Tree felling!

Hi Dawn!
Not quite a picture of the house but a picture of Anthony, our friend Phil and his son Josh felling one of the huge confers in the back garden. The tree was as tall as the house (three stories) and Phil climbed to the top and lopped off sections!!!

Anna

thank you Anna

Thank you for you advice today Anna, I really appreciate you being there... once again it made me realise how lucky we are to have each other. And whatever is thrown our way what Nan & Gramp have taught us is invaluable....

Nan's magic wisdom too make things better lives on in each of us and you were there with her genes to help me get through!


Thank you so much XXX

Love becca

New Home

Congratulations on your new home Anna & Anthony; may you have many years of lots of fun and happiness!

With all our love Becca & John

May Birthdays

Happy birthday Leon (18 years) Jesame (2 years) Paul, James, anyone else i forgot?
Amber xx

brown jug with hunting scene from 79

hi all
i always promised nan that i would try and find out a little bit about this jug. it bore the inscription w gessy, the bull inn, charing cross, launton. on friday penny and i went to launton near bicester and found the bull inn. a large thatched building.
i showed it to the landlord and he was very impressed and took numerous photos and then he showed me a list of landlords from when the inn first opened. low and behold the landlord from 1873 to 1879 was william gessy. the jug is dated 1875. cased closed. nan could never remember where it came from although it had been in her family for many years. secondly are there any twitchers in the family (birdwatchers) if so please visit www.eco-watch.com/livecams scroll down and click on blue tit cam.you will have to be quick because they are growing fast and will probably fledge within the next 8 to 10 days
merv.

We Have Lift-Off!

Hello Goblins!

Just to let you know that I have finally embarked on the great Ginger Beer quest and have started a plant! The fresh yeast was a bit weird, it came in a block like a bar of saop (like I remembered it) but the instructions said to stir till it became liquid. Well, after being a little sceptical and fighting the urge to call my mum (some things never change), suprise, surprise, it became liquid! I will be feeding it religiously for the next 10 days at which point I will be dividing my plant and will have a spare plant. If anyone wants to join the quest, let me know. I'll keep you posted and will let you know how things progress. First batch will be ready 3rd June, so perhaps I should find a way of dropping off a batch for the family picnic so that it can be sampled by a panel of experts?

Dawn

Mags...

Hi there,
If anyone is interested Custom Made has been featured in a couple of magazines this week. You can have a look on my other blog www.custommadeuk.blogspot.com

Anna

beccas memory garden

hi becs
would you like me to dig up some cowslip plants for the memory garden. you could keep them in a pot or plant them in a rough patch of ground until you are sure where
you want to put them . i am going down on sunday with your mum and could dig them up then . please let me or your mum know.
merv.