I realised I never posted a finished photo of the stone wall. This is the first length, as it will start again and extend around the back of the studio.
The work was some of the most gratifying I have ever done. There is something quite powerful in thinking the wall could well last hundreds of [...]

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The last time we were in Florence, we had fried courgette flowers for the first time, and for lunch the other day, Gabe fried up a few of our own. Absolutely delicious. The courgettes themselves aren’t too bad either, but there are so many I may have to challenge Gabe to make a courgette cookie. [...]

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Lisa and I have on most of our anniversaries acquired some object together to celebrate. We certainly haven’t followed the traditional anniversary gift guide, but perhaps we could do one of our own. Rocking chair. Table. Tibetan singing bowl. We always gaze lovingly out the window at the urn. How we ever got it to [...]

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Nasturtiumreach full bloomin moonlight.
Stone on stone,flowers comelike lovers
uncovered.Orange buds,each held soft
in deep pulse.Dilated,dime-sized, red,
all beginclimbing wallsheavenward.

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I must say we are mighty proud at how the raised garden beds are looking. We decided to lay gravel paths between them, which is better to walk upon and helps keep those (rugby playing) slugs away from the plants.
The courgettes (zucchini) are coming along nicely and we have been eating lovely greens on a [...]

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