Today I'm going to start my post with a 'before' and 'after' shot of the Palms building, which lies perpendicular to our own Atrium, just one apartment away from our own. As you can see, it has been given a facelift, and more. Each apartment has been completely rebuilt. The residents, who have been living in other apartments around the village while theirs have been renovated, will start moving back in a couple of months. There is lots of interior work to be done yet.
This picture was taken in February of 2024
The plastic wrap and scaffolding came down yesterday and I took this shot on the fifth of July, 2025.
By the way, in case anyone wonders, the crane you see above the building, has nothing to do with our renovation. There is a building of apartments, not associated with our village, under construction on Great North Road.
Here are a few more pictures from around our village, also taken today.
This is a view in our gardens
A pair of ducks have settled in for a snooze on the croquet green. That's Rosecourt in the distance.
Let's have some more sunrises to finish this post. These were all taken early in March, 2025.
What an interesting world we live in/on. The corn in your gardens (hopefully) is knee-high, while we're in the middle of winter, but our oranges and lemons are ripening. I intend to take a few oranges each time they are put out in the Atrium. (Mondays and Thursdays) We may not have a lot of sun lately, except in pictures, but I can at least stock up on vitamin C. -djf
