A HUGE Snapping Turtle

 With our five kitties having just made our usual cat—walk after breakfast, over the bridges and wood trail, we spotted a MONSTER.

Looking from the bridge down into the creek that is.

No wonder they are also called mud dragon!

It was quite a monster!

Guess our kitties do know instinctively that they better avoid such a monster!

They were just over 13 months old here and they followed us like doggies.

Now they don't do this anymore and of course they have become senior kitties.

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BUT remember our Kwekkie with a wounded foot?

Before that, we had other ducks with the same wounds.

Guess those snapping turtles try to pull them down as prey when they're hungry.

Related link:

Pieter's NEW Love—While I was in Limburg | Kwekkie with her wounded foot

10 Biting Facts About Snapping Turtles | Interesting info with videos

Our Previous Noisy Whirlpool Dishwasher

 On November 26, 1998 we did capture our noisy Whirlpool dishwasher...

It will soon have to come out and be replaced by the new Miele.

That was on Thanksgiving...

We had these appliances built in for 8 years and before we left for Indonesia, where we lived and worked, we hardly had the time for looking around for any better ones.

Installing Hot Water Machine and Showing Protruding Old Oven and Dishwasher

 Almost for 24 years we now use a Hot Water Machine in our kitchen for instant boiling water.

Meanwhile our 2nd got installed and we love to have that in our home!

This is exactly the faucet that we have on our kitchen counter.

Together with our Little Gourmet® Premium Hot Water Tank / Dispenser – Mountain Plumbing Products

On my Pinterest board you can see these 2.5 quart examples: https://www.pinterest.com/mariettesbackto/home-improvements/

On November 23, 1998 Pieter managed to build this in, under the counter.

A very tight spot for working there... 

Glad all that is done as it is not getting easier as we age 😏

Pieter had to change a pipe that lay at the top along—for now going underneath and secure it there again.

Because it was precisely in the spot where the Hot Water Machine will be hung!

Never easy but so far, Pieter has managed to do it all by himself—a hard working and very clever man.

Pieter jokes how conveniently it is working when being under the counter...

But, also this mega task got cleared!

That first faucet was in white with a safety lock for children; pulling it upwards.

Pieter had to drill a hole in the Corian counter top.

Further I wanted to capture how ugly that previous oven was protruding into the kitchen and also the dishwasher. That will become flush with the new Mieles.

Also showing the Whirlpool hood.

Pieter is mentioning that the entire box has to come out...

Projects are never easy and neither quick!

Stay tuned — will be continued.