5-A-Day

Posted By on 27th August 2014

In the 15 years that we lived at Ravendale House we planted many trees, with varying degrees of success.

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Harry Lauder’s Walking Stick

Posted By on 25th August 2014

“I had a little nut tree,
Nothing would it bear
But a silver nutmeg,
And a golden pear.”

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17 Boxes

Posted By on 20th August 2014

Remember a few weeks ago when we were left having to make a decision as to how to proceed with the new book shelves?

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Hooray

Posted By on 15th August 2014

One of the reasons we decided to move house was to get away from the seemingly miles of hedges that we had at Ravendale House, but without going into the trials and tribulations of house hunting, lets just say you rarely find a property that ticks all your boxes.

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Spend, Spend, Spend.

Posted By on 12th August 2014

Despite the fact we haven’t received the final bill for the renovations, so don’t know if we have any money left, we’ve been on a spending spree. (If you’re reading this Adrian, where are you?)

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Unexpected Visitors

Posted By on 7th August 2014

A couple of days ago I got up to find we had unexpected visitors in the garden, a group of 5 ducks.

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Concrete

Posted By on 2nd August 2014

It’s been very hot this week, so all I’ve really done is a bit of painting upstairs. The only thing more boring than watching paint dry is reading about watching paint dry, so I thought I’d write about the garden instead.

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The Garden

Posted By on 25th July 2014

In all the weeks I’ve been writing this blog I haven’t said much about the garden, well I’m about to put that right now.

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Book Shelves

Posted By on 21st July 2014

After successfully fitting out the kitchen cupboard with recycled shelving last week, we turned our attention to the book shelves which will go in the alcoves at each side of the chimney breast in the big dining kitchen.

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Our First Rainbow

Posted By on 17th July 2014

Well it’s Thursday morning and not an up-stand or stand-up in sight, so we’ve been filling our time with sitting in the garden (well it’s been very warm!) and putting shelves up.

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