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Waterlilies
We have three small ponds in our back garden. One of them I call the “secret pond” because it was so overgrown we didn’t know it was there and I found it by…
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Saphy’s first bird
I had a hard day yesterday working at decorating. J’s basement lounge was basically in need of quite a lot of TLC – it had pretty awful wallpaper and a carpet that was…
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Starting on the Games Room
All three of us have been keen game players since we were in our teens (a long old time ago now). By games I mean mainly RPGs (like Dungeons and Dragons) but also…
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Heather the Heilan’ Coo
This is Heather – she came with us all the way from her homeland in Argyll where she was made by a local craftsman “Chainsaw Carver”. I think the removal men were a…
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R’s Office
Now that the pink wall paper and disgusting old curtains are gone, you can start to see what a gorgeous room R’s office is going to be. I renovated the original Victorian fireplace. …
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Eggs and Pumpkin
I found this egg shell on the lawn under the cherry trees yesterday. It was cleanly broken in half with no residue on the inside making it likely that it is the discard…
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The End of the Beginning
I know we still have a long way to go, but today we made some major steps forwards. All the new flooring went in to the basement. The intention had been to paint…
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New Plumbing
The first night we moved in I tried out the only shower on the first floor and nearly boiled/froze myself to death with it because the temperature oscillated about randomly without any input…
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Butterfly Rescue
With one thing and another we have had to leave the doors propped open quite a bit. One of the reasons apart from the tradesmen is that we have not coaxed our shy…
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Fast or Slow?
I’ve always been a fan of the JFDI protocol. To give an analogy – you are trapped by your ankle by a giant clam and the tide is coming in. It is lose…
