Huge excitement the other day: we woke to freezing temperatures and a fair dusting of snow. There is something extra specially magical and otherwordly to me about snow at the seaside, and as Mary and I set off for an early morning walk with the dogs (nothing like a four year old to get you [...]
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7 JANUARY 2009
Posted in 1, Blogs, eco-building, domestic life, greener living, gardening, tagged insulation, paperwhite narcissi, tidiness, woodburner on January 6, 2009 | 23 Comments »
17 AUGUST 2008
Posted in 1, Blogs, eco-building, domestic life, greener living, gardening, tagged Add new tag, ecco-building, insulation, sunset, walk-in larder, woodburner on August 17, 2008 | 7 Comments »
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 [...]
14 JULY 2008
Posted in 1, Blogs, eco-building, domestic life, greener living, gardening, tagged insulation, lurcher puppies, railway carriage house on July 19, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Though we’ve been held up by an evasive plumber, the builders have still been very busy. Ceiling insulation has been going in between the pine plank rafters, and a new window frame has been made for the front end of the house. Roofers have been replacing the remaining part of the roof, retaining the graceful [...]
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