First Dinner on the Roof

CJ has been putting these blogs together.  He's built the blog of the first floor and second floor. Now he needs something to show for the roof deck.

On his return from physical therapy on the west side, he passed through the ACM. Even though he's on his bike, he loads a pair of incredible baguettes, a jar of Kangaroo Island honey, and two "porterhouse" steaks. According to Carol he doesn't bring home porterhouse steaks. Obviously in Oz their idea of porterhouse and the America idea of porterhouse are very different.  Once grilled to a perfect medium rare, they don't taste like them either.

The rooftop deck sits over the TV room. It consists of four parts: the barbie/wet bar/fridge area, the dining area, a garden, and a front lounging area.

CJ has decided that since we're having a summer-like evening, we'll dine on the roof and stage dining photographs. If he had waited until next week, Australia would have changed to Daylight Savings Time and dinner would be in daytime.

From the front of the deck, we have good views of the ever-changing Adelaide skyline.

By evening, the stainless steel boxed gardens are lit as are the dining table and cooking facilities.

In the US, Carol was the grill master. Here with 36 steps to climb to the barbie, CJ has become the grill master.

After dinner while we're enjoying the last of the wine, we get a rare opportunity to literally watch the earth rotate. A bright light appears over the roof of the new apartment building. Over the next 15 minutes of so we watch the full moon rise, which since the moon isn't moving is the same as watching the earth rotate.

CJ at Veale Gardens Friday

When CJ bikes around the parks of the city, one of the highlights is Veale Gardens.  On a recent Friday ride the rose garden was beginning to blossom.

The roses are beginning to come out. The buds seem endless.

There remain a lot of plants yet to flower.

Furnished Tomsey Street - Second Floor

 Tomsey's first floor is about cooking, entertaining, laundry, storage and relaxing with a good book.

The second floor is all about day to day living and sleeping. There are two bedrooms fronting the street. One is used as an office, the other a bedroom. Both have sliders that open to a balcony.

Unlike our house in Florida and its fancy and functional matching desks, here we've gone practical, simple and inexpensive.

The TV room has a lot of hidden storage.  

The last time we lived here we had a love seat and a reclining chair. This time we elected to go with two quality Stressless brand chairs built in Scandinavia. Believe it or not, the one on the left is the baby chair (size small) and the one on the left papa chair (size large). CJ's chair, along with the dining table chairs took over two months to be delivered. Even at half price these chairs were wicked expensive but the comfort they provide are worth the expense.

At one end of the room are the entrances to the front two rooms as well as the stairwell that leads to the rooftop deck and party area. On the other end is the entrance to the master bedroom, the stairwell down, and the atrium.

We have a queen bed in the master bedroom as well as CJ's new piano. He's just started learning. The first picture is with the drape to the atrium closed.

The master bad is larger than the guest bath although the shower is smaller. There is a tub in the master. In more than two and a half years of living in this house, we've never used the bathtub.

Between the master bath and the master bedroom is a huge walk-in closet. Back in 2008, we looked at a number of houses. None had storage anywhere close to this.

Carol Walk About - Early Spring Roses

Carol walks past different rose gardens than CJ's biking paths. These are her pictures from a recent walk to the nearby supermarket. There are two small IGA's on Hutt St. They are located four blocks from each other. Today she visited the larger of the two located in the direction of Rundle Mall.