anniversaries of the heart

I am back - Superstar Tea Cosy had her time in the spotlight and it is time for her to start behaving whilst I regain control of my blog!

 

In a way, her help was appreciated, as this last week was the 6 month anniversary of the arson attack which forever changed the course of Hanworth House

 

 

So I thought maybe it was a good time to have a look back at the last  6 months (with 10 months to go until HH's 150th birthday)

 

 

Remember the house had been in renovation for about 4 months - many rooms were all but finished

 

 

some bedrooms were complete with linen

 

 

This was the view of the dining room at 6pm when I locked up the house 

 

 

This was that fateful night just after midnight 19 March

 

 

and when the firemen left, this is what remained

But over the last months, progress has been slow as insurers argued, bureaucracy took over and we did what we could to save the grand lady from the passage of time and decay

 

I miss my lecturn

 

 

 

But lots of things helped as the passage of time seemed to pass so slowly

 

Lots of frogs

 

Words of inspiration

 

 

 

Champagne and (I hate to admit it) the presence of STC (Superstar Tea Cosy)

 

 

Fridays at Four

 

Local media

 

Friends

 

 

 

The greatest of teams

 

 

 and pink hard hats

 

 

This image still stands as the most poignant - the roses given to me by Mr HH a few hours before surviving as a graphic reminder of the resilience I grew to need more and more as the battle was waged.

 

But waged it was. Just look at the action over the last few days

 

 

 

The new roof is taking shape

 

 

Hello beautiful new exhausts (glamour plus!)

 

 

A landscaping team has been appointed (just loving the new fence which went up the last few weeks in the background)

 

 

Wood for new back stairs was hoisted in

 

 

Rafters are now well and truly in place and roof ready

 

 

VJs have been exposed and hidden doorways unhidden

 

External painting is in full swing

 



 

The chimneys are resplendent

 

And guess who came back this week?

The HH film crew (can you believe STC shamelessly talked her way into this shot!) 

 It was good to see them 

 and it feels like HH is back on course again 

Thanks to you all who have rallied around when I needed you most

 

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x HH