We spent Easter weekend in Yorkshire. It was lovely to be back 'home', albeit briefly.
I did my usual tidy-up in the garden and by the stream side.
The front garden is tiny, which is just as well since I'm only in residence every now and then. The white daffodils were just going over but there was lots of promise for things to come. I staked healthy-looking delphiniums and peonies.
The millstone that used to be set into the wall of the building had to be rediscovered from beneath a blanket of moss. The pebbles will have originally come from the river but I moved them from the stable floor before we started the conversion.
This carving of work in progress shows one of the two grind stones still in place in the wall. I would have liked to have kept them in position but it was them or windows and in the end I opted for windows!
We had a bit of weather while we were there!
And on Sunday got soaked on the moor top.
(Our own fault for not putting on our waterproof trousers.)
The First Born came up from London to join us.
Blackthorn blossom everywhere
and when we'd clambered out of our wet clothes there was the consolation of chocolate!
I love with your main man's carvings, Cher. I love your photos too, but his business is my business, so I have to say it!
ReplyDeleteWe've got a house (and a garage and studio) full of his carvings. Many of them depict our personal story so we like to keep them in the family - but we've run out of wall space!
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ReplyDeleteSuch beauty Rosemary and history too. Nothing like that around here.
ReplyDeleteYes, history abounds on this small island, Donna!
DeleteOh to have a real stream on our property...yours is so lovely. We do have a pond but its too close to the road and so not tranquil enough. The river stone are fantastic, I must try to replicate here somehow.
ReplyDeleteOur boundary is the middle of the stream. If we open our sitting room windows the sound of the water is lovely, but the small garden fronts the road so we get traffic noise as well.
DeleteI lugged those river pebbles from one spot to the next when we were converting the barn. A labour of love!
What a lovely, tranquil place. I hope you take some pictures for us when the weather is sunny.
ReplyDeleteWell, there's a task, Maybe, sunny weather in North Yorkshire! I'll do my best.
DeleteIt's so beautiful there! I love that carving. I need to find a nice peaceful spot like that to settle down. And you have a stream! How nice! :))
ReplyDeleteWell, I agree, but I'm biased, Rain, it's my home county and the village where my parents lived. I'm going to blog about that over on Miss Cellany.
DeleteI like a bit of wild countryside.
ReplyDeleteMerle...........
And so do I!
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