Projects!
Time for an update on the huge variety of projects which have been going on around here, quickly or, more honestly, slowly. The roof was finished in January. What kind of fool has his or her roof reslated over winter? Well our kind, obviously. The roofers did a great job. Many days there were three generations of the same family working on our roof, the father coming out of retirement because it was an interesting job to do, his grandson now the fifth generation of his family to be a roofer. Slate is a beautiful material. I took this one before the scaffolding came down. Beyond the house you can see one of the yew trees. It almost makes you wish you could live up on the roof. Ian built a lovely set of shelves which make the curved end of the worktop in the front kitchen. Work on the back kitchen has stalled since my father in law came to live with us as the scale of the upheaval would be a bit daunting but the front kitchen is ...