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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On Sunday I helped our neighbour put up a wind turbine to power the electricity at his house. It was a bit comical and even more death defying at one point trying to get a very top heavy metal pole, with propeller, lifted into the air with a stiff wind blowing against us.
When we hooked [...]

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It isn’t quite the scene from Magnolia, but we do get overrun with frogs each year to the extent that there is no way avoiding running quite a few of them over on the driveway and neighbouring roads. There has been quite a dry spell here over the last two weeks (beautiful actually) and Gabe [...]

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My boss Toby and his family bought a new house near Dromahair, with a lovely and dramatic view out the back. More importantly, even though you can’t see it in the picture, perched upon that faraway hill is a broadband mast … megabit envy.

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It took over a year of planning but the studio will go up in two days starting Wednesday of next week, and the roof on Monday. Lots of pics I’m sure to follow …
We’ve been considering some research into geothermal heating. There is plenty of garden available for it to be installed. All we need [...]

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