Last night David, Tom and I went out with many of the neighbours from up and down the road with torches and vehicles and tried to round up two stray yearlings. You don’t get to do that in town!
The two rabbits David has been trying to shoot have not been around - he is frustrated by the sight and the distance limit on the air rifle. A proper weapon is required. But he is not yet old enough for his own license.
And today I finished the hall ( well bar the touch ups).
Door
Many thanks to Jono Inkster of JMI Construction who ‘gets’ what I am trying to do with the old house and who opened the old door. Jono was introduced to me by Steve Jeff . It is truly tragic that we did not know him earlier! And thanks to Bob who crafted new and restored the old glass into it.
I thought I had blogged about this door - it was closed over on the inside but always apparent externally. Jill Minson remembers when it was closed for good and they got more space. For me, opening it was part of reclaiming the spirit of the house . I have wanted to do this ever since we arrived.
Jono rebuilt the wall and restored the original hall, procured new mathcing skirting and made a wonderful job of matching it. The day Jono pulled off the lining and confimed it was indeed a solid door was more of a milestone for me than anything else in the whole build… and it remains so. Three new hinges was all it took to hang it.
I have left all the old chipped paint on it and just added more. Layering back some and covering over other coats of time seems the right treatement. The ewindow above it I stripped back with citrus stripper and now the light comes in.
I breath deeply everytime I step in and out of it.
In process