa that we were staying in Seminyak also gave us some great inspiration for our pool and we're bringing in the same tiles you see featured in this picture (in fact, we will be incorporating a number of design elements from this in our construction - which we're getting very close to commencing).
There was a tinge of sadness this weekend when a little piece of history on our property said goodbye. For those of you that have been up here, you will remember the old banana packing shed that was alongside the gate that we will be using as our new entrance to the B&B. Gareth and I have agonised for ages as to whether we would keep it - Gareth often fantasised about it being his 'Farm Shop" but in the end the decision was made for us by nature. The timbers were rotten from pest activity and it was becoming unsafe. Sad though to see this link with the past disappear. However, in the demolition we were excited that we came across the old template that Mr Conti (the previous owner of some 40 years) used for labelling the banana crates. We also came across some old crate timbers in perfect condition which we will keep in recognition of the history of this beautiful part of the world we are now custodians of.
