Sunshine Cure

The weather forecast this morning showed the whole of France a beautiful and sunny except for a black triangle over where we live. So we were more than little put out, especially as we have had really grey weather for quite a few days. Yesterday we had mist all day it didn't clear at all and it felt cold.

It was misty again this morning and in view of what the weather forcast said we went shopping just for somewhere to go. This afternoon about 2.30pm the mist lifted and the sun shone. It was warm and beautiful. I walked down the garden the bees were buzzing, birds were singing, the little lizards were hopping from stone to stone trying to find the warmest place. There were wild flowers in the meadow, above on the hills I looked and saw all the different shades of green in the grass and the trees.

What a difference the sun makes!

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The oldest house

Submitted by TeeBug on Mon, 2007-05-07 00:29.

I ever owned, or lived in was one in Paddington (Brisbane). It was just over 100 years old, and I thought that was ancient, until I saw old houses in the UK and Italy.

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France is Lovely

Submitted by imaauthor on Mon, 2007-04-23 08:09.

I loved travelling through France. When we stayed near Orleans they were building some new houses which were being coonstructed out of cement blocks. That showed me they build to last. The houses here in the states are flimsily built of ply-wood which termites can get into to.

I like the idea that a home can last for hundreds of years.

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some houses here a hundreds of years old, some of the houses

Submitted by Hatsrus on Wed, 2007-04-25 14:38.

in some of the hill top villages around here date back to the 15th and 16th centuries.

In our own village there are some very old houses, one which is unoccupied has the original downstairs animal stalls and manger, the occupied ones have, of course, had the downstairs converted into living rooms. In the old days people kept their animals downstairs and lived upstairs, the animals were safe and provided a primitive central heating in the winter.

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In Australia

Submitted by Elly on Wed, 2007-04-25 14:54.

we have no houses more than 200 years old. I find it amazing when I visit homes that are hundreds of years old. It is a weird feeling for me - as we are not used to such old things.

Elly

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it must be very strange for you to visit a very old house Elly.

Submitted by Hatsrus on Sun, 2007-05-06 00:40.

It is quite amazing o see how people used to live. It makes me feel very humble, when you compare the easy way we live now to the hard life they had.

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When I was in Ireland

Submitted by Elly on Sun, 2007-05-06 19:25.

I found it quite overwhelming. Visiting some of the castles and learning the history and trying to picture that people had been living there hundreds of years ago, it is hard to explain the feeling. We just don't see that here.

Elly

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Some folks are happy for housing

Submitted by Jellen on Wed, 2007-04-25 08:14.

here in the states that just lasts for 30 plus years. Some of the trailers and manufactured homes are getting better, but shoddy materials have been used on the cheap in many of them. Without this avenue of housing, many folks could never have afforded home ownership.

My family back 4 generations owned an old stone house built in the turn of century. I loved visiting that house as a kid. It still stands grand today.