Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
The actual age of Tillellan has been a relative mystery to us. Gran has tried to piece together stories and images from the past to the best of her ability. This has had Tillellan's age jump in and around somewhere between 1916 and the 1920's. A friend of ours who had recently dated her house … Continue reading Tillellan – c.1933
Today was our regular site meeting with the Builder and his team. By the end of today the framing should all be complete. The middle bedroom required some additions to the framing for support plus some 'packing and plaining' to bring parts of the wall studs out level so that the gyprock sits absolutely level as … Continue reading The Colours of the New Tillellan
I was up early yesterday - as is usual - and managed to see the most glorious sunrise as I entered work with a crescent moon and star shinning brightly through the dark purple clouds. The day was sunny and bright and by around 5.30 pm was starting to darken up. There was quite a nice … Continue reading Winter Solstice 2017
Recently I have been really attracted to Wormwood, Artemisia absinthium. My previous experiences of the herb have been limited to a small shrub that looks really shabby and tolerates dry areas, but only just. Rather embodying the energy of a slug in a puddle. So it has been with a great deal of surprise that … Continue reading Wormwood
The slope of rampant grass and stacked wood is soon to become our new Petit Paradis (or Kin's Domain). About 4 years ago my wife and I were introduced to The Ringing Cedars of Russia series of books. We read the ones that appealed the most, at the time. I don’t recall the names, … Continue reading Book Of Kin
Petit Paradis 