Stoned on Friday ...

Yes - this week we have been deep in the schist!

Dave Tudor from Hamilton came up with his mate and over the last three days they have done the stone panel by the front door. In a couple of weeks, when the plasterers have finished, they will complete two columns under the balcony by the pool in the same material. The stone is from Central Otago and is extremely hard to work but reflects the work by stone masons of past years. It also reminds me of the good Pinot Noir from that very harsh region where Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings was shot. In fact the quarry where these stone was obtained is within just a couple of km from the very site. (We are almost famous ... by association.....)