A quiet kind of restoration
Field Note No. 5
Date: 7 June 2026
Status: Returning
Some improvements are impossible to measure.
Helen's Dad has quietly been restoring the old benches scattered throughout the grounds.
Each has been sanded, repaired where necessary and carefully oiled before returning outside.
They're not trying to look new.
They're simply ready for another generation.
A bench isn't really furniture.
It's permission to stop for a while.
