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Poems and Paths: January 2013
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Friday, 18 January 2013. No photograph for this, I'm afraid, so I've used a woodcut by one of my favourite wildlife artists, Andrew Waddington. You can find out more about his work here: http:/ www.andrewwaddington.co.uk. The crescent cradle of the new-born moon. Hangs low amongst surrounding stars. In a bell-clear, iron winter sky,. Illuminating, fitfully and with pale half-light,. The frozen, snow-clad shadowlands. Of hedge and field and tree. Under the protection of ice-dusted ivy. Picking up, along t...
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My Abruzzo Home: 2011
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Abruzzo is a wonderful region full of natural beauty and history. I hope my pictures and thoughts here will help everyone to appreciate it! Reading through the last 6 pages I realise just how much and yet how little we have achieved! It seems that initialy I was over confident about the rate of progress we'd make when we are only spending 4 -8 weeks each year in italy. When we began in 2005 the exchange rate was £1 to 1.50 euros! Things could only get better - the house in 2005. In total contrast to the ...
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My Abruzzo Home: Limewashing Woes
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Abruzzo is a wonderful region full of natural beauty and history. I hope my pictures and thoughts here will help everyone to appreciate it! Saturday, 4 July 2015. We like limewash because its cheap, natural and doesn't cause dangerous fumes.We make it on site from well matured lime putty adding water to putty in a 1.5 to 2 part ratio. This is someone limewashing a wall on a SPAB. Work day in an old church -thank goodness my walls are not that high! Limewash changes according to the light. I like lots of ...
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My Abruzzo Home: 2009
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Abruzzo is a wonderful region full of natural beauty and history. I hope my pictures and thoughts here will help everyone to appreciate it! I drove out to Italy this year for the first time and it was certainly an experience! The vechicle I 'chose' was a clapped out Berlingo van that had difficulties going at over 50 mph so it took 3 days for me to finally arrive in Abruzzo shaken by earth tremors and battered by howling gales! Out with the blasting. To match the old mortar which was very white and hard;...
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My Abruzzo Home: Stone Step
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Abruzzo is a wonderful region full of natural beauty and history. I hope my pictures and thoughts here will help everyone to appreciate it! Saturday, 4 July 2015. I've written before about the relative low cost of having steps,stairs,worktops etc made in Abruzzo.We needed a new step for our front door and another sill for an upstairs window as well as some odd pieces of stone around the place. Here is the area before the step was put in. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I like lots of things but most ...
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My Abruzzo Home: great article
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Abruzzo is a wonderful region full of natural beauty and history. I hope my pictures and thoughts here will help everyone to appreciate it! Monday, 27 April 2015. There is a great article in The Guardian -short but promoting the highlights of Abruzzo and publicising a new glamping set up! The glamping is http:/ firefliesandfigs.co.uk/accommodation/. The article about Abruzzo can be read here;. Http:/ www.theguardian.com/travel/2015/apr/26/abruzzo-home-:f-the-best-food-in-italy. View my complete profile.
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My Abruzzo Home: July 2015
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Abruzzo is a wonderful region full of natural beauty and history. I hope my pictures and thoughts here will help everyone to appreciate it! Friday, 10 July 2015. Pics from June 2015. 1960s Chair from Portabello. Temporary (ha ha) kitchen. My birthday marble table -£38 at Mercantino. Agapanthus from Cornwall -will it survive the summer. Saturday, 4 July 2015. Part 2: Proper Application of Limewash. This is someone limewashing a wall on a SPAB. Limewash changes according to the light. I've written before a...
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One Pink Goose: March 2010
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010. Next Blog Post 4 April. I won't be posting to my blog next week because I am playing catch-up with some artwork that I have promised a member of my family. Sounds mysterious but all will be revealed in the coming weeks. By then we should be knee deep in daffodils and tulips and sunshine on our shoulders. Three Hens And Flowers - ink and digital colour. My Friend The Red Bird - ink with digital colour. Before The Rising Moon. These are the only two sampler books that I have left...
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My Abruzzo Home: 2012
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Abruzzo is a wonderful region full of natural beauty and history. I hope my pictures and thoughts here will help everyone to appreciate it! Our plans are to extend the terrace to 4ms in front of the house so that we can put a table and chairs out to be in the early morning sunshine and shade in the afternoon.Our builder will make a breeze block wall to retain the soil then in front of this we'll build a drystone wall using the building stones around the garden. I'm sure that they just chucked it all in.
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