The house is rather untidy at the moment, and the garden forlorn, with the leaves all buffetted off the trees, so there are few photographs I want to take. This quiet corner is giving me moments of real pleasure, however, as is the woodburner, with its new log basket (an old wicker laundry bin on [...]
Posts Tagged ‘woodburner’
24 NOVEMBER 2009
Posted in 1, Blogs, eco-building, domestic life, greener living, gardening, tagged 'paperwhite' narcissi on pebbles, quiet corners, rough seas, woodburner on November 24, 2009 | 15 Comments »
23 JANUARY 2009
Posted in 1, Blogs, eco-building, domestic life, greener living, gardening, tagged beach, Biochar, carbon gold, clutter, doll's house, frost, woodburner on January 23, 2009 | 17 Comments »
There has been frost on the beach recently – a relatively rare occurence, and slightly unnerving. Instead of scrunching through the pebbles, which can be quite hard work, I was slipping about on top of them as I endeavoured to walk the dogs – the stones were stuck together by ice, with no ‘give’ at [...]
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 »
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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