happy birthday giles!

joseph won club player of the year at last night's annual presentation evening

at the imposing surroundings of hardwick hall

there's only one way to top off an afternoon in the botanical gardens!

at the risk of being thought a shelving nerd.. the kitchen shelves are finished too!

bathroom shelving might not look exciting to you, but they're finished

up the rangers!

another fab couch breakfast with mike and pippa!

a very proud joseph with the sportsman of the week award at sheffield united

well done jordan speith.. always pure relaxation to watch the masters

exploring in the peak

up the blades!

peace and quiet at last! locked the kids in their prisons (we can always tell social services they're just composters)

an exciting easter sunday morning! together with the frenchies for godson isaac's baptism at st john's

going over the moor to the two scoops (as megan calls it) with farfar

enjoying farfar and farmor's new living room floor

and finally (in the rain and hail) it was finished!

joseph was a brilliant helper today and there's just the roof to finish now

taking shape

...and then the log rack began

before the rutters had a log rack, they had a nook...

relaid the front lawn today after the rigours of the roofing over the autumn and winter, let's see how it grows

twisting sword of the spirit balloons with the rutters and wallers

joseph with his football team, sheffield rangers under 7s

art time with jeremiah and farmor

familiar view - back in crookes this morning for training with sheffield united

learning to crotchet with farmor

skye and iona dressed up as tweedledum and tweedledee for world book day

the composters are taking shape

a good feeling on a damp morning... next winter's logs split, stacked and drying

look who I found on the log rack today!

atmospheric weather at longshaw

a cosy view from the hallway on a cold and snowy evening - two woodburners on the go!

yesterday we shared a delicious indian lunch with skye's friend aditi and her family

meg's first flip!

skye's turn!

learning to toss a pancake

lunch at sebastian's cakery, yum yum

a beautiful day in the high peak

joseph enjoyed the sheffield wednesday soccer camp this week

exploring longshaw with grace and the davis family

poor weather, great result! 12-4 victory over worksop

clynt and a good day's logs...

sheffield united 4-1 colchester united

sunset over the granite city

megan's new bunk beds

joseph's new bed

skye's new bed

last few ridge and hip tiles going on

the annual new year kelly welly wanging competition yielded both a new champion (mags with 16 1/2 steps) and this stonking photo of skye's sweet swing