Hard to pull myself away from a fantastic weekend with Kate & Eleanor, still, many happy memories!
A blog of events ideas and thoughts from Turnip House - a craft business in the Mourne Mountains
Monday, February 27, 2012
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Charlie
As always, Charlie comes (even more) to like when people come, I think he gets bored with the same old two of us. So you can imagine what a time he had on our tree planting day!
This Sunday we were given some beautiful pictures of him
taken that day - many thanks Paul!
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Snow on the mountains
My mother had a saying that ' as long as there's snow on the mountains, there's more snow to come!'
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| Fresh dusting of snow today |
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| remnants of the snow in January taken last week |
Friday, February 17, 2012
A day at the 'office'
Bit of a murky day today, so a spell in the Turnip house is welcome.
We are making orders, stock for the gallery and experimenting with felt hats, all great fun!
We are making orders, stock for the gallery and experimenting with felt hats, all great fun!
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| stage one of a sweater - the front |
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| hills and parts of mountain - the view from the 'desk'! |
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| Elaine making a felt hat |
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| definitely a day for the fire |
Thursday, February 16, 2012
ready for the windows
Final measurements were taken of the holes that we've made - so the windows are on their way (2-3 weeks) There will be great excitement that day!
It's very scruffy outside, but now the structure is right, we can start to tidy things up:
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| the south east side - there will be 2 windows and a door here. You can see right through to the other side now |
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| looking through the central arch |
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| one of the original window openings |
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| looking north west; three windows and a door here |
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| through the central arch the other way |
It's very scruffy outside, but now the structure is right, we can start to tidy things up:
Friday, February 10, 2012
Across the divide!
The main piece of heavy work was still to do this week: make a hole between the two cow sheds; to unite the space and make it so that you could walk from one side of the place to the other.
The big question how big? Well we all know, big IS beautiful,
.... but in this case also brings pain!
Here's some pictures of what we thought might take a day, and in fact took three:
The big question how big? Well we all know, big IS beautiful,
.... but in this case also brings pain!
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| success! |
Here's some pictures of what we thought might take a day, and in fact took three:
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| from small beginnings ...... |
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| the happy team! |
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| we have a doorway at least |
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| view from the other side |
Monday, February 06, 2012
Murmurations!
As dusk fell this evening Elaine noticed a fantastic starling murmuration down the valley
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| a cloud of starlings race past the full moon |
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| in full flight - this is just part of it |
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| it's hard to grasp the scale of it from a picture |
Saturday, February 04, 2012
Let There be Light
Here's what we've been at on the other side of the Gallery:
At the end of day one we'd only managed to cut away the blockwork. We new this was going to be tough, but this was hard slog!
Still, we were getting there on day two
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| what a mess - still - omelettes it is! |
By the time We'd finished -there was not a lot left!
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| this home made lintel was a monster |
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| more than up to the task: solid iron that nearly had us beat |
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| think we'll stop now... |
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| still snowy |
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| Slievenaboley |
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| this corner will be filled with light |
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| nearly ready for these - 2 doors and 6 windows - it's exciting! |
Friday, February 03, 2012
Thursday, February 02, 2012
Holy Moly!
Well, the time has come to bite the bullet, pick up the big beast and cut the holes for the windows in the gallery
We started with two cuts by the existing door, (terrible work!) and began to knock out the concrete blocks that make up the wall. As bits that we didn't want came crashing down round our feet, it became obvious that subtlety was not the answer.
So we took out the whole wall!
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| The Beast |
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| helpfully - and scarily it states that it spins at 4700 |
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| needs more light |
the plan is to cut holes for the door and two windows, to make something like this:
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| the plan |
We started with two cuts by the existing door, (terrible work!) and began to knock out the concrete blocks that make up the wall. As bits that we didn't want came crashing down round our feet, it became obvious that subtlety was not the answer.
So we took out the whole wall!
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| well, that's that sorted |
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| How many holes are we meant to have? |
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| the fireplace in all its glory |
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| here's hoping for many sunny mornings like this |
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| and this is the view |
Monday, January 30, 2012
Rain Stops Play
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| not going out in that! |
Well today was wet and windy - it has rained for 24 hours now.
So no tree planting. Although the 140 that were planted yesterday will be well settled in!
Thanks to all those who were to come up and help today - the rest will keep for a few days!
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Tree Planting Day 1
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| the day dawns |
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| snow on Bernagh, but only frost down here! |
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| Charlie watching and waiting |
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| getting organised |
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| the first Oak tree goes in! |
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| ready for action |
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| a blackthorn hedge small - but perfectly formed! |
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| planting the Hazel Grove |
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| Charlie supervising as ever! |
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| in the thick of it |
We have planted a fantastic 140 trees!
Looking forward to tomorrow - full report and more pictures then!
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