by adminUS | Jun 22, 2021 | Garden
Partridge vs crow For the last few months we’ve had a cute pair of red legged partridges hanging out in the garden. They’re not friendly like the pheasant (which hasn’t been back to see us since he was chased off by another male in March) but they love the bird feeder...
by adminUS | Jun 19, 2021 | Garden
Spring has finally sprung With the cold spring it’s taken a while to get things going but we’re finally looking like we might have lots of lovely veg this year. Potatoes, tomatoes, chillis, peppers, courgettes, cucumbers, peas, beans, spinach, radish, salad, onions,...
by adminUS | Jun 16, 2021 | Garden
Wildlife bonanza Not a lot’s been happening inside the cottage as I’ve been recuperating from having my gallbladder removed… so instead here’s some of the local wildlife we’re lucky enough to watch from the window. We have some very...
by adminUS | Apr 20, 2021 | Cottage
Storage galore We’ve been talking for ages about building some storage into the little room before the bedroom to use as a wardrobe – for two years we’ve shared a chest of drawers and lived out of suitcases for everything else. So to keep costs down, and because the...
by adminUS | Apr 11, 2021 | Cottage
First impressions We thought we’d start to tackle the hallway and it needed everything, new ceiling, plastering, flooring, and as this is the point where the different screed pours meet it also need a decoupling membrane to ensure the tiles don’t crack with any...
by adminUS | Apr 8, 2021 | Cottage
It’s the little things We’ve still got things like flooring to decide on but as there’s so many options we’re just living with the screed and some rugs to help with the dust. But it’s finishing the small things that make a room start to feel complete… and a lick of...
by adminUS | Feb 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
Brrrrrrrrr It was -10 one night last week and barely got above freezing most days but that does make for some lovely pics. One of the not so good things about winter is frozen and burst pipes… the first snow a couple of weeks ago brought -10 and we were rudely woken...
by adminUS | Feb 11, 2021 | Cottage
Missing in action… It’s been quite a while since our last update… we’ve been absolutely fine and just plodding along slowly during the many lockdowns. I really don’t know where the months have gone! First update with lots more to come… the bathroom is finished –...
by adminUS | Jul 22, 2020 | Cottage
Tiled from tip to toe The bathroom is now tiled from top to bottom and it looks great. Feels quite luxorious… Now all we need is water, a shower, a toilet, a sink… hopefully it will start going in this week – after more than 6 weeks you have no idea...
by adminUS | Jul 20, 2020 | Garden, Other
Wildlife makes you smile and cry Nature can be very cruel sometimes… but it’s also amazing in equal measure! It’s been a few weeks since our last wildlife post and there’s been lots going on. Our lovely pheasant family have gone from four...
by adminUS | Jun 30, 2020 | Cottage
Door no.2 is gone Now that the floors are all in and finished it’s time to remove the second front door from the original cottage no.1 and replace it with a window. This was a job for the stonemasons… the old door was removed, and they started bricking it...
by adminUS | Jun 28, 2020 | Garden, Other
Mr pheasant has a family Our friendly pheasant hadn’t been around for a few days and we thought maybe he’d gone to wildlife heaven… but no… he’d been busy having a family… and he’s brought them to visit us 🙂 Mr Pheasant comes...
