tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-213021402024-03-05T11:52:30.483+00:00Turnip House BlogA blog of events ideas and thoughts from Turnip House - a craft business in the Mourne MountainsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger468125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302140.post-79058204281345213292019-07-23T19:54:00.000+01:002019-07-23T20:22:10.017+01:00The Crush; not as you might Expect.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When Turnip House moved up to the Dromara Hills, we found ourselves in the remains of what was once a thriving family farm in the County Down Heartlands.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Abandoned around 1977, the magnificent house and outbuildings had fallen into disuse and collapse.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We loved it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The back-to-back cow byre was just the perfect place for a Gallery tea room, and eight years on, it's at the heart of what we do.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Out on the Mournes-facing 'terrace' (as we would now call it!), is a small space, bounded by concrete walls, we think this would have served as an agricultural 'crush', where the livestock could be corralled for inspection or treatment. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We kept it, adding and amending in places. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It retains it's character, but has new purpose.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now, for us and our visitors, it's the perfect place to take in the evening sun, the atmosphere and Spirit up here in the Dromara Hills.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here's some pics I took this evening.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It's yours to share every day this Summer, up to the end of the August Bank Holiday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We're also open every weekend throughout the year.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">lichens on the wall, shadows of Aquilegia seed heads</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Feverfew, self sown in the cracks</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">iron, stone, plant</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">planting softens the walls</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">evening sunshine</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">one of Charlie's favourite spots!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and always, The Majestic Mournes</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302140.post-33646793818467818162018-10-30T19:53:00.003+00:002018-10-30T19:54:27.091+00:00Drumgooland Church and Graveyard, and High Cross?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We are surrounded by the past.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Not far from us, at Dechomet is an old graveyard, linked with an ancient Church, now gone, and possibly a Medieval High Cross, mysterious in it's provenance.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Recently a fabulous new access path has been made, and as I was nearby, (at Turley's Builder's Merchants) and the sun was shining, I took a look:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the fabulous new access path</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">an historic artefact in it's own right: <br />
a 19th century flax mill chimney </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the base of the chimney</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">graveyard entrance</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">some of the remaining gravestones</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">still active</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">most of the upstanding stones were 'savagely' cleared in the 1970's and now line an edge of the site</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">inscription on the obelisk, marking the enclosure of the site by Arthur, Viscount of Dungannon in 1853</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">obelisk, and chimney</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">some amazing inscriptions</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the line of gravestones</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">an overview of the site, after it's savage 'tidying' in the 1970's</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">beautiful brickwork, and recent repointing</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dechomet village and Mountain, <br />
with School, Turley's Bar, Flax Restaurant, and Turley's builders Merchants</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Overview on the Historic Environment map</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">satellite view</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">notes about the cross, and the tidying</td></tr>
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There is much more detail <a href="https://apps.communities-ni.gov.uk/NISMR-public/Details.aspx?MonID=7928" target="_blank">here</a> on the Department for Communities website.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302140.post-13816549797697635922018-07-20T16:44:00.003+01:002018-07-20T16:46:21.527+01:00Yarnbomb! SOMA, Castlewellan, July 2018<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Being textile people at heart, we always keep a weather eye out for yarn related activities in the World.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We were delighted therefore to see the great yarnbomb of the SOMA festival in Castlewellan this year.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It's a great spectacle, and a worthy contribution to this great, growing festival</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Well done to all those talented dedicated people who created it - some of them not too far afield!</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302140.post-56958338852312142772018-06-22T17:20:00.000+01:002018-06-22T17:20:09.726+01:00Summer Solstice 2018<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It being Ireland, there are not too many fine dry Solstice days. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I can recall about in and around ten in the thirty three years we have been back!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This 21st June 2018 is a noteworthy exception, absolutely beautiful, if a bit breezy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here are some pictures from the day:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Charlie on his lawn</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the shrubbery!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the view from the lawn, with our three 'significant trees'</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elaine and Charlie, in a shady nook by the purlin seat</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">one of the small paths heads into the woods</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the cross path below the woods</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">at the bottom of the garden</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">fuchsia, hit hard by the late frosts, but flowering early!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the willow tunnel</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the view from the far seat</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302140.post-87567122672619303532018-06-08T14:31:00.001+01:002018-06-08T14:31:17.854+01:00High Summer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A friend once said to me that in this part of the world there are two seasons:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">May, and Winter!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, this year May has been kind enough to offer some of it's cracking weather to the first week of June.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The days are warm and sultry, and as the evening sun approaches the Solstice on the 21st, the light on The Mournes is spectacular</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302140.post-11992136758333161162018-04-25T19:46:00.002+01:002018-04-25T19:46:52.868+01:00The end of April, majestic clouds and flowers<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's been mainly cold and damp this month, with a few, precious few, lovely Spring days.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Still, the growing time is upon us, planting in the vegetable garden has started - onions and potatoes (pictures to follow when something shows!) and Elaine has planted seeds in the greenhouse.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tonight, in between the hail showers, we have had lovely sunshine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Quite appropriate for April then:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Magnolia Stellata on the lawn</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">passing storm in the East, can you see Moon and Rainbow?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">similar energy over Spelga in the South</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Earlier in the day Charlie and I walked on the Mourne coastal path at the Bloody Bridge, the sea was amazing:</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302140.post-30722766437375007852018-03-19T16:31:00.002+00:002018-03-19T16:31:24.255+00:00A Wintery Start to 2018<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We've had three major snow and ice incidents this </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">year so far, and it's only March!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here are a few pics of our adventures round the garden:</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302140.post-81287916545354324232016-03-22T20:50:00.000+00:002016-03-23T13:04:17.768+00:00Consolidation<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This is to be a year of consolidation<br />
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Each year since we've been here we have started new projects.<br />
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With generous, energetic and expert help from our friends we have renewed, repurposed and reimagined the place.<br />
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Looking back, the transformation is amazing!<br />
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But there remains a lot of 'finishing off', from the slating of the roof to painting the windows of the felt studio (and re painting the first doors we put in!)<br />
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The great spell of weather has enabled us to tackle the front garden.<br />
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A real Sleeping Beauty when we found it, completely overgrown<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">overgrown from road to house - 45 feet of foliage!</td></tr>
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We spent the first Autumn cutting and clearing, got back to open space, and waited to see what grew.<br />
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<a href="http://turniphouse.blogspot.co.uk/2010/08/secret-garden.html" target="_blank">Here's the first post about it back in 2010:</a><br />
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However, when we took the roof off the house, this was the inevitable result:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a deluge of timber, slate, stone and birds nests!</td></tr>
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Well, after a happy week in the outdoors, we're back to where we were:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">clear paths and a flower bed</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a little panorama shot, we've got about half way there!</td></tr>
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So, a few more days and we'll have the front garden where we want it; clear of invasive species and mowable.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;">A Treat of a Seat</span></b><br />
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One of the bits of detritus to be cleared was one of the roof purlins.<br />
It is a massive 4.1 meter piece of pitch pine, at least 100 years old.<br />
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You can see it in situ in this picture from 2013:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">on the left the big purlin timber</td></tr>
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Here it is on the ground, out of the garden:<br />
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We've always wanted a simple wooden bench in the garden looking down past the trees to the Mournes.<br />
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This was the perfect piece of timber!<br />
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Here's how we made it today:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">beautiful pitch pine, 100 years old, in the elements for 3 years, <br />
8 months of which lying on the ground, still rings like a bell</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">mock up</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">our mini wood henge!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">halving joints: first time with a chainsaw</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the plan</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">quite neat actually!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">dead henge!</td></tr>
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We put it under the blackthorn hedge, sheltered from the North, open to the valley and the view<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and finally in place - beautiful!</td></tr>
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Just Perfect.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and, of course, the view</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302140.post-3865528129058320602016-03-14T20:52:00.000+00:002016-03-15T10:16:37.895+00:00Looking Forward to Spring<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This Thursday, on St Patrick's Day we're delighted to be hosting the Wedding Lunch for Lisa and David. We're really looking forward to it!<br />
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High pressure presides over our weather, and a wonderful calm sunny spell of weather is in progress.<br />
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We're enjoying the beginnings of new life that Spring heralds.<br />
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This was just the day for getting the garden looking good, mowing the lawn for the first time this year.<br />
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Here's some pictures of the garden, the views, and a close look at the budding new life<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">looking up across the greening fields to Slievenaboley</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and down to the majestic Mournes, across the newly mown grass</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Alder catkins </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This Alder tree is full of catkins</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flowering currant a real splash of colour this time of year</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">beautiful primroses</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">lesser celandine</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Willow </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">goat willow</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">hawthorn in bud, and lichens</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">glorious lichens</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">hawthorn in the new hedge</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">cherry plums flowering very early in the fruit garden</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">currants in bud</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">bursting with energy, the rowans</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">currant in leaf</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A big, much belated thank you to our champion work team, Caroline, Georgie and Paul, who last month came and gave us the final shove to get the terrace, from Gallery to Felt studio finished.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Their hard work has made such a difference - we're ready for Spring now!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had the good fortune to be working upon the roof today (yes folks, it may even be completed this year!) and the birds eye view was stunning:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The terrace from above</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The workers:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">measuring, moving, laying</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Charlie - helpful as ever!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">making a pathway from Gallery to Studio</td></tr>
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and to think one year ago - it was like this!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">mounds of rubble and rubbish - from the house</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Without their help, it would probably still be like that - rather than this:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the terrace today - imagined without the mobile home!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a glorious sunset tonight</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">tête à tête in the water tank</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are lucky, and grateful - thank you!</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302140.post-70770590597759260942015-01-30T21:29:00.001+00:002015-01-30T21:30:42.035+00:00The Felting Studio - Part 4: To Work!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We left the story with all the major 'structural' work complete, walls taken down, new ones built, windows and roof fitted and joining doorway complete.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After a spot of painting, it was time to tidy up the walls and put in the services.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">studding out - with lath mainly</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">look at all those lovely colours!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John on the roof making the hole for the flue</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">assembling work for Elaine's Show</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">you can see the lovely neatness of the stud wall and toungue & groove</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ladies from Moira are the first felters in the new studio</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">with fantastic results</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">this space is big enough to undertake big projects - like this full length coat</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">plenty of modern lighting, but we've kept as much of the lovely timber work as possible</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, after a long haul, and a great deal of 'mission creep', we have a beautiful space that enables us to create wonderful things, with our friends. All thanks to the gift of some windows. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you Tracy & Jimmy we hope you'll love what we've done when you come back from Florida!</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">We love it when the snows come - mainly!</b><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: tahoma;">This January we had the best of all worlds, snowy mountains, crystal clear blue skies, yet mostly snow free roads.</span></span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: tahoma;">I've just put a gallery of pictures </span><a href="http://www.turniphouse.com/jan-2015.html" style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 16px;" target="_blank">on our website</a><span style="font-family: tahoma;">, and thought that it was too good an opportunity to miss to put them here as well!</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">dramatic skies</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">through the backthorn</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elaine enjoys the snow!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">willows and Slievenaboley</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">extremely sticky snow</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">roads passable for the hardy travellers</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">our 'micro snowman' made by our our friend Conor at the weekend!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">up towards Fofanny and Spelga</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the shoulders of Donard and Commedagh</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A beautiful end to a lovely weekend</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">vapor trails at sunset</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the Turnip House courtyard</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302140.post-35714099912489064762015-01-15T17:31:00.003+00:002015-01-15T17:33:35.471+00:00Too Much Weather!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We have really active weather so far this year, with deep depressions bowling in from the Atlantic (to add to the usual post-Christmas depressions!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Currently we're battling gale to hurricane force winds coupled with almost zero Celsius temperatures.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0000ee; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><a href="http://www.met.ie/" target="_blank">Met Éireann</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> have issued a very rare red weather warning. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is the Atlantic this morning:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also,the second highest wave ever was recorded at the Cork/Kerry Buoy M3 - some 16.9 metres!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Needless to say, there's no roofing happening.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At least what's up there is still staying on!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All this got me thinking about our weather data, and the enforced retreat indoors has enable me to upload our records up to December 2014:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Meanwhile, we await the snow, as in this warning for tonight into the weekend!</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302140.post-36655729165206626702014-12-28T15:55:00.001+00:002014-12-28T15:55:23.752+00:00Christmas Sunday<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Our lovely family Christmas got even more wonderful with a significant fall of snow last evening, and a freezing, crystal morning.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We're open as usual, but the Gallery has been dressed for Christmas:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a lovely Nordman tree - from up the hill at Legananny</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the fireplace</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">we've moved the big table into the window</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and the settee in front of the fire - very cosy for all!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The morning walk round the garden was a very sparkly affair!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">charging around!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">singing jingle bells</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ernie's first snow....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ice crystals on the cupboard</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and from the puddles</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">across the lawn</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8YD-wFtgcg8/VKAg_B0yUFI/AAAAAAAAGDI/bkYX8Nze9UE/s1600/DSCF3408.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8YD-wFtgcg8/VKAg_B0yUFI/AAAAAAAAGDI/bkYX8Nze9UE/s1600/DSCF3408.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and cuddles for Charlie</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">what a stunning day,</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A quick trip to the local shop for milk and things was a great excuse for a walk to the Lighthouse Road viewpoint, about a mile away.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Slieve Garron - with famine fields picked out by the snow</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">looking South East to County Armagh</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Back home - we baked some bread:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">using antique 'Hovis' tins donated by Caroline</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">even turkey sandwiches taste great in this bread!</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302140.post-14099006094422868532014-12-01T18:55:00.000+00:002014-12-01T18:56:55.866+00:00The Felting Studio - Part 3: hole in the wall gang<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once the floor was levelled, boulders re-homed and paving slabs laid, we could see what a great space this was to be.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But before we could tidy up the walls and add services, we had to bite the bullet and knock through to the new Turnip House.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Turnip House. Our business name for over 27 years now. An odd choice you might think! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, we started in a turnip house. The first building we used as a knitting room had been where the root crops were stored on the farm. These, often turnips, were used to give food to sheep and cattle in the lean winter months when grass growth was poor - and before the advent of silage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">more about this <a href="http://turniphouse.blogspot.co.uk/2011/02/turnips-places-artifacts-and.html" target="_blank">here</a>:</span><br />
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<a href="http://turniphouse.blogspot.co.uk/2011/02/turnips-places-artifacts-and.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #134f5c;">Turnips - places, artifacts, and serendipity.</span></a></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You could say the name grew on us. Suitably rustic, crafty, and weird, it was just us and has served so well!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When we moved up to our new project in 2010, little did we know that when clearing a heap of stones outside what would become the new workshop we found this:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Turnip Mangle</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A turnip cutter or turnip mangle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, it follows that if there was a turnip cutter, there must have been a turnip house. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So we are still at home!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The hole goes here:</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">in the right hand corner</td></tr>
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You can see from the degraded plaster that there are some big stones here - these are solid Ballymagreehan granite 'quoins'<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">beautiful stones - but massive</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">breakthrough- the view from the other side</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">small beginnings</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a hands breadth</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">that's about the size we need</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is a truism that if you ever want to make a hole in a stone wall, you always end up with a much bigger one than you wish for.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">hang on though ... look at the size of that</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Demolition needs to be very carefully done. For this big fellow we laid down two layers of pallets, stood well back - and pushed. Thankfully it worked and we didn't break the new floor, or demolish more of the wall!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">almost there</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">still need to move one more big one</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">this sticks out just a little too far (you can also see the structure of the floor in the Turnip House)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">not a lot holding that up - time to rebuild quick!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the hole at it's biggest viewed from the top</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ernie inspects</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once demolition was safely completed we put timber frames up and filled in the holes we didn't want.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old scaffolding boards make excellent headers</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">doorway complete</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">steps</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">removing the last stone - only just!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once the main structure was there (- what a relief) we brought the painters in:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a key member of the team, flown in specially!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">nice & bright</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the next and final post about this you'll see that we have finally finished the fit out, and are enjoying this fabulous space.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the view on one side, up to Slievenaboley</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and opposite, down into the garden</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We live in a post-glacial landscape. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">from the Windy gap to the Mournes</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A significant part of the charm of the Mournes Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is the pattern of stone walls (or ditches as we call them) built, over the centuries, to demark field and lane.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The stones were not quarried, but dug from the earth, when the land was cleared of glacial debris for cultivation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's amazing how these stones are lifted and placed. many are huge and must weigh a great deal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our admiration grows ever greater as we encounter our own relatively small crops of stones buried in the ground!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once the washroom and store had been 'opened out' and the new part of the roof fitted, it was time to start on clearing the inside</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a test dig seemed to show thin concrete over soil - not bad!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">nothing that a little hard work won't fix</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">there was quite a lot of it though</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and many layers of activity</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It felt quite archaeological at times!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Under the thin (ish) concrete floor, was mud - and stones - big stones - and water!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Whether this was a fallen wall, and old drain, or stones in situ is hard to tell. There are some 'finds' a clay pipe, some crockery, no gold so far...</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">stones and mud</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">water</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">these are the smallest ones, from just half the area!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a sample of the harvest</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">some of the bigger ones</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After we removed all the stones, and levelled the ground it was time to make good - two layers of thick damp proof membrane, and concrete paving slabs - this floor is to be industrial.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">tiny wash room!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">so much bigger looking now</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">not the smoothest floor but....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the washroom end</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We were most pleased with this! But to make sense of this space, we really needed to connect it with the Turnip House, which we renovated first back in 2011.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They are joined, so we thought it would be possible to 'knock through' to it. there is a level change, but only 2 or 3 steps.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Turnip House is a beautifully constructed stone building - the smallest, and yet the finest - on site.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The next post will show how we got on knocking a hole in the adjoining wall. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You guessed it: more stones!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We love our place!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The stunning view is inspirational. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> The remnants of this once great farm have given us much scope for renovation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So far we've turned some of the buildings into room for the knitting and felting. and the Gallery & Tea room where hold events, exhibitions and serve our food and refreshments.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This works well, and we are lucky to have it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There was a need for more space, particularly when Elaine was felting large pieces, or hosting larger groups. The Gallery works fine, but it can be a pinch at times, and the floor is not waterproof!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This month we've solved that by finishing another place - Elaine's Felting Studio.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It all came about as a result of a wonderful gift: some windows! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our great friends Tracy & Jimmy renewed the windows in their house, and offered us the old ones. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of our policies is wherever possible 'always say "Yes"' so we took them gladly, with no idea where they were going to go!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The two bay windows gave us the idea to opening up one of the smaller outhouses, not something we'd considered before.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">back in 2010 - lovely, but a bit unassuming We had no plans for this</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">fist there was a lot of clearing to be done! Thanks to Niall</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This year 2014:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The windows, when put together, were nearly 9 foot wide, and would make a lovely sunny garden window on the south side of the outbuildings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These were currently employed as washroom, and store. The store would be more aptly called glory hole or dumping ground! A total waste of space and resources.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">there was a wall between the 2 doors</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First of all some structural work: make the opening, and build a low wall:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">which opens right on to the garden</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ready for the lintel and removal of the doors and wall</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next we put in place the windows and added roof joists to support them (and the roof!)</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">windows and roof joists in place</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">so bright in the sunshine</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next step involved moving inside and digging up the sloping concrete floor - a task that soon took on a whole new dimension, when we found some enormous stones lurking just below the surface!.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More on that in our next post.....</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302140.post-22251758032153682162014-11-21T18:41:00.000+00:002014-11-21T18:52:14.638+00:00Up on the Roof<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Almost a year to the day since our expert builders finished the bare bones of the roof on the house, we have finished putting the salvaged slates on the front - hooray!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Much celebration is in order, even if we're only half way there.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">it is lovely to see the clean lines as you approach the house, and this means that we can get the scaffolding down from the front - a big visual improvement.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's a few pictures - old and new - of the progress.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">up on the roof - a spellbinding view!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">work in progress - about half way</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">pretty much there - this side</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A sorry sight, once the ivy was cleared away - October 2013. Note the left hand bay, which was raised up later, has smaller slates</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eZd_RnWPObM/VG9vsfnYkPI/AAAAAAAAF34/PHWHUfb5Pb8/s1600/roof-rebuild-demolished.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eZd_RnWPObM/VG9vsfnYkPI/AAAAAAAAF34/PHWHUfb5Pb8/s1600/roof-rebuild-demolished.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arguably even worse that the last pic! This was all we were left with, once the unstable bits were removed - October 2013</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking better, brand new chimneys, eaves, and a steel ridge!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5auZ2h_gy3k/VG9v3YHGZFI/AAAAAAAAF4A/waFqEH2ipwA/s1600/roof-rebuild-lath.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5auZ2h_gy3k/VG9v3YHGZFI/AAAAAAAAF4A/waFqEH2ipwA/s1600/roof-rebuild-lath.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">November 2013, watertight - more or less, waiting for the slater!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dyFo-eB1d3A/VG9wAWK4RHI/AAAAAAAAF4Q/J8UExt5Svmg/s1600/roof-rebuild-slates.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dyFo-eB1d3A/VG9wAWK4RHI/AAAAAAAAF4Q/J8UExt5Svmg/s1600/roof-rebuild-slates.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">November 2014 - complete! not that all the slates are fine big 14 by 24 inchers. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not up to a professional's standard, but a tidy job nonetheless</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302140.post-63870442764361578672014-11-20T17:06:00.000+00:002014-11-20T17:28:25.335+00:00A Misty Evening<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The sky was clearing rapidly this evening, bringing on a distinct chilliness - quite nice and seasonal actually.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302140.post-30514539103761028782014-11-15T15:01:00.002+00:002014-11-15T15:07:35.807+00:00November - Autumnal colour remains, and we have our first sloes!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">November already!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The woeful lack of posting on this blog speaks more of the lack of time, than the absence of activity....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Still, not good enough and priorities will have to be changed!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We have had days of wind and rain, causing much flooding in the local area, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The odd gaps in the deluge reveal the garden still ablaze with points of colour, mainly form the berries barks and vestigial leaves.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">all that's left of our mighty willow - rain and winds have taken their toll this year</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ernie on the prowl</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kTuMVfwFh_M/VGdjeD4Ev3I/AAAAAAAAFz0/O-JCie5uo4s/s1600/DSCF2913.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kTuMVfwFh_M/VGdjeD4Ev3I/AAAAAAAAFz0/O-JCie5uo4s/s1600/DSCF2913.JPG" height="400" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">subtle reds of the willow hedge</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GMJlBUjkSOA/VGdjprHuHmI/AAAAAAAAFz8/ZKGonfcCHi0/s1600/DSCF2922.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GMJlBUjkSOA/VGdjprHuHmI/AAAAAAAAFz8/ZKGonfcCHi0/s1600/DSCF2922.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Charlie</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Q1ZdE5ykF2I/VGdkDcFeuuI/AAAAAAAAF0E/56qWm4QvUf0/s1600/DSCF2925.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Q1ZdE5ykF2I/VGdkDcFeuuI/AAAAAAAAF0E/56qWm4QvUf0/s1600/DSCF2925.JPG" height="400" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the last of the rowan leaves punctuate the mountainscape</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Charlie catches some welcome sunshine</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-R7q5vHhcHwk/VGdkaJhWvrI/AAAAAAAAF0U/BHlYJNQyVKo/s1600/DSCF2944.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-R7q5vHhcHwk/VGdkaJhWvrI/AAAAAAAAF0U/BHlYJNQyVKo/s1600/DSCF2944.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">day lilies - more spectacular than they were in summer! that's a flock of starlings rising from the field behind</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uqNTzuXElKI/VGdlN8KqiiI/AAAAAAAAF0k/4ZAY8SjPuQw/s1600/DSCF2950.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uqNTzuXElKI/VGdlN8KqiiI/AAAAAAAAF0k/4ZAY8SjPuQw/s1600/DSCF2950.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the felt studio- behind fuchsia bush</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-z8Cq2Uf8jJg/VGdlM3OrBBI/AAAAAAAAF0c/xe1w1pd0EEw/s1600/DSCF2953.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-z8Cq2Uf8jJg/VGdlM3OrBBI/AAAAAAAAF0c/xe1w1pd0EEw/s1600/DSCF2953.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">tight-rope walker!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-U3AAnTCIRqM/VGdlQDCNnvI/AAAAAAAAF0s/MJvdAxNJxew/s1600/DSCF2955.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-U3AAnTCIRqM/VGdlQDCNnvI/AAAAAAAAF0s/MJvdAxNJxew/s1600/DSCF2955.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">rose hips</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oxkEq6oozPo/VGdl-stY85I/AAAAAAAAF04/F37p2AixgDk/s1600/DSCF2957.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oxkEq6oozPo/VGdl-stY85I/AAAAAAAAF04/F37p2AixgDk/s1600/DSCF2957.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">guelder rose hips (viburnum opulus)</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fzOUjP7FYcI/VGdmXQr8dCI/AAAAAAAAF1A/O2KRbYMHk8s/s1600/DSCF2962.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fzOUjP7FYcI/VGdmXQr8dCI/AAAAAAAAF1A/O2KRbYMHk8s/s1600/DSCF2962.JPG" height="400" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vincent's Oak</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PDnKA8ISSGU/VGdmi9cHYiI/AAAAAAAAF1I/eN9IjUjUZGc/s1600/DSCF2965.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PDnKA8ISSGU/VGdmi9cHYiI/AAAAAAAAF1I/eN9IjUjUZGc/s1600/DSCF2965.JPG" height="400" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">another vibrant willow</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ygw-j9aCKN4/VGdmtlH4dKI/AAAAAAAAF1Q/bBzjkklo9-o/s1600/DSCF2967.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ygw-j9aCKN4/VGdmtlH4dKI/AAAAAAAAF1Q/bBzjkklo9-o/s1600/DSCF2967.JPG" height="400" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">at the bottom of the garden</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nZkOZ_vA7q8/VGdnEu7YfaI/AAAAAAAAF1Y/HldhvBzD19M/s1600/DSCF2969.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nZkOZ_vA7q8/VGdnEu7YfaI/AAAAAAAAF1Y/HldhvBzD19M/s1600/DSCF2969.JPG" height="400" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">more, different rose hips!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Jofxka5WdV8/VGdnmDA2WiI/AAAAAAAAF1o/dxVk7lbIpb4/s1600/DSCF2972.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Jofxka5WdV8/VGdnmDA2WiI/AAAAAAAAF1o/dxVk7lbIpb4/s1600/DSCF2972.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">looking across the valley</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">our first sloes - from the blackthorn hedge we planted in 2012</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">changeable times</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the more I look at this field wall the more I see a circular enclosure</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302140.post-66356888366334659432014-08-01T19:54:00.002+01:002014-08-01T19:54:18.322+01:00A Dramatic start to August<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today is the first day of August.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This evening we're sitting outside after another full day at the Gallery (wonderful!) talking about what's in store this month - more of which to follow.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Meanwhile, our Magnificent Mournes present us with a portentous vista:</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302140.post-18482668573811716452014-07-25T20:49:00.003+01:002014-07-25T20:49:56.363+01:00High Summer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It's hard to believe that we're at the end of out 3rd week of 'Summer Hours' - open every day.<br />
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The time as flown by, filled with exciting visitors and events.<br />
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With more to come, not least the Benraw Creative Convivium on 23-25 August and temperature, at the moment of 25 degrees C this could be the hottest summer so far!<br />
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Here's some pics of Summer in Benraw and a little bit beyond:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">campers at the 30th birthday party we hosted</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">band - and garden</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Glastongerry!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elaine & Kay</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Good Vibes!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The scene this Monday morning - fantastic</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">redcurrant harvest</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cHm_H8JNU8A/U9KJ0SIURJI/AAAAAAAAFvc/0cv-WZDpa8s/s1600/DSCF1985.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cHm_H8JNU8A/U9KJ0SIURJI/AAAAAAAAFvc/0cv-WZDpa8s/s1600/DSCF1985.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the garden and the mountains</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thanks to Paul & Caroline, we are almost finished</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ernie - our latest addition to the team!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Panorama of the new Terrace. Without the sterling effort of our friends, this would have been an insurmountable effort - thanks to Paul & Caroline et al!</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As we prepare to leave our patch and go to our daughter Kate's' Graduation in Cambridge, I thought we should give you a glimpse of the last few weeks here at Turnip House. It's been amazing!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">mists and mountains</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">happy workers on the new wet felt room</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a welcome visit from the Fire service- for tea and cake thankfully!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">in the magnificent tipi at Lackan Farm</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">poly tunnels abundant with growth at Lackan Farm</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eleanor </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">in the vegetable gardens</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">amazing creativity at a felt workshop</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Happy feltmakers</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Delphiniums, mountains, amazing</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">true blues</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eleanor and Charlie - chilling out!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Summer evening<br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">at Newcastle Playgroup Graduation</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Moth in the grass</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Solstice Sundown</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Happy Hen Party</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful paintings in the Gallery</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">after the Solstice party</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the best view from a toilet!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Charlie on his lawn</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302140.post-66385297546217540222014-06-07T01:17:00.003+01:002014-06-07T01:17:50.617+01:00Lackan Cottage Farm<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Not far from here there is an amazing place.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Steve and Claire at <a href="http://lackancottage.co.uk/" target="_blank">Lackan Cottage Farm</a> near Ballyroney are on a wonderful journey, rejuvenating an abandoned smallholding in the heart of the Mournes Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, creating a permaculture smallholding, low impact home and Eco teaching centre. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We went down with Eleanor this morning. It is a delight and inspiration! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You can get involved and help too, by supporting with the build of the eco classroom - for you help you will be well rewarded!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/lackancottage" target="_blank">find out here:</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hear are some pictures from today:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">beautifully green</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Steve</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">inside the tipi</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the tipi </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">polytunnels, abundant growing spaces</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">onions</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">inside the large polytunnel</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">fruit in the polytunnell already</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">straight from the plant!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">great recycled milk cartons!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">outside - Artichoke</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">abundant veg garden</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">artichoke onions and garlic</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a glimpse of Lackan Cottage</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Tipi</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Fire Pit</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ever present - the Mournes</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">wild flowers on the compost toilet</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">International 'free / vacant' symbol!</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302140.post-28059195655157842682014-06-03T19:06:00.000+01:002014-06-03T19:44:42.213+01:00Last Days of May<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We've had a busy time of it, with our lovely Eleanor brightening up the days, and a visit from James and Lauren to plan their wedding here next year, exciting times, and firemen too!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A visit form the Mourne Mini Club</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little beauties!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"I'll just take this one"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">red sunset and rainbow - a rare sight here</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Interesting Skies</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">sheep - our new neighbours</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the garden by the workshop</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">assistants enjoying the new wetroom 'adjustments'</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">opening things out</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">on the way to Inch Abbey for lunch</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">look what I found in the car park!</td></tr>
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