Aaron’s main task this morning was the freeing and repairing of a side gate. In order to set a new post in concrete, he needed a bag of postcrete, a quick-drying material produced for the purpose.
When Jackie and I went off to buy it, he directed us to a marvellous outlet, now Moles Country Stores, that he still knows as Scats. I have written before about how long it takes – sometimes several generations – to change long-established names in the popular mind.
Our gardening treasure also dug out a dead stump from the grass patch, filled in the hole, and reseeded the area.
Today’s garden view is looking from the corner of the Heligan Path towards the Fiveways chimney pot.
As I have managed to recover most of the iPhotos I lost last week, I was able to print, for Jackie to frame, a Poppy photo. We turned the image through 90%. Our granddaughter is not a vampire. Her fangs are reflections on the glass.
It has taken me several months to find the right kind of frame for ease of changing the content in order to display the Warwinter set of prints Becky gave me in April. Today I hung the first of the series. The idea is to replace each image with the next one. The corner magnets hold the acrylic cover in place over the picture, and can easily be removed for the replacement. This model is made by Adventa.
These works join others in the 
which is the downstairs loo, so named because all the pictures in it are prints, from the obvious photographic ones, to book illustrations. There is an original lino-cut, and a couple of favourite greetings cards.
A Spice of India Takeaway provided our evening meal. We shared poppadoms, paratha, and onion and mushroom bhajis. My choice of main course was lamb naga and special fried rice. Jackie drank Hoegaarden and I drank Cuvée St Jainé red table wine.
Lovely garden you have Derrick and your granddaughter looks so cute in pic… bless her…
Thank you, Chitra
In a former home of mine, we had a LAURELOO where we hung all the Academic degrees, diplomas and certificates of recognition on the walls. Your PRINT ROOM just reminded me of that. Glad to hear you’ve recovered most of the lost photos!
Was the room ‘the loo’ Cynthia? 🙂
Indeed it was, Pauline
Fabu-loo-us!
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Then – with all your qualifications – you’d never run out of paper.
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I’ll bet that made for extensive reading, Cynthia. Thanks.
Scats? There’s a name from my past. Near the Roman fort and water tower where I imagined one character in my book lived. How often did Mum drag us to Scats for a bag of peat or what have you?
Thanks, Geoff. It is great fun that you have such memories of where we live.
That frame is a great idea; I wonder if it was inspired by fridge magnets. My ‘print room’ is the fridge; no one would guess that there’s a fridge behind the ‘bulletin board’ if it isn’t in the kitchen 🙂
Good on you for getting your photos back!
Thank you, Mary
Garden still looking good Derrick! Nice pics! Glad you managed to save your photos too! 🙂
Thanks, Rob.
Great frames for both photos! And I love the wrought iron gate too.
Thank you, Pauline. The gate was covered in layers of trellis and held together with odd bits of timber
I like that wrought iron gate. I love trying to copy then so I might have to show you some I made. It’ll be a change from flowers et a;.
Thanks, John. I look forward to seeing them
Just posted bending stuff http://wp.me/p6GUru-2N
How nice to have such good assistance in the garden. Poppy is quite cute and no doubt much changed even from so recent a photo.
Thank you, Lisa. Aaron is a real find.
Your garden is looking beautiful Derrick, did you once say you will open it to the public? Sorry I haven’t said “Congratulations” on the birth of your granddaughter Poppy she is gorgeous
Many thanks June, for the reading, the congratulations, and the question. Yes, we aim to open next June, in aid of the Milton on Sea Community Centre
Lovely print and ingenious frame…wonder if I could get that online. Must check. Print Room? Ha, good one.
Thank you, Cynthia