Putting Alex to work

I mentioned in the previous post that Alex is visiting us to do some tiling. Here's more on what he's actually doing.

Alex working on the tiles in the kitchen

A better view of the tiles

So here's a mystery: what's this strange artifact Clare's got him constructing?

What could this be?

In fact it's a way to auto-water the plants beneath the car port.

Clare tests it out

... while the cat is underwhelmed