The man from the Clapham Omnibus

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I always wanted to have a covered veranda or deck as they call them here . I think it gives character to the whole house as well as giving a space to rest outside and admire the view whilst greeting passers by and neighbors as we do over in Coupeville . Much thanks to Mr Deasey for his excellent plans .     First thing to do was excavate for the foundations . I marked them out roughly and Doug dug ! ( Doug and Melissa ) from the crooked house came and dug with their wheeled excavator as a neighborly act .  I formed roughly 18" square molds with scrap wood on the excavated level . These were filled with " Sakrete " a dry concrete mix which you simply add water to in a wheelbarrow , stir and pour in ! Once this had dried I made and more accurately placed and formed 14"  molds which would be partly visible . I carefully filled them putting a piece of reed bar in the center to allow for the big hold down bolt to be simply screwed into the dry concrete to hold the...

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501 N E 4th Street Coupeville WA 98239 USA 001-360-320-1761 001-360-632-0878 jonhinch@msn.com Season 2014/5 facebook.com/jhinchliffe Dear Friends and Family , I am including this note in my correspondence ( primarily though not exclusively Christmas Cards ) to keep us close and informed . First the tragic news that I know you are mostly aware of . Julie died suddenly on 30 May three days after my happy birthday celebrations of an unsuspected heart defect . Her death was swift and mercifully happened in her sleep whilst Adam was lying in , I was working downstairs and we were all looking forward to a planned day in Seattle with Emma . Adam and me drove down anyway and Sir Max our hitherto trusty 30 year old Mercedes died too . We got recovered by Emma and her British flatmate Dave whilst Max ended up in a Seattle garage for over a week . Luckily I still had Asca...