Tag: Kentwell
Those layers of clothing from 1556.
Back at home from our Tudor sojourn at Kentwell Hall, and I’m picking through the costume bags, sighing at how badly the linen has frayed in the shifts I made, and looking at all the repairs I have to do. I think it might actually work better to take the shifts apart and re sew…
Just playing?
The other day as I picked my way carefully through the mud at Kentwell Hall, I overheard some visitors talking about the recreation they were visiting. “of course, they’re just playing at it” one of them said, utterly oblivious to my presence. Hm. I think maybe he didn’t quite understand the time, effort and money…
Just a basket.
Monday last week was a tough day, our second full day at Kentwell Hall. I got up in the morning when tigerboy woke me around six I think, and had pottered about getting organised. (I say pottered. It’s more of a routemarch to the toilet than a potter, given it’s a good two minutes walk…
history in pictures – with added words
This is going to be a linen shift for Tigerboy for when we do the Grand Annual reenactment of Tudor life at Kentwell Hall this summer. I’ll write more about that shortly, but if you are within 50 miles or so of the place (or even a little further) I’d really really advise trying to…
More of a slump than a bloom.
I’ve been in a slump this week. Various odd things have conspired against me such as the somewhat disastrous outing to Big’s second tenoroon lesson. Except it turned out not to be a tenoroon lesson, the teacher had found a short reach bassoon instead and decided that would be much better. And that was good,…
Friday fun
Lunch and chat and felting with Kentwell friend Frances of the hats. First time I’ve enjoyed food in several weeks. Home made soup and dough balls stuffed with goats cheese and redcurrant jelly. Oh, and home made ginger biscuits too. And we got to sit and chat while the children played or watched Ice Age…
What a week.
Started with the social media frenzy that was the Three competition (still reeling from winning that. Continued through the fairly standard week of swimming and so on. Then on Friday, had an afternoon nap and woke up to find twitter abuzz with news of our Butlins Ambassador status! That’s a bit good that is 🙂…
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen.
I was very grateful to be included in the first Love a Book bookgroup reading, Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. The book arrived some weeks ago, and I started reading it almost straight away. Then there was Cybermummy, then there was Kentwell. And I forgot to take it with me camping, not that I…