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The Wise Owl of Christ Church. In fact there are a pair of them in the churchyard these days so hopefully they are nesting!. We spotted them in the ash tree this week as we were taking out the rubbish. Photo credit: Fred Image of the Week #182
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March in pictures
:: thinning the boundary hedge : painting in the Apse : an indoor Easter egg hunt :: :: a higher than normal perspective of the nave : seasonal decorations : allotment tidying :: :: leaving Easter treats at the fairy door in the woods : installing skirting boards : painting walls ::
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February in Pictures
:: skirting completes the landing : tidying the garden : half term adventures :: :: apse restoration begins : before cleaning the stained glass : (too) high up :: :: ‘champing’ : installing the loft ladder : spring comes to the churchyard ::
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‘Brilliance’ Gently cleaning the stained glass in the Apse. (While standing precariously on a ledge, harnessed to a pillar, and concentrating very hard not to fall off. The slightly terrifying side of Christ Church Living!) It looks brilliant though! Image of the Week #173
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January in pictures
+ playing house + winter walks + filling up the kitchen cupboards + + laying the flooring on the landing + preparing skirting + completed floor + + frosty winter mornings + working/having fun at the allotment + bidding farewell to the Landrover +
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Showing it as it is… 2016
Showing it as it is… capturing the reality of Christ Church Living (with minimum cropping and editing of photographs!). Our annual snapshot post of the whole project, recording the ebb and flow of things we have filled the church with to enable us to live here and work on the restoration of the building. Part of…
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The Window View
A year of the ‘Window View’ which was our nature series of 2015. The window is one of the few clear windows in the church, and was the view from the vestry. Now it has become the view from our ‘to be’ Kitchen window.
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December in pictures
:: festive touches : the first viewing of the map : installing the slate worktops :: :: worktops in place : the first use of the cooker on Christmas Eve : …and relax :: :: constructing the porch : late night painting of porch doors : replenishing the woodpile ::
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The christmas kitchen
Christmas is that marker in the year, the deadline that pushes us to get as much as possible of the downstairs of the House completed. We traditionally celebrate Christmas in the House as the Hut is too small and cramped for a tree and decorations. Instead of the Yule Log, we light the Froeling boiler and enjoy the warmth…
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Seasonal Greetings Image of the Week #165
