That Sink Hole Feeling

Almost all of the project ideas we have had over the past 20 or so years, are written out long hand on large sheets of paper before we narrow down the focus and apply for funding or put forward a proposal. Some of the ideas never got off the ground, some did. Some we will recycle and use in future work. We can digitise all of the project ideas and recycle the rolls of paper.  Yesterday we recycled old boots, soft plastics and batteries. This is the way forward to recycle more every day. We tend to keep vegetable skins, egg shells and other food suitable for our compost bin on the Allotment.  How this statue saved our lives We were designing  a public art installation in 2014 title: Opera for Chinatown and we were walking through Chinatown down through Nelson Street turned right on to Upper Pitt Street to walk in to town. We heard a scrambler bike coming towards us, far too close for comfort. We turned around and saw a young man who had lost control coming towards us. We had nowhere to

 Looking through the deeds of the house the first thing that jumps out is the lost art of handwriting. They are beautiful objects opening a window to the stories behind the bricks and mortar. Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury Served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 3 times for a total of thirteen years Our house was built in the 1890's. The counterpart lease documents signed on 1. 5. 1901 by The Marquess of Salisbury K. G. to Mrs Emily M. Williams. The wife of The Reverend Hugh George Williams of the Rectory Llanengan Pwllheli in the County of Carnarvon Lord Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 3 times for a total of thirteen years Lord Robert Cecil was born at Hatfield House, the third son of the 2nd Marquess of Salisbury and Frances Mary, nee Gascoyne. He was a patrilineal descendant of Lord Burghley and the 1st Earl of Salisbury, chief ministers of Elizabeth 1. The family owned vast rural estates in

Sink Hole Scar The blue spots indicate the position of the sewer It has been over 7 years since we first made a claim for subsidence as the house began to move after a 4 meter deep sink hole appeared at the side of our house near the living room. To date the house has moved 9 cm out of plumb. We have been prepared to move out while the work takes place for at least 3 years. Every Spring, every Christmas we have been disappointed that the insurance company have not given the go ahead. We are now in the position that the house needs to be demolished and rebuilt.  The insurance are looking at different solutions, cheaper solutions. In the meantime we are living with cracks and movement. We cannot decorate or buy new furniture, we are in limbo.  A couple of months ago, we were told they were going to dig up our dining room. Nobody turned up. We moved furniture and dreaded the mess. We put the furniture back. They are not coming until after the New Year and they will dig outside. Perhaps th