It looks marvellous....

I have picked some of neighbours' over the brown fence cherries last week. They were not quite ripe. I froze them. I have picked some of the neighbours' over the back fence cherries over the weekend. I froze some, ate some, made a cherry cobbler and I ate it. Today I picked my cherries. I believe that all three cherry trees are different types. 

It was certainly easier to pick my tree when I sawed off the branches! I decided to lop off the high branches and the ones that are growing toward the neighbours. I am trying to shape the tree so that it grows in my yard and at a height that I can reach most.... And only a few for the birds.

The neighbours trees are way too big for me and will provide all the needs of the birds.

We have a pesky spotted fly that has been infesting the cherries in the general area, so I wanted to keep things to a manageable size.

Here is my tree with its new haircut.....

The painter was busy last week painting all the window and door trim. Floor guy was not progressing as fast as my contractor had said he would. I brought this to his attention...

Things look busy inside... Even if not much has been done.

Tiles are getting sized up and ready....

The bedroom has its new cable in.... Much better.

The next step is putting down a layer of thinset for the tiles.

So here is the den with its coat of thinset. Tomorrow (I hope) each tile gets a butter of thinset on its underside and then placed on the floor. .... Tiling like usual.

The apple tree is looking nice and the hazelnut tree does not appear to be too mad at me for its haircut last week. I gave it a good soak of water and hopefully it will not hold a grudge. The fence line is almost clear. There are a few more shoots that have grown up right on the fence line, or slightly on the other side. We can clear those out when we are ready to fence...which is I don't know when.

I have been encouraging the fig tree to grow away from the greenhouse. And I have been reading how you know figs are ripe and how to pick them! Last year they would spoil very quickly after picking them. I love figs.

The yellow plum tree is looking marvellous!  I really hope I am in this house by the time they ripen, but we shall see.