What Are They Building?

 The land behind our house has been vacant for many years.

When I first came here, 34 years ago, an elderly lady lived there by herself. After she passed away, the house and land were just left unattended. Sometimes somebody would come and clear the garden, but not very often. As time went on, the house started to collapse, and the land became overgrown. I was worried because a large bamboo grove had sprung up bordering our land, with some of the plants taller than our house.

Then, sometime last year, the whole space was cleared out! I was so relieved that the bamboo had been taken out!

I wondered who had bought the land and what they were going to do with it!  It was a lot larger than I had thought, so the possibility of having a few houses built on there was one idea I had.

In January, the diggers turned up. They spent about a month digging out the large stones and roots from the old trees. After that, the whole area was tilled. It looked really nice, just a flat area with fresh soil. Then, trees were planted, followed by smaller bushes and plants.

A month ago, a small rectangular-shaped wall was built, with room for a door. Maybe one house will be built.

On Monday, the crane arrived!

A very big crane

The body of the crane

The crane put these metal beams in place. I've seen houses built before, and they've always used wood as the frame, not metal.

Mikey asked the old man who owns the land, he said that he was building a warehouse. I want to know what he is planning to store there! 

One thing that surprised me was that the crew left the crane there. It's been there since Monday. Yesterday, the rain was too heavy, so they didn't do any work. I don't think that would happen in the UK; leaving machinery like that is asking for trouble! How about in your country, is it alright to leave things unattended?

Today, the rain is a lot lighter but still drizzling!

I was shocked at how high the river was when we drove past yesterday!

The floodplain is covered.

What looks like little islands are actually part of the floodplain. The river usually runs behind those islands.

The building in the background is YouMe Town, a massive shopping mall. I don't go there very often, but there's a small store that sells imported foods. Sometimes I go before Christmas to get some treats!