Author Archives: Grace

I took myself up to the Highlands to visit Jim, our friend who built a natural home very much in the style we are building. In fact, why be coy? We designed much of ours based on his. It’s beautiful … Continue reading →

Anna and I went for a walk this morning from Hebden up to Heptonstall, which is basically up a cliff and then down the other side. It was lovely and sunny and very theraputic. In Heptonstall we saw this extremely … Continue reading →

Have spent the day making an additional shelf for the new shelf area above the sink, which went perfectly to plan first time (I’m getting good at this) and is an important step on the road to this place being … Continue reading →

I got a Christmas present for myself: As you can see, I was having my very first go at it, and I’ve yet to achieve what we might call competency. It’s so tiny that Antony up the hill suggested that … Continue reading →

We’ll just politely pretend there hasn’t been a long silence here, shall we? And get back to business as if nothing has happened. I found crabapples by the riverside walk in Todmorden. So of course I put them in gin. … Continue reading →