The two of us at home pre fund-raiser kitchen walk for kindy
The two of us at home pre fund-raiser kitchen walk for kindy
Table in the making
Keith happy in his workshop
Two men, one project
Keith and neighbour Rob ponder first steps in new fence plan
Heading for Four Peaks
Yet another lovely day
Dramatic sky
More snow on the way
Sitting pretty on a sunny day
Slip sliding, but not away
8 months later
Sure feels like home to us
January evening
The cattle are lowing
It's tuck-in time at The Old Forgery: December 25, 2008
Christmas lunch gets underway
We won! Street cricket, xmas day
The nephews take over ... Al Pal, Tom, Davey and Hamish practise for the Black Caps
Binks and his kids
Fiona, Binks, Jamie, Jane, Kenneth
Patsy whips the cream into shape
Mum in our kitchen, xmas eve
Crikey, it is a big lawn!
Keith has a restful xmas eve
Christmas table, a corner thereof
Fi, AlPal, Belinda, Binks and Kenneth
Happy home, come in
Merry Christmas and welcome
The big tree
Doing well, Himalayan chestnut
Sheep and vegetables
First lettuces and tomatoes
Crabapples and a weeping pear
Getting the roadline sorted
Front of house growing well
Can't keep up with the mowing
Keith, garage and drive
Getting the side area sorted
Hedge under dining windows
Much more grass than evident here!
The lawn goes in
One man went to mow
Man on a hot tin roof
Keith shows his best side
Jane, Todd and Toddy Blackudder
Plumber Todd takes a break to help baby triplet lamb make it through the night
George, totally at home
Happy wherever he is
A dose of shingle
Beginning of the driveway
Danger - man at work
Keith takes a tiny break
And now ... a lawn
The green belt starts here
Another new day job
Builder's mate
Blossom checks progress
There are men in my garden ...
House looks on approvingly
Garden gets up close
Gavin starts work
Clearing and levelling begins
And the running of the deer
Bedroom view (believe me, there are lots of young deer roaring around this paddock)
Jane and Fi unpacking
Day one, unbelievable
First day, making space
We can live here
Office, up and running
Keith goes to work
Back view (note bicycle)
Keith muses on lawn mowing
Kitchen area
Time for coffee
Study, living, front door
Main living room
Upstairs, semi-sorted
New bedroom
Plenty of action
Men at work, wonderful
House and garage
The back of things, but pretty
Welcome to the garage
The worker, tired but happy
Upstairs cupboards
Great colour, all doors
And we have a shade tree ...
Himalayan chestnut moves from Beauly
Workshop, the business end
Friday, end of August
Jane and Wayne, August
A confab in the winter sun
Snowy 4 Peaks
Room at the top (and man reflected)
Taking the long view
Batten colour? Pick one
Smoko downstairs
The boys take a lunchbreak
Study of a study
Workplace, believe it or not
Men at work
Getting plastered
A wall of wardrobes
Main bedroom underway
stairway begins
turn right behind the fire
hearthside chat
stairs to the left
Heavenly feeling
Winter view to 4 Peaks
Sunlit and on the way
From the front 'garden'
Kitchen/dining end
Where all the summer parties will be (plus lots of room to the left).
fire, wood storage, mini hallway
Check the mid-winter sun strike
Here be TV, one day
Inside wall into study (check ceiling insulation)
Just the walls going up
May pic before June windows
Even wider
From somewhere deep inside
Detail, detail
Early morning sunshine walls
Again, from the living spaces
Propped and out there
Sunday May 11, the 'sun room'
Fiona, Patsy and Jane
The Monday planning meeting,
Desmond, Shane, Ken and Wayne
Shaping up nicely
The boys are hard at it
Autumn colours
Spare bedroom view
Outside looking in
Toby up a ladder
A pretty top view
Roadside welcome
Morning sun strikes home
From the nor'west corner
A bunch of live wires
Keith, Jamie and Desmond talk electrics
Kayo and Kenn
Call this a cherry tree?
Jane and Kayo
So where's Jack?
Or put another way ...
Room to move
Dormer one
Watch this space
The lonesome pine
Main bedroom view from dormer
The real deal
Street appeal
Gate, drive and welcome
April 12, and all's well
Ready for a fireside chat
Here be a hearth one day
West wing appeal
Main bedroom, other window
All shipshape
Very sculptural
Sisters have done it to themselves
Fi and Jane on solid ground
Well, look who it is
Hi, Steve, how's the view?
From the middle
A sunroom in progress
The Easter Sunday club
Friends and family gather in the living room
On top of the world
Ready for the dormers
Second floor, same as before
Late March, next storey begins
The through view
I can see for miles
Backs and fronts
Let's meet on the verandah
Easter rising
Welcome again, front door
Happiness is ... hugging your builders
Keith, Wayne, Jane and Toby get acquainted.
This is more like it
Toby whistles while he works
Up a ladder
Toby nails it
Where's my study?
Keith thinks it over
We have to do what?
Shane and Ken in charge
Jane and Ken
He tells me what's what
Rear window
Keith sees what's cooking
The A team
We puzzle it out together
Who's this?
Cathy at the gate
Frame 1
We have lift-off
Picture perfect
Jasper in dining room window
3pm and all's well
Another lovely Canterbury day
Jasper the happy lion #2
front door welcome
It's all in the framing
Front and centre
Saturday visitors, - Dad and Jack
Foundation city
the right stuff
Home, sweet home
The big pour
Six o'clock shadow ...
Mrs B (sorry, Mrs Nick) looms large
A loo with a view
A window seat, one day (whoops, pardy, it's the downstairs loo etc - the anonymous comment was right!)
Skate here
The big pour begins
welcome - front door
Keith and Jane with lucky horse shoe
The Old Forgery ... bottoms up
from garage to house to hills
Steve and Jasper
the boys come to supervise
first visitor
Jane and Jenny check it out
the master
Keith in charge - front door
the two of us
sisters are doing it for themselves
a good foundation
it's all laid out
Kenn's last stand
cherry-picking good
whew, a scorcher
sheep may safely graze, for now
our place, to the left
so much traffic in Woodbury
the long evening view
I can see for miles ...
the view
mid-summer, nor/west
You want this where?
Husband Keith , peg in hand
one hot Saturday on site
me and Desmond, our architect
enter here
lonely water tank
About Me
- Jane
- I live in Woodbury, a small but magic village near Geraldine in South Canterbury. After many years away (home and abroad), returning to Woodbury is coming home, in a way, as I was born and raised on a farm here. It's one of the world's enchanted places. I've travelled widely, am a total bookworm, also adore music, and, thanks to a husband who can really cook, enjoy food from around the world. Curries are his specialty. I can cook but prefer socialising and making sure the wine's chilled.
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