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The Wolves are Running…

By: plummybrummy 11th Jan 201911th Jan 2019

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An examination of wolves in the hills, in the past and in the mind…

Family, The UncannyABC, Annie Whitehead, Brothers Grimm, Cumbria, Edward I, Englishness, full moon, George Monbiot, gulag, Humphrey Head, Joan Aiken, Kaja Franck, last wolf, lone wolf, Lvov, Monkhopton, Old Stinker, Peter Corbet, Poland, Robert Winder, Sam George, Severn Valley Railway, Shropshire, the wolves are running, Tony Haighway, wolf, Wolf Watch UK, wolves, Wolves of Willoughby Chase, WWII6 Comments on The Wolves are Running…

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More renovation pics! We’ve had these windows inserted into the attic room of the house. I noticed the ledges here the first time I looked around (see pic 2) on a cold October day and thought how bringing back some light into the attic would be good. It’s a big room up there with one small (south facing) window and these little ones on the north side have made all the difference. There’s a gorgeous greenish light that filters into the room through the foliage in the evening and they’re like little portholes into the garden and the trees. Our carpenter, Tim, had to make the frames specially as they are most certainly not standard size but he’s done a top job. As he did the last two we discovered the space an old wooden lintel had left behind as it rotted away. So that’s some new bricks, all the plaster to come off and be reapplied and some heating and electrics before we can even think about the fun stuff like paint and furniture. We’ll get there one day! #houseandgarden #lovemyhouse #renovationwork #renovationprogress #renovationprojects #renovationproject #victorianhome #victorianhouses #myrenovation #myrenovationproject #myhomevibe #myhome #juneroses #houseandgardenuk #myhomestyle #buildingproject #shropshire #englishgardenstyle #englishcountrygarden #lovemygarden

Seems that the new-look flooring is a hit with the whole family! Perfect for cartwheels and dominoes (as well as play doh apparently 🙄😬🙄). It’s lovely to see everyone enjoying the room. And yes those really are the state of my daughter’s socks. I can’t blame school, she just refuses to wear shoes both inside and outdoors... #childhoodgames #childhoodgamesarethebest #houseandgarden #lovemyhouse #myhome #myhomevibe #myvintagehome #childhoodmemories #dominoes #funbeforebedtime #bareboards #oldfloorboards #periodhouserenovation #periodhouse

The Wrekin and a very flooded Severn seen through the balusters of Cressage’s concrete bridge. Look at that moody sky! So much for Flaming June, eh? #shropshire #shropshirelife #thewrekin #severn #riversevern #flooding #burstbanks #countrywalks #shropshirehills #shropshirehillsaonb #shropshirecountryside #views #summerfloods #flamingjune

As if I couldn’t love this house any more, just look at this now the carpet is gone. 😍 I haven’t posted many interiors recently, mainly because I’ve been adoring the garden so much, but the rain has beaten me back inside! There was a distinctly unpleasant smell in one corner of this room that I tracked down to a riffy bit of carpet in the corner of the bay window that must have functioned as an indoor dog toilet at some point in the past. 😬🤢 That sealed the carpet’s fate, despite the nostalgia it inspired (we had something very similar at home in the early 80s) and I started pulling it up. The girls were enthusiastic cheerleaders for a bit and very excited at mummy’s super girl powers. Until the extra sharp little tacks started pinging out of the carpet and flying around the room so they got evacuated. Once it was all up, I had to yank up the nails sticking out of the boards then hoover and scrub over 40 years of accumulated dirt and dust away. Zoflora has never been so liberally used! Think it was worth it though? And I think I’ve inadvertently created a new little contemplation corner. It looks like a little Welsh chapel! #myhousethismonthjune #houseandgardenuk #lovemyhouse #myvintagehome #myhyggehome #interiorsblogger #bareboards #stainedglass #chapel #renovationprojectuk #renovationproject #zofloralove #zoflorahome #zofloralifesaver #zoflora #eveninglight

Morning walk and adventures with my biggest baby whilst the littlest keeps daddy company on the sofa. #ourfamily #wildfowers #foreststream #juneroses #mybiggirl #fieldsandstreams #englishcountryside #englishcountryliving #shropshire #shropshirelife

What an absolutely fab showing at the school’s produce show this morning! Everyone vying to win the jam jar of garden flowers and single specimen rose. As well as all the other entries like vegetable animal and novelty cress container. My roses won’t win sadly, the rain has done for all of them 🥀 #schoolproduceshow #juneroses #gardenflowers #englishcountrygarden #competitiveparents

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