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    June in pictures

      :: restoration continues : starting to sort through all those boxes : installing electric sockets :: :: wiring the living room : elderflower cordial making : cutting conduit :: :: doorstep posies : learning new skills : garden roses ::

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    May in pictures

      :: sowing seeds : visiting Owen and came across this elephant armour from the Powis collection in Leeds! : the cut flower patch is growing :: :: finishing the downstairs skirting : a trip to local bluebell woods : preparing for another land speed record :: :: putting in posts for a new log shed : the garden blooms…

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    In pictures

       :: the first snow : part of the Apse restoration : blue tits nesting in the wall :: :: studying pew graffiti : precious moments : preparing skirting :: :: plum blossom in the allotment : after-school wanderings : marshmallow toasting after much hard work :: Previous ‘In Pictures’ here

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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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    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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    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 ::