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Farewell apple… and hello oak
This month concludes our year ‘following’ the apple tree in the churchyard. It has been fascinating watching it subtly change over the seasons. We were full of optimism that the extra light and air that the apple tree was getting that we may be in for a good harvest. However the tree suffered blossom wilt which resulted in just…
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Thinning out of the boundary hedge has resulted in an improved view of the church. Image of the Week #128
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February in pictures
:: ‘top coat’ lime plastering in the entrance porch : long plastering days : lime washing tools :: :: filling up the log shed : LOVE : garden clearing :: :: signs of spring : finishing touches to the entrance porch : preparing to launch our online shop :: We regularly post snaps of our restoration journey over on…
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The first of the daffodils are on their way – happy St David’s Day! Image of the Week #127
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Sometimes you can be just in the right place at the right time. Reflections of the sun setting in the tower windows. Image of the Week #126
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The Window View in February
February’s Window View – we have taken the grill down from the outside of the window therefore vastly improving the view and letting in more light. We are craving sunlight! As the ash tree is bare the view has much more sky and light than when it is in leaf. The winter light in the churchyard is beautiful, illuminating…
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Love the graphics and font of this stained glass window Image of the Week #125
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the apple tree in february
Standing here I thought that not a lot had changed with the Apple tree this month, and I wondered how this post would be different to last month. But the beauty of this project is that it makes you take a longer, closer look and take note of the subtle changes. This month it was what surrounded the tree…
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Yesterday we were invited to give a talk to Welshpool WI about our Christ Church restoration journey. It was wonderful to talk about the building to such a delightful audience and they particuarly seemed to enjoy seeing the photographs of the boys hard at work here and appreciating that it truely is a family driven project here.
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The low winter sun highlighted the engraving on this beautiful weathered Victorian gravestone. Image of the Week #124.
