Sorry if this sounds smug, but in between the bouts of rain, we seem to have had a fair amount of sunshine around here. There have been beautiful afternoons on the beach like this…. swimming most days in sea like this…. Sometimes bringing a picnic to eat as the sun is going down…. … and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘eco-house’
11 AUGUST 2009
Posted in 1, Blogs, eco-building, domestic life, greener living, gardening, tagged eco-house, in praise of rain, summer beaches, vegetable garden update on August 11, 2009 | 21 Comments »
2 FEBRUARY 2009
Posted in 1, Blogs, eco-building, domestic life, greener living, gardening, tagged blogging, eco-house, Jane Brocket, paperwhites, snow, snow on beach on February 2, 2009 | 19 Comments »
Last week’s post opened with frost on the beach; well today we have snow. About two inches of it, falling steadily for most of the day and settling in a thick white blanket on the shingle. Mary’s school was closed and there were no trains into London, so the three of us had a glorious [...]
1 SEPTEMBER 2008
Posted in 1, Blogs, eco-building, domestic life, greener living, gardening, tagged eco-building, eco-house, kitchen counters, light, railway carriage house, reclaimed lab tops, windows on September 1, 2008 | 3 Comments »
We have windows, at last…. but no glass…. Still, even with plywood where glazing should be, on a sunny day the change in the light is exhilarating. Looking back in the other direction, this shot shows the double doors leading into the sitting room – formerly the guard’s van – in the oldest railway carriage, [...]
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