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A stray lavender cutting has made its home in a crack in the door step, and somehow is thriving! Image of the Week #93
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Christ Church from the air
An unusual view of Christ Church! Image of the Week #86 There have been some significant birthdays in the family recently, not least our eldest son turning 18 (how did that happen so quickly!) so something a little different to remember the day – a short helicopter ride to have an unusual perspective of the locality. Karl, Owen, Fred…
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Nature Table – April
:: Wild garlic : Dandelion : Lime : Herb Robert : Germander Speedwell : Ground Ivy : Common Dog Violet : Lady’s Smock : Apple blossom : Bush Vetch : Daisy : Wych Elm : English Oak : Primrose : Hawthorn : Laurel :: The Nature Table is now a display for our openings on a Thursday afternoon.…
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discovering a ruined chapel…
On Easter Sunday we were out in the foothills of Cadair Idris, near Dolgellau, on a lovely springtime walk. We passed a ruined chapel which, of course, we had to explore… Penmaen Chapel, Islawr Dref, was a Calvanistic Methodist chapel built in 1883. The roof has gone and the walls are slowly crumbling away. Amazingly some of…
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Keeping Welshpool Tidy
Fred and Victor were keen to get involved in ‘Keep Welshpool Tidy Week’ launched by Welshpool Town Council. The idea is for everyone, individually or as a group, to go out and tidy up a little bit of Welshpool. Nearly everyday we walk down the footpath leading to Chelsea Lane, and the boys were very enthusiastic to pick up all…
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Showing it as it is… 2014
In January of last year, I posted about ‘showing it as it is’ and revealing the not quite so tidy bits of the church which don’t normally make it onto the blog. It featured two full length shots looking over the pews with all our possessions stacked in a seemingly chaotic jumble. I wanted to record this as a way…
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It’s images like this which will be forgotten once the house is completed. Mistletoe adorning the lighting wires as part of our ‘pop up’ living room for Christmas. Image of the Week #67
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Merry Christmas!
We would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and best wishes for a peaceful and productive 2014! Thank you so much for all your interest and support – it means a lot to us. x
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Don’t normally like cute cat photos, but will make this the exception! Image of the Week #66
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It’s that time of year again!
The tree is up! Our little extravagance is to get a big tree. With these high ceilings, anything smaller than 10ft looks tiny. Its is quite an undertaking to clear a space for it and getting it up, let alone decorating it. Image of the Week #65
