We moved from Currency Creek, SA to just north of Mannum, SA between painting the Bridge and this one. Fortunately the property had a 20' x 30' concrete floored shed already on it so I (!) spent the first 10 days ripping out  all the rubbish and old shelving, lining and insulating it and  adding a lot of windows (Ken did those - he won't let me use the angle grinder). It made a lovely big airy space. Then Ken's parents came over from the UK for a visit. The house still didn't really have a useable bathroom.

I believe it's obvious that I wanted to paint this. I had an obsession about painting gold roses (it took me ages to find them) and I was itching to paint the trees outside the lounge window. The garden truly was like that; a nasty mean little area fenced in with second hand galvo, though the house is surrounded by scrub and there are 75 acres beyond it.

The sunflowers weren't there and nor was the floor red. There was, instead, a disgustingly dirty beige carpet. Now it's tiled in grey, fences all gone, walls taken out and heaps of windows added. It's a lovely place.

**There are more notes on the dog on the Compare Use of Black Dog Page.