While the HH Holiday Week festivities were in full swing, the Northern Estates Maintainence Program ground on relentlessly, oppressing the tenants and poisoning the environment (or so the Head Tenant would have us believe). The little-known NEMP scheme, funded via the generous Homemade House Grants Authority, involves us paying clumps of money to enhance and maintain the 1860's cottage up in Castlemaine in return for the inhabitants alternately wanting us to pay them to do it, and complaining that having a freshly painted exterior does not fit with their vision of "quiet enjoyment" of the property.
Little did they know we had our crack team of painters ready to descend and whip that house into shape within three days -THREE DAYS! Amazing work - I can only hope that all our trades will be that efficient. As the photo below shows, they used some kind of Zen method involving sitting in a circle and worshipping a demi-god. Whatever works, I say!
Now let's reverse back to my Cunning Plan mentioned in an earlier post - re Homemade House paint colours. We have, in fact, used the Northern Estates as a giant paint sample. A stroke (geddit?) of genius by the head of the Special Ops Painting Team. Have only seen pics so far, but I'm liking the scheme - a small sample of which is provided below to satisfy the curious readers among you. To be confirmed when we head up there in a couple of weeks time.
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