tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298010393460618333.post1391384170932218652..comments2023-06-21T16:47:50.998+02:00Comments on A year down the line (well 7 years now): Return visitRosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01944155516559194389noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298010393460618333.post-16233684008818959672012-06-05T22:02:53.541+02:002012-06-05T22:02:53.541+02:00They say you shouldn't go back to where you we...They say you shouldn't go back to where you were happy, Rosie and there's a lot in that, particularly if the garden was very special. Nothing suffers more quickly from a change of ownership and so often for the worse. But I see what you mean about the loo - you created something rather nice there.....Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298010393460618333.post-35570520176201287182012-06-05T20:26:43.449+02:002012-06-05T20:26:43.449+02:00I see you haven't lost your sharp eye...re the...I see you haven't lost your sharp eye...re the gardener ensuring continuing employment....!<br /><br />I've visited some of our old houses (ones we lived in and ones we had as holiday houses) but rarely with pleasure....<br /><br />The vulgarian who installed a downstairs loo complete with glass bricks in the marble tiled study...<br /><br />The only way is Essex who put up a block of brick garages in front of an eighteenth century stone house....<br /><br />The flat pack furniture magnate who tore out the sixteenth century stone flags to put in 'something more in keeping'....<br /><br />And as for the gardens...!the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298010393460618333.post-44392728206404743502012-06-05T09:49:20.301+02:002012-06-05T09:49:20.301+02:00Keep the faith :-)Keep the faith :-)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01944155516559194389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298010393460618333.post-59484427009616562892012-06-05T09:26:34.505+02:002012-06-05T09:26:34.505+02:00I hear you. We've just set up house in rental...I hear you. We've just set up house in rental accommodations near Bordeaux. Could't find a house to buy, a blessing really as our former house is still on the market. This house is smaller, has no storage space and is basically Not Mine. But I know that a few years from now you and I will both shake our heads and say, "oh so THAT'S why it happened that way!". Bon courage!Joanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09458408621855773976noreply@blogger.com