Daydream thread continues.....

lostinrates

My garden is shrivelling up in the heat. Lots its desicated.

The haouse is coming on, we chose wood for the mantle in the kitchen today, and a door.

lostinrates

Oddshopping item search alert for alfie and rhiwfield.

Cast iron doors off a range. Flat metal ones, like of a black range as opposed to aga doors.

I know thats odd. I need up o four and do not necessarily want them to match. They are to be doors into the cavity underneath my new fireplace...

For which...fanfare please......i found the wood today. nice bit of old oak. ANd think i gave sorted the doors too.

So these metal doors now, because we need them for the fireplace. There are one or two on ebay but obviously collection only and from too far away.

God, thishouse business in the heat while feeling grim is a bit of a swine. Fun though

RAS

lir

I assume those buttresses will be going sometime? Gives an idea of the challenge you faced just keeping the pile intact until you could re-build.

I hope it is the heat making you feel grim, not bad news?

lostinrates

RAS wrote: »

lir

I assume those buttresses will be going sometime? Gives an idea of the challenge you faced just keeping the pile intact until you could re-build.

I hope it is the heat making you feel grim, not bad news?

Yep, they have now GONE.:j:j

Heat is not helping, but not going to complain, its great for the concrete poured today and to have break from that cold rain.

Lotus-eater

I think concrete is better poured in non hot weather

Lotus-eater

lostinrates wrote: »

Oddshopping item search alert for alfie and rhiwfield.

Cast iron doors off a range. Flat metal ones, like of a black range as opposed to aga doors.

I know thats odd. I need up o four and do not necessarily want them to match. They are to be doors into the cavity underneath my new fireplace...

For which...fanfare please......i found the wood today. nice bit of old oak. ANd think i gave sorted the doors too.

So these metal doors now, because we need them for the fireplace. There are one or two on ebay but obviously collection only and from too far away.

God, thishouse business in the heat while feeling grim is a bit of a swine. Fun though

Did i link this yet?


Means most to alfie i guess, but davesnave has seen pics at least of when this was a room with walls.

Beautiful, beautiful place btw

lostinrates

Lotus-eater wrote: »

I think concrete is better poured in non hot weather

But probably not in torentialrain we had week before this one.....and begore that, and beore that?

Last week was seriously no joke.

lostinrates

Lotus-eater wrote: »

Beautiful, beautiful place btw

Thank you.

I might remove photo later so would ypu mind editing it out incase i do?

A lot of peopledon't like thatbit, feeling it looks odd next to the rest. I like that bit best.

Lotus-eater

ukmaggie45 wrote: »

Went to visit MiL last night, we were both so tired when we got back we skipped meal (OH too knackered to cook and me too tired to eat) and I had G&T and OH some cider he brought back from Devon. Been grey and overcast ever since we got home, had drizzle yesterday, and so far a sprinkling of rain this morning. I wanna go back to Port Eliot! :rotfl:

I hope he didn't bring back scrumy jack from Devon

I'm glad you had a brilliant time, I love the Cropredy festival, haven't been for years.

RAS

Lotus-eater wrote: »

I hope he didn't bring back scrumy jack from Devon .

I remember buying stuff form Tedburn "in the old days" when you could be thrown out of a Exeter pub for asking for cider. I used to mix the dry (like vinegar) and the medium - probably dry to modern tastes.

Sat and drank a jug (probably a pint) and read. Then tried to get up to go to bed. Crawled up the stairs.

It is really hard to find brew like that now. All posh and hygenic now- I remember the straw and cobwebs and the smell.