ONE YEAR ON - Dec 2013

So - just before Christmas we celebrated having lived here for one year.

Although progress seems slow and at times we even appear to be heading in the wrong direction, photos of 'then and now' prove that in most cases that we are in fact moving forwards.


Last December, this was lurking on our kitchen wall . . . 

 I'm pleased to say it and its colleagues are now a well and truly a distant memory!



A mixture of builders, diggers and a very soggy 2012 had transformed the drive into a mud bath

It still needs a lot of work, but is no longer a soggy mess

This was the view from the front door . . .

At the time, I had difficulty envisaging where we are now . . .

Only one year ago, this was the kitchen. At this point we wondered just what we had taken on

Fortunately a roof, a floor and windows which open and close, make a lot of difference

The sun room was virtually non-existent

It has transformed to this . . .

This was the guest bedroom . . .

It was important that our guests had somewhere reasonable to sleep, so we decorated it as soon as we could

and this was the conservatory . . .

One year on . . . 

Where would we be without photographs? It's surprising how easily we forget how things were - maybe some things are best forgotten, but in our case, a reminder of where we were a year ago, gives us motivation to carry on.

 We look forward to the next 12 months.

Blwyddyn Newydd Dda (Happy New Year) to you all.

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