Bathrooms are finished

We've had previous photos of the bathrooms looking finished, but I felt I had to include a photo of one of the urinals - it took us six months to get hold of them, after all!

There's the downstairs toilet, too - with accompanying bucket of soil mixed with sawdust, and a shovel. It's working well so far!

The stove

The cold evenings (thanks to the window-fitter who hasn't finished his job) gave us a gentle persuasion to start using our stove, which we actually really enjoyed. Not only did the ventilation seem right, but the chimney worked fantastically at warming up the main bedroom. The kitchen, of course, was much warmer, even with no windows!

Visitors

It's been nice to have visitors in our new home! My mum and abuelito enjoyed the sunny dining-room area, and abuelito seemed to be more impressed with it all than the last time he came.

The lack of glass in many of the windows means that the temperature drops to about 15 or 16 in the evening, and 13 or 14c in the early mornings. It has also meant that we've had plenty of insects, (but interestingly none that have really bothered us - no mosquitoes, for instance).

Here's a stick insect who seems particularly fond of the thermometer.

The upstairs bathroom window makes for a fish bowl type effect as long as the outside light is on - there are all sorts of insects to look at... close up! Here's a rather odd wonky moth, of which there are quite a lot, and a big, friendly green grasshopper with wings.