Lovely article. My respect for JM’s skill grows even higher with this very serious large scale building project, stones no less. I am in awe of his abilities.
Cheers From Redfern.
Rosemary Kneipp
April 18th, 2015 at 9:46 pm
Hi Jeff, I passed on your comments! Jean Michel says “merci”.
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Lovely article. My respect for JM’s skill grows even higher with this very serious large scale building project, stones no less. I am in awe of his abilities.
Cheers From Redfern.
Hi Jeff, I passed on your comments! Jean Michel says “merci”.
What a wonderful post to read, starting with the wisteria and ending with such a tranquil sunset. So much accomplished.
And we really enjoyed it despite the total of 6 hours driving!
What a lovely story. Hooray for farmer dad and his tractor!
Epine goes well with melon I seem to remember. Lots of people around here make it.
Now you’ve added ‘freestone’ to your vocab you will need ‘ashlar’ or ‘ashlar cut’ too 🙂
Yes, that tractor was really welcome and the family were so nice.
Now I’ll have to learn what ashlar means.
That is a whole lot of work. The look of the wisteria certainly is pleasing!
We love that wisteria and can’t thank the previous owners enough for having the foresight to plant it 23 years ago!
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