Well, yesterday we went to visit the house that we are buying, with the agent. We didn't get in to measure up because the key wouldn't work - whether the lock was broken or she had the wrong key, I just don't know, we try again tomorrow!
Anyway, it was a bonus, because we explored the garden more thoroughly, while she was phoning around, the office and owner...
Well, the garden has definitely grown since the first time I viewed, I'm sure that it wasn't as big as it looked yesterday. I know that we've been given an extra strip of land (500m2) to us (at no extra cost!) because they are remarking the boundary, but the rest of the garden has grown as well! In total it is 3800m2, there are cherry trees, chestnut, kaki (persimmon), pomegranate, apples, possibly pear, quince and fig. There are also oak trees and fir trees, a pond with lily pads - which does however, mean very noisy frogs!!!! No wonder they eat them :P) I hasten to add that I've never tried and I'm not planning to!
The potager/veg garden now looks huge! Plenty of work to do on the outside! As for inside, I wonder if that will be bigger or smaller than I remember? It is strange how our memories work, I couldn't believe yesterday how big the garden looked, I remember it being smaller and closer to the neighbours. It is basically a house in the middle of a field, which was the dream, but with neighbours close by, not necessarily a bad thing and only 20 mins walk from town, so I don't have to drive in and I could cycle. I am so blown away by yesterday and what we are buying, I find it very difficult to believe that it will happen and I think that it will be a long time before it feels real.
For us the dream has been self-sufficiency, a detached house, close to amenities, in a French cottage! I am so grateful for this hand that we've been dealt at the moment. Boy, does it make me nervous. Our lives here are poles apart from the life we had in the UK. It is like waking up in someone else's life and the life that we had, now seems so far away from who we are. Does that make sense?
I'm now waffling and avoiding sorting out papers that need shredding/filing. I may even do some quilting later, but won't hold my breath!
Happy quilting everyone,
Janner France