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The cooker
The possibility of cooking Christmas dinner in the House has suddenly become very likely as the cooker has been plumbed in. Very exciting times! Father and son of Splash Plumbing and Heating did a fantastic job of installing the LPG gas pipe and ensuring a safe connection to the cooker… not easy in our handmade kitchen and certainly not…
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November in pictures
:: the last House walls to be lime washed : splattered : before they get packed away :: :: porch construction : our antique Polish doorbell in situ : wiring in the porch light :: :: surveying our new new log storage area : the kitchen worktops arrive : the bathroom floor laid ::
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October in pictures
:: the beginnings of the inner porch : antique lighting goes up : preparing to work in the Living Room :: :: bringing in a new delivery of lime plaster : collecting wildflower seeds for the garden : electric installation in the Workshop :: :: stuff on the move again : removing old wiring in the Living Room :…
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We have been out in the Field this afternoon collecting rosehips to make a ‘flu busting’ syrup to see us through the winter. Image of the Week #154
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September in pictures
:: painting the bathroom : foraging damsons and making chutney : getting ready for painting :: :: close up to some decorative details : my hard working paint brush (I’m not a roller girl!) : tackling the {big} ceiling :: :: making the mezzanine floor in the workshop : enjoying the September sunshine in the garden : the finished…
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August in pictures
:: holidaying in the Brecon Beacons : summer walks : Owen in his new uni home :: :: rainy day scalextric in the apse : blackberrying : participating in the local show :: :: building workshop walls : scaffolding comes down in the bedroom : steels go up in the workshop ::
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Today’s monsoon-like weather. We’d come in just in time, but he chose to run back out to really experience it – briefly! Image of the Week #149
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July in pictures
:: the diminishing woodpile as the last bit of stud wall goes up : stocking up the jam cupboard : July’s doorstep posies :: :: digging up the garlic crop : our annual day out picking bilberries : harvesting blackcurrants at the allotment :: :: preparing the glass blocks : grouting : the log pile grows ::
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Someone is enjoying the doorstep posies! Image of the Week #147
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12 years!
Today marks 12 {happy hard working} years of Christ Church Living! When we officially become the owners of Christ Church one of the first things we did was to build The Hut and here Owen is nailing down the floor in the living room. Now, with the same hammer (note a very similar t shirt!) and joined by Fred and…
