We drove into Ipswich this morning to deliver and set up a very fine and confident North Country Grandfather clock (mid eighteenth century) I've been working on since just before Christmas (well, off and on). Once in situ we set it in beat, and it seemed happy. On the way home we made a detour to have a look at Sproughton Water Mill. It's been surrounded by scaffolding for some years now and becoming steadily more derelict. Recently a friend in the Spoughton area told us that work had finally been started on it, and so it has. It would have been a shame to see it collapse into its own mill stream, as seemed probable at one stage.
Took below photo of one of the hellebore plants this afternoon. The other one is a dusky red. The old name for them is Christmas Roses, although it's fairly unusual to see it in flower at Christmas. They're making a nice show at present, together with various other plants that are just beginning to flower.
Got a thirty-hour Norfolk longcase (by Samuel Buxton of Diss) waiting to be reroped, so, if you'll excuse me, I must go and get on.
2 comments:
You must have a very short winter! Such a beautiful blossom.
Our winters vary, Lori. As does our weather- it's totally unreliable and unpredictable. Been fairly mild of late though.
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