First things first….. … Wilma had six lovely puppies late on Wednesday night – two days after we moved in to the railway carriage house. They are all doing well, in a homemade whelping box in the compartment that used to be the spare bedroom. The excitement over these new lives – and admiration for [...]
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5 SEPTEMBER 2008
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27 AUGUST 2008
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Well, the windows STILL haven’t arrived, but we won’t freeze this winter, as the woodburner has been installed – I love the way the slate surround has worked out. A roaring fire will make a good focal point at the end of the long central hall between the two carriages – we’re waiting for an [...]
17 AUGUST 2008
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If a week is a long time in politics, two weeks is an absolute age in a building project at this stage. In the fortnight since my last visit, John and co have made fantastic progress. Most exciting is that the ceilings in the hall between the two railway carriages have been lined in matchboarding [...]
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... and there will be a lovely new cover for the paperback of Homemade: Gorgeous Things to Make with Love
with Ros Badger (Collins £12.99), out in May 2010.
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