tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410035090306749692.post1597049065021603753..comments2024-03-18T10:48:14.525-07:00Comments on Balintore Castle Restoration Project: Courtyard Troughs IIDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04217306675998382738noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410035090306749692.post-78857603319963493012021-08-03T10:32:51.738-07:002021-08-03T10:32:51.738-07:00Your message really cheered me up - you are someon...Your message really cheered me up - you are someone who "gets" what the Balintore project is all about. :-) In fact I visited Denis Severs' house (I was working nearby) as I suspected he had been trying to do something similar while he was alive. <br /><br />Denis Severs' house is fantastic, though I was anticipating the trip for so many years, that I unrealistically expected something miraculous. Denis has made more of a "high art" almost psychological statement, whereas mine is more of a historically authentic restoration with concessions to modern living.<br /><br />However, in both cases there is an attempt to create an atmosphere of the past through smoke and mirrors. <br /><br />The delightful kilted man with the Pimms is my lovely friend Paul. :-)<br /><br />We can always use volunteers. We will be starting a mailing list for people who are interested in helping. If you want to tackle the garden at Balintore you are very welcome, we have made no inroads so far. :-)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04217306675998382738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410035090306749692.post-82203580924603540132021-08-03T06:24:15.346-07:002021-08-03T06:24:15.346-07:00Rather late in the day, just back from holiday. We...Rather late in the day, just back from holiday. We came on the open day and it was the best thing ever. The last 15 months of lockdown have been trying, when I look back on it and I guess I just got used to the ‘nothingness’ of it all. So, rather demob happy, we romped along, getting in a tangle with our numbers and making a total hash of the very well laid out marks on the floor. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7......13. Umm. The delightful kilted man who was toiling back and forth with his jug of Pimm’s (Pimms’s at 11 o’clock on a Saturday! Heaven.....) was so kind and helped us retrace our footsteps and de-muddle so we didn’t miss anything. My iPhone went click,click, click and all the rooms got ‘done’. Such colours and detail. It was like entering a 3-D picture book. Reminded me a bit of Denis Sever’s house in Spitalfields, but with way more light and as far as I could see, fewer phantoms. Thank you. I don’t suppose you need volunteers over the winter, do you? I usually pack up work at the end of November and am at a bit of a lewse end - like Paddington Bear - in January and February. Don’t mind what I do, my part-time day job is on a small estate in East Perthshire, growing tea in a walled garden, so I’m reasonably weather-hardy.Alison. Latterday landgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08857671601343274098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410035090306749692.post-80306873177052035452021-07-19T14:19:20.768-07:002021-07-19T14:19:20.768-07:00:-):-)Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04217306675998382738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410035090306749692.post-43569872622630167332021-07-19T13:53:45.241-07:002021-07-19T13:53:45.241-07:00I think the compost must have really helped. :-)I think the compost must have really helped. :-)Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04217306675998382738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410035090306749692.post-20923249206333925902021-07-19T13:40:01.602-07:002021-07-19T13:40:01.602-07:00Apart from that: they’ve come on really well and a...Apart from that: they’ve come on really well and are looking very healthy!Karelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02627298251825584527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410035090306749692.post-92154147849683152302021-07-19T13:38:29.979-07:002021-07-19T13:38:29.979-07:00I don’t know why you keep calling it ”the cool col...I don’t know why you keep calling it ”the cool colour trough”, especially because I made an extra effort to use only the colors of the Scottish flag in it! It should be called ”the Scottish trough” 😆Karelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02627298251825584527noreply@blogger.com