Wood, wood, wood and more wood.

More wood!

My life revolves around wood.

Today we had another wood delivery.

It needs stacking.

That will be one lot of warming it will do.

Every day the fire needs cleaning out,

the wood needs bringing in,

then the fire can be lit.

Sometimes I think,

'What would it be like to just turn a switch,

 then the heating would come on?'

Too easy!

It has been quite nice today,

 the sun came to visit

and I did some gardening.

Soon I will be able to use the cold frame

that hubby made from old windows

 

 

 

 



New Year

 

 

After a heart breaking 2013

the new year starts

 

with

 

new hopes and ambitions

 

no new resolutions to fail

 

but with happiness within

 

release from old chains

and a new future to build.

 

 

HAPPY NEW YEAR

 

 

 



A Short Walk

It was nice the other day.

So I took a short walk with the dog.

 

Home from the front view

 

 

Side view

 

 

At this time of year the trees have unusual growth at the base!

 

 

Heres another one

 

 

Our neighbours new roof - he works on a boat!

 

 

He also provided a home for a little family

As yet - no takers

 

 

Our hangar and barn.

We have had some great parties in the hangar

 

 

The porch now has a door.

Upcycled of course

 

 

The footpath to the side of our home.

 

 

The back of the house from the footpath.

 

 

Just a random tree

 

 

Holiday makers jetting off

(or coming back)

 

 

Our home to right of path

 

 

The village church

 

 

The hero dog

 

 

Home hidden behind the trees

 

 

A leafy carpet

 

 

A view up the tree

 

 

The holly and the ivy

 

Merry Christmas

xxx

 

 

 



Wood, warmth and upcycling

 

 

Remember burnt beams from above the fire?

 

 

 

They have now been chopped into logs

which are warming us in the replaced fire.

Nothing wasted.

 

 

Remember the trees EDF cut down?

 

 

We spent a lot of time hand cutting them into logs and kindling.

 

Moving them round the site,

eventually started a wood pile

 

 

 

They too have been keeping us warm.

We feel quite wood rich at the moment!

 

The trees themselves seem to be no worse for their drastic trim,

sending up shoots all summer

and will need a light trim soon.

 

 

Here are a couple of pics of my car.

 

 

 

 

She really hates the cold and damp.

But is cheap to run

and you do not need to have passed your test to drive her.

 

 

Keep warm.

Calendars and craft stalls

I have been making some calendars.

They were fun to make but took a long time with much inking and stamping.

Hope you like them

 

 

I had a stall at Faire Play again this year.

I packed my little car with all my goodies and was all ready to go.

The morning came and it was wet, foggy and cold.

She would not start. No way.

A friend took me there.

I spent a lot of time wondering how I would get back!

I couldn't call hubby as he was in South France.

 



 

 

 

It was one of these ladies that took me home.

She was helping on a stall so had an empty car.

Everyone else I knew had stock to fit in, so no room for me and my stuff.

Thanks Molly.

 

 

 

Its nice to have got my mojo back again.

I think the fire might have had something to do with it!



It has been a strange year, with many ups and downs.

 The most recent of which was our chimney fire.

Without the dog waking us it could have been a very different tale.

 



 Propping up the chimney stack to assess the damage safely

 

 Mantlepiece removed

 

 New beam ready to go in.

Upcycled about 4 years ago.

We were visiting a friend who was going to put it in a fireplace and changed his mind.

He was about to take it to the tip, so in the back of our van it went.

Hubby was going to use it as a door lintel in the barn, it was the exact size for this job!

 

 Easing the old one out.....carefully!

 

 Out it comes

 

 New one in

 

 The old ones

 

 Hole blocked for the night

 

 Cutting a new register plate.

Again recycled!

Steel plate that has been on site for 13 years.

 

 Getting that hole cut in the correct place was no easy task.

 

Fire back in and working, safely.

Just need a new mantelpiece.

Watch out - we might be after that bit of wood you have lying around!

 

It makes you think what could have happened.

And how lucky I am to have a husband who put the fire out without too much damage and was able to fix it again.