Monthly Archives: March 2014
Picture 7
This pencil drawing was done by a member of our family in 1992 and is now a framed picture in our present home. The sketch was drawn from a bedroom in Brantwood, a house in Coniston in the English Lake … Continue reading
Wood and Metal 8
For a number of years I collected old wood and metalworking tools. They are often very well made and they have a solidity and purposefulness that I greatly admire. Being brought up in an industrial city in the English Midlands … Continue reading
The Pump
At one time these pumps were very common in England, though the only one I ever saw in use (and used myself) was the street pump outside our grandmother’s cottage in County Wexford. However this one in our garden is … Continue reading
The Case of the Puzzling Panels 3
In the two earlier posts I looked at some puzzling features of a particular chimney piece in our home. In this one we step back a bit from that to see the problem in the wider context of the rebuilding … Continue reading
Reflections 