She has finally arrived - born yesterday in fact. Healthy and doing well, as is Ruth.
We are thinking of calling her Abigail after Ruth’s sister.
This picture was taken when we got back home (I forgot my camera!).
On the morning of the 24th we set off to the island hospital in Lamlash. We got there just [...]
Today we had to strip part of the roof in preparation for the new dormer windows. This is a picture of me waving at passers by.
In part of the roof we have a large bees nest. Some bees are even getting into one of the bedrooms, and because they can’t find their way out again, [...]
Today we started to take out the wall between the living room and the back room.
We have tried to keep as much of the cornice as possible, as well as keeping the picture rail - which is now suspended on a few pieces of wire and will be fixed to the new wall when we [...]
One the major jobs to be done in the farm house is rebuilding the wall between the living room and the back room (where the apprentice used to live).
The rebuild is necessary due to the large crack that runs for quite a way along the wall. Not only is the wall cracked, but the concrete [...]
Oh dear, John-Luke has gone to sleep over at his friend’s house tonight and has left his parents home alone.
Ruth is worried sick about him, “Do you think he’ll be all right? …. What if he wakes up in the middle of the night?….” and so on.
I on the other hand am only partially concerned [...]
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