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      The texture of the chisel marks on the sandstone pillars in the nave. Image of the Week #163

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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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      The Wyvern Vert of the Powis family crest – holding a ‘sinister hand’. Featured on Percy, Viscount Clive’s memorial window. Image of the Week #162

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      Only a few leaves are left on the increasingly bare branches of the trees in the churchyard. They glow in the low afternoon sunlight. Image of the Week #159

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    The oak tree in November

      November brings a change to the oak tree as the leaves are rapidly turning brown before they fall to cover the churchyard. Squirrels are busy burying any remaining acorns.     The golden brown oak tree at the end of the rainbow…

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    Window cleaning

    Before : After Scaffolding is up in The Workshop which occupies the north west corner of the church presenting a good opportunity to clean the window. So gently, gently the grime has been washed off. It is wonderful to see the paintwork and colours fully illuminated. Getting up close to the glass painting – the faces, hair, fabrics and patterns,…