Author: Steve Scott

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Garden

The Doings of Dull Days

Winter is here, so it’s time to sort out structures, prepare for next year and enjoy the subdued colours. The platform down the hill has a new floor and roof, the old sycamore is becoming a totem with an owl at the top. Paths and steps have been repaired, beds have been weeded and mulched. A whole raft of pruning is underway and cuttings are developing. Even when inside, you walk past a window or glass door and pause for a view that brings a smile.

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Garden

Autumn Light and Delights

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Garden Sculpture

Carving, Visitors and Sorting

There is a sycamore tree down the garden that was built into the platform. Now we have a bigger variety of native trees, we have decided to try to stop the sycamore growing and give the others more chance. It is currently turning into a carved pole with a tawny owl at the top. Having had fewer pheasants over the summer, a family of six suddenly appeared and have been back all the time since. In such a big garden it is often hard to keep up with general maintenance, especially when health problems interfere, Now we have some help and have started to catch up again, cleaning and retreating decks steps and home made furmiture.
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Garden

WorksWorth

October and the garden sparkles from the house. Worth every minute.
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Chairs

Just a better chair photo.

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Art

Whitby

Sea Fret from Sandsend
Robin Hood’s Bay
A very pleasant couple of days in Whitby, catching up with friends and a bit of walking and sketching too.
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Chairs Garden

Beautiful Weather for a catch-up on jobs

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Chairs

Westonbirt Chairs

I hadanother very enjoyable week at Westonbirt Woodworks and I managed to produce two chairs.
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Garden

One proud new owner

This Years Sunflowers
Lavatera on the banking
Companion planting
A good sized cabbage
Brassicas in abundance this year
Brussels and tomatoes
Flowers everywhere but no a courgette to eat.
Looking forward to Kale Crisps
Ruth is rightly proud of the sunflower growth, but they are being given a run for their money by the bolted brassica.
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Chairs

A different Chair Job

This was the second rocking chair I bought many years ago. It sits out on the porch and has suffered. I took it copletely apart and rebuit it with a few new bits where tenons had gone and a strengthening under the seat, which is made of separate sections of wood, so also needed rebuilding. Slow but less hard work than making from scratch.