Both my granddad and dad made weather vanes and Chris has decided to keep up the tradition. His first one is entitled Calvary. It’s made from stainless steel and is just about finished apart from the final polish. I’m told the secret is in the ‘ball bearing and some grease’ – this is what keeps…
I mentioned the Good Life on the last blog post. Well we were given an old rotavator a while ago which hadn’t worked for a long time. Chris took it apart, cleaned the fuel system and made a lovely new fuel tap from some old brass fittings. Hey presto, with the help of some clean…
One of the things we were keen on doing once we moved was growing some veg and keeping chickens. The rest of the family are now calling us Tom and Barbara (the Good Life for those too young to get that straight away! Well we had some success with the veg this year but…
We couldn’t have moved without the van bought cheaply for that purpose. We’re also on very good terms with the staff at Longue Hougue recycling – what a great place it is! Talking of vans brings us to an old Luton van bought a few years ago to move one of our boys back to…
Moving, especially in the summer, is not something to be recommended! After 27 years in one place it is truly amazing how much stuff (ours and everyone else’s it seems) accumulates. We got into a routine – Rose packing, Chris moving. Our main problem now is fitting the contents of a 3 bedroom house, with…
So Fried Snowball? What’s in a name and what’s that all about? More on the name later but firstly Fried Snowball. It’s a dream and a journey we’d like to share with you and invite you to join us in. We (Chris and Rose) love to make things and especially to fix and repair things…