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I want to get things up to date – we’ve just celebrated the summer solstice for goodness sake, and this post has been waiting a few months to be uploaded !! So here’s a quick whizz through the missing bits of house progress and family life !

The staircase

I know I’ve talked about the stunning staircase Joe built, but not yet shared any pictures of the finished project. Not only is it majestic and beautiful, it has made a huge difference to my knees. The old ‘off-the-shelf’ staircase we’d had in place for the last few years was steep and the treads were just a little too high for my arthritic knees – the difference of a few cms and a tread wide enough to step fully on to has been a total game-changer for me. I feel so blessed to have had the design so tailor-made for my comfort !

Christmas 2023

We had a pre-Christmas gathering of the entire family in mid December, with Beth coming for a week after her second triumphant Novella Film Festival (third well underway now, going from strength to strength !) and Harry arriving for the whole Christmas period – so there was an overlap of a few precious days to get everyone together around the table at the same time!!

Then we had a lovely simple Christmas Day itself with Harry and Arty and Joe and I, with a trip to Luke and family on Boxing Day. It was a super chilled and mellow Christmas and New Year.

Right – I’m going to post this – and follow swiftly with another – ha ha how often I end a blog this way !

Thank you for reading… and waiting !

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