Monthly Archives: May 2014

Now that we have a roofed working area, it doesn’t matter if it chucks it down all day. We can still build a beautiful floor for the new sleeping pod, which will have walls that were recently roof trusses in … Continue reading →

Anna has made the latest addition to our household by buying a stuffed bear at a charity shop. He’s called Arthur. He turns up everywhere. Jack took to him instantly and they are good friends. Jack is so much like … Continue reading →

Here we are, enjoying a delicious outdoor-reared waffle breakfast, all unaware that the next hour would bring… Garden progress. And… A giant swarm of bees. From our own beehive. We forgot to read the book, which said in chapter 1: … Continue reading →

Once again, it is very clear that I am a fair weather builder. A week’s rain is a week’s laziness, but when it goes all sunny and nice, I’m quite up for long days of work. And it’s just beginning … Continue reading →

It was a blessedly gorgeous weekend for working outside, so we got all sorts of stuff done that we’d been planning and (as often happens) got distracted by other stuff we hadn’t even realised we’d needed to do. Anna swept … Continue reading →