skye and auntie margaret with a poppy from the tower of london

sledging in chelsea park

sunset over gardermoen's cloud

my christmas sunrise (thanks to kev for the picture)

guess who joseph played in his school nativity? and yes, megan is an angel!

speaking of christmas, the living room isn't looking too shabby either

the finished dining room back in business, all cosy and ready for christmas

another fine job from trev and ben

good progress

routing out the floor

ben cutting the hearth plate

setting the hips

party lights!

tiling part 5

tiling part 4

tiling part 3

tiling part 2

tiling part 1

lathed up and ready to tile

part-way through the lath

felted and watertight

insulation

then it was a cold and frosty morning

so we did a nehemiah last night - worked until the stars came out (sheffield version mind you, with fish and chips from two steps!)

starting to strip the back of the roof today

birthday pizza by the new dining room fire

alan the builder started separating the attic bedroom into two today

dave the plasterer shows his skills

the stove frame and wood box are shaping up

trev is on the case

so the "sympathetic" hole opens in the dining room

on go the tiles

small girl on a tall scaffold

messy church at st john's and clynt with specs

thanks to trev and ben for a brand new chimney stack!

doing an entire reroof just didn't seem enough, so we asked trev to rebuild the chimney stack too

yet more scaffolding

the very naval birchenall family dutifully rounded up all the skurvy pirates!

aaaargh it be the famous french family (with caleb the ship's dog!)

at ant's pirate party

guess who has been baking..

now for the roof..

and there it was, gone

the chimney demolition begins

great wins v brampton and v bramley in the cup

selfie at shasta lake, noticeably depleted by the drought in california

fantastic feast of wisdom sitting at the feet of bill and kris

pigeon point lighthouse on california's highway 1

the proud father

the beautiful california coastline at spanish bay