morning,
just a quick note to let you all know that we've been in our new house just over a week now but haven't had chance to update things blogwise as we've been too damn busy building a kitchen.
there'll be photos and information a plenty when we're finished and so please be patient.
cheers, gairy.
Wednesday, 30 December 2009
Friday, 18 December 2009
signing off (hopefully temporarily)
we're going offline!
today is the day we start moving into the new/big house - that's right - it's finally happening.
not quite the summer move we anticipated but it's finally on.
not sure when we'll be back online (maybe a day maybe a few weeks - we'll see) but we'll see you on the other side.
later, gairy.
p.s. it reached a high of -8 yesterday - oh yeah!
today is the day we start moving into the new/big house - that's right - it's finally happening.
not quite the summer move we anticipated but it's finally on.
not sure when we'll be back online (maybe a day maybe a few weeks - we'll see) but we'll see you on the other side.
later, gairy.
p.s. it reached a high of -8 yesterday - oh yeah!
Wednesday, 2 December 2009
going legit'
BREAKING NEWS!!!
this just in.....
nikki and gairy are getting married!
that's right, you read that correctly, we're only bloody gonna go do it.
in what is being described as 'one of the most romantic moments in history' me and nikki had a conversation on the motorway which ended with those famous words being muttered:
"so.....what do you reckon.....shall we....?"
"err.....yeah.....alright then."
classic!
so.....next august - it - is - on!
more info to follow.....
this just in.....
nikki and gairy are getting married!
that's right, you read that correctly, we're only bloody gonna go do it.
in what is being described as 'one of the most romantic moments in history' me and nikki had a conversation on the motorway which ended with those famous words being muttered:
"so.....what do you reckon.....shall we....?"
"err.....yeah.....alright then."
classic!
so.....next august - it - is - on!
more info to follow.....
at last a new blog entry.....
evening people,
it's been a hell of a long time since we last found time to post our progress/news and so there's a lot to get through and so without further a do.....
- it was my 34th birthday last month and nikki (amongst other things) made me some delicious truffles.
here they are:
- we had 'benjamin j edmonds' visit us - which was nice.
here's a shot of him hard at work:
there were rides, walks and even some sub-zero hammock camping - a good visit.
thanks ben for the visit, hard work and 3d model of the house - much appreciated - see you next time.
- the fireplace is finished and the floor of the main room is all but complete.
here's the fireplace when the main structural work was complete:
and with the floor done up to it:
- downstairs monkey boy did some splendid work on one of the windows which needed a new lintel and some pretty hefty stone work repairs.
here's the window before work started:
and after the window sides were rebuilt:
and with the new chestnut lintel in place:
- we (started by me and finished by monkey boy) made some stone steps down to the little stone shed thing outside the workshop.
here's the view from inside up the new steps:
- whilst i started the steps monkey boy was redoing the stone floor entance to the workshop.
i think you'll agree that it looks bloody great:
- mr monley boy is making a chess set at present and he finished the board a few weeks ago.
it's made from branches from our walnut tree (which fell in the heavy snow last december) which have been cut in half and attached at 90 degrees to each other. alternative squares then had lines carved into them and were coloured to indicate the black/white spaces.
it looks amazing:
- in order to make up for a good few years of getting nothing for my family by way of gifts (for any occasion) i thought i'd make them all a gift.
for louise i made a bracelet and two rings.
the bracelet is made from oak and the rings from hawthorn and walnut.
nice - no?
for david (and family) i made 'the towers of hanoi' - a game involving moving pieces, one at a time, from one tower to another without stacking a larger piece on top of a smaller piece - it's tricksy!
it's made from chestnut - the grain is beautiful:
also in chestnut was the jewellery box that i made mamma.
it's lined with brown suede (salvaged from a 70's sheepskin coat my mum gave me) with a little carved pattern on the top:
finally, for pappa, i made a clock from some sycamore firewood we got.
it's got a beautiful grain in the face, has walnut inlays to indicate the numbers and has oak hands.
i'm pretty damn pleased with it:
- nikki also made a clock for her granny's (95th - am i allowed to say that....?) birthday.
it's made in the same way as mine but with more walnut inlays, numbers and sycamore hands.
it's a beauty!
- last but not least here are some pretty photographs that monkey took recently.
a weird cloud formation:
a nice moon/cloud ensemble:
and a shot of the moon through the cherry tree:
ok, that'll do for now.
we're hoping to move into the new house in the next week or so and so look forward to hearing when that happens - oh yeah!
gairy.
it's been a hell of a long time since we last found time to post our progress/news and so there's a lot to get through and so without further a do.....
- it was my 34th birthday last month and nikki (amongst other things) made me some delicious truffles.
here they are:
- we had 'benjamin j edmonds' visit us - which was nice.
here's a shot of him hard at work:
there were rides, walks and even some sub-zero hammock camping - a good visit.
thanks ben for the visit, hard work and 3d model of the house - much appreciated - see you next time.
- the fireplace is finished and the floor of the main room is all but complete.
here's the fireplace when the main structural work was complete:
and with the floor done up to it:
- downstairs monkey boy did some splendid work on one of the windows which needed a new lintel and some pretty hefty stone work repairs.
here's the window before work started:
and after the window sides were rebuilt:
and with the new chestnut lintel in place:
- we (started by me and finished by monkey boy) made some stone steps down to the little stone shed thing outside the workshop.
here's the view from inside up the new steps:
- whilst i started the steps monkey boy was redoing the stone floor entance to the workshop.
i think you'll agree that it looks bloody great:
- mr monley boy is making a chess set at present and he finished the board a few weeks ago.
it's made from branches from our walnut tree (which fell in the heavy snow last december) which have been cut in half and attached at 90 degrees to each other. alternative squares then had lines carved into them and were coloured to indicate the black/white spaces.
it looks amazing:
- in order to make up for a good few years of getting nothing for my family by way of gifts (for any occasion) i thought i'd make them all a gift.
for louise i made a bracelet and two rings.
the bracelet is made from oak and the rings from hawthorn and walnut.
nice - no?
for david (and family) i made 'the towers of hanoi' - a game involving moving pieces, one at a time, from one tower to another without stacking a larger piece on top of a smaller piece - it's tricksy!
it's made from chestnut - the grain is beautiful:
also in chestnut was the jewellery box that i made mamma.
it's lined with brown suede (salvaged from a 70's sheepskin coat my mum gave me) with a little carved pattern on the top:
finally, for pappa, i made a clock from some sycamore firewood we got.
it's got a beautiful grain in the face, has walnut inlays to indicate the numbers and has oak hands.
i'm pretty damn pleased with it:
- nikki also made a clock for her granny's (95th - am i allowed to say that....?) birthday.
it's made in the same way as mine but with more walnut inlays, numbers and sycamore hands.
it's a beauty!
- last but not least here are some pretty photographs that monkey took recently.
a weird cloud formation:
a nice moon/cloud ensemble:
and a shot of the moon through the cherry tree:
ok, that'll do for now.
we're hoping to move into the new house in the next week or so and so look forward to hearing when that happens - oh yeah!
gairy.
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