the polytunnel takes shape

1 hoop...

6 hoops!

Progress in the garden

drills!!

 

the polytunnel relocated to Cnocnanean

 Johnny's hammock

fabulous flowers from mum

 painting the kitchen window

wildflowers

 evening mist [and a bar-b-q]

Lamplight

Teeny's lamp

A new street and garden

 Johnny compacting the stone on the street [in the rain..]

 Dominic making a start on the pile of topsoil

E having a go

Johnny digging

te-da!

 reinforcing the boundary to keep certain visitors out .....

 a door hung on the byre

 the stove with the tiled fire-surround removed

Rain!

There has been a lot of rainfall over the past couple of days so the gutters have filled-up our rainwater barrel which is now plumbed to the tap in the kitchen; the plug hole has been connected to the outside so we have running water!

 new latch on the front door

bespoke elm shelves by the sink.

Honeymoon Whitewashing

Off on honeymoon,

Izzy well packed

 Tom Sawyer 

Pale looking when wet

 Dries beautifully

Yeho, a whitewashed cottage !!

Beautiful

Easter week

blackcurrant cuttings in the polytunnel at the mill ready to plant out at Cnoc na nEan

broad beans, spinach and beetroot potted up and sprouting

 A 'brilliant white' front porch ... We will whitewash next week instead

the dresser removed and wall of the parlour painted and ready for shelves

 the jamb window

elevenses [a break from lino archaeology..]

layers of lino and pitch..