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.