Missing

The days seem to flip flop between blue skies with fluffy white clouds, and grey skies with bursts of rain. Neither of which bring very warm temperatures, but always ignite a comment or two ‘it’s a wet grey day today’, ‘ the suns shining!’ or ‘It’s a blustery one’.

Today we are a fluffy white cloud day and are back in l’atelier. We are cleaning some more of the stone wall and Brian is replacing some missing stones where there are holes. It’s a case of measuring the hole, then going into the garden to see if he can find a stone that’s a suitable size to fit. Some of them he needs to trim, by chipping them away with a mallet and chisel, until they fit just right.

The stones are washing down really well, and we can see the true colours coming through. What we will then need to do is grout between the stones with lime mortar, this will help reduce any drafts that may occur through the holes, but will also help secure any loose stonework. It will also look more attractive. I love the way the stone and lime mortar complement each other.

We have both found it a bit difficult to motivate ourselves this last week, I’m not sure if it’s been the weather, the coolness in the air, maybe the haphazard storage we are living with, or just maybe that we are missing people. All we know is it will change very soon, so we are focussed on bright, clear, cheerful days ahead.