I don't really do this. But her beloved dog had died and I'd already done one for her other dog.
The dog was a rather pampered Pekinese - my lettering isn't brilliant but the owner didn't want something resembling a human headstone. She thought this reflected PoPPY's personality.
I am a hedgelayer, and drystone waller based in North Yorkshire. There are also numerous pictures of walls and hedges taken in the the British Isles and Europe.
Sunday, December 14, 2014
Friday, September 12, 2014
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Garden Furniture
A quick trip to get a decent slab of stone and some reclaimed limestone building stone. A couple of dry attempts to see how best to assemble the garden table and then assemble it using weak mortar. Quite nice for those summer days and evenings.
Saturday, June 21, 2014
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Fossil find
Rebuilding a wall close to home I discovered this fern or cycad. It has survived 80 million years in the stone, being quarried and a couple of hundred in the wall - and my dismantling.
Mike Windle of North Yorkshire Geology trust has examined it and told me it is one of the best he's seen.
Now its on display in my garden.
Mike Windle of North Yorkshire Geology trust has examined it and told me it is one of the best he's seen.
Now its on display in my garden.