Surprise leak.
There has been a water pipe near a corner of the studio that I have been concerned about since the first time I saw it. The pipe is an iron […]
Fireplace of wind.
It is full on winter now with the other night reaching -7.3C. Being below -6C the water pipes froze and unfroze about 10:30am. Fortunately I had a supply of water […]
Knock, knock, knocking on Cliftoria’s Door
Recently I discovered the button for the doorbell lying on the mat as I left Cliftoria. Someone (or maybe the wind) had knocked it off its mount and broken the […]
Autumn at Cliftoria
This is a quick post to show some of the colours in the garden. I’ve been trying to kill this vine but it keeps coming back. It looks best at […]
Cliftoria in 1928
I have discovered a picture of Cliftoria in an early magazine. The magazine was called The Home and was published quarterly. This picture was in the edition of 01st May […]
See through a window, darkly.
The western front sash window has been very badly damaged. The top light has been badly broken with some of the frame and mullions and the bottom three panes of […]
Cliftoria as a Hospital
Original part of Goulburn Hospital “Erected A.D. 1887.” I have just discovered that the centenary of Cliftoria becoming a private hospital was only four years ago. Cliftoria was a hospital […]
Making the studio useable
The studio has been filled with many boxes and lots of stuff that was moved in those last frantic days of the big move here. Much of it was unloaded […]
More Roofing Adventures
As previously foreshadowed we had the roofing people back. This time we have had all the roof above the leak replaced. Several rubber seals on pipes that go through the […]
Autumn in the Cliftoria Garden
I took some pictures of the autumn colours during autumn and had expected to do a post then but I have obviously not got around to it. So here it […]
