tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2060216394637237928.post7070461667151206684..comments2024-02-05T01:17:20.587-08:00Comments on Angel wings and Herb tea: Homehenriettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074892292635873711noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2060216394637237928.post-16876742155299150372012-01-21T13:10:33.084-08:002012-01-21T13:10:33.084-08:00Thanks Josie, hope your new place is working ot fo...Thanks Josie, hope your new place is working ot for you love H xhenriettahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09074892292635873711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2060216394637237928.post-30111394682038513312012-01-21T13:05:32.335-08:002012-01-21T13:05:32.335-08:00Lovely to hear about your Granny Val, I did actual...Lovely to hear about your Granny Val, I did actually used to have a mangle, which belonged to a very old man who occupied the house before us for 50 years. He had a hand pump for water...100 pumps to flush a toilet just to give you an idea of the work to do a hand wash and dry! 50 years eh, he really felt at home!henriettahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09074892292635873711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2060216394637237928.post-82734558159056234362012-01-21T12:57:02.973-08:002012-01-21T12:57:02.973-08:00Thankyou San, yes, I'm really looking forward ...Thankyou San, yes, I'm really looking forward to getting a bit creative, all the carpentry has left me as a lowly assistant, passing tools and minor drilling....henriettahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09074892292635873711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2060216394637237928.post-58036567701445296622012-01-21T12:54:44.377-08:002012-01-21T12:54:44.377-08:00Thanks Alice, I think your home seems pretty wonde...Thanks Alice, I think your home seems pretty wonderful too, I used to fantasise about living on a boat...Think should be easier to email me now, but will contact you anyway..H xhenriettahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09074892292635873711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2060216394637237928.post-5389801350635866352012-01-21T12:46:24.074-08:002012-01-21T12:46:24.074-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.henriettahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09074892292635873711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2060216394637237928.post-13468215996541906562012-01-21T12:43:19.506-08:002012-01-21T12:43:19.506-08:00Ooh I hope you finally get to build your cabin!I m...Ooh I hope you finally get to build your cabin!I must admit there is something about living with no, or minimal electricity that I find really appealing (unfortunately two members of my household are not in total agreement over this) When had our electricity free week last year the transformation of our family life was huge.henriettahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09074892292635873711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2060216394637237928.post-62166686101730895752012-01-20T13:20:59.475-08:002012-01-20T13:20:59.475-08:00In admiration of what you are doing and it has bee...In admiration of what you are doing and it has been interesting reading your journey this far. Hope all goes well with the final fixings and that, you get to put your creative stamp on your new home quite soon.<br /><br />SanSandra Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16260644073051470011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2060216394637237928.post-48126944583308747902012-01-20T02:38:31.330-08:002012-01-20T02:38:31.330-08:00I can empathise entirely with the feeling of havin...I can empathise entirely with the feeling of having moved about far too much! I can't wait to see what it looks like with your curtains and rugs in place. much love xxJosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226152387719098850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2060216394637237928.post-4421336784068084612012-01-19T23:56:29.130-08:002012-01-19T23:56:29.130-08:00A beautiful post :-) I struggle with the thought o...A beautiful post :-) I struggle with the thought of 'home' so much. I dream of a home on our own land, just as you are creating, but I am unsure how to achieve it. For now my moveable home is my sanctuary, surrounded by nature... it is the best we have been able to achieve so far. I can't wait to watch your story unfold and would love for you to email me (can't find an email on here for you) as would love to find out more about what you are doing. What a wonderful life you are creating for you and your family xAlicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14617109153936000235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2060216394637237928.post-78709118656146669492012-01-19T23:34:08.492-08:002012-01-19T23:34:08.492-08:00We have moved house twice in the last 7 months and...We have moved house twice in the last 7 months and I still dont feel settled really. We have just bought paint for the living room and I am hoping it will help make it feel like mine (ours). I am pining for the old house(s) which I desperately wanted to move from, its a strange thing. We lived in a gorgeous victorian flat for 12 years and I desperately wanted a garden so we moved, but I miss the flat so much. My 2 older children (aged 22 and 20 now) grew up there (we moved in when they were 8 and 6 and moved out when they were 20 and 18), and my little son was born there and we moved when he was only 4 months. So I guess its the family at that stage I miss not the actual bricks and mortar. <br />Your new home looks amazing. I am looking forward to following its growth. Oh yes and I wanted to say, my Granny used a washboard and mangle in the 1970's. She passed away very young when I was only 7 years old, so my memories are vague, but I do remember sitting under her kitchen table playing with her wooden clothes pegs in a basket while she washed her clothes. Aw your photo took me right back there.<br />Valerie<br />xxxVALhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992726476977703562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2060216394637237928.post-63329904568091774742012-01-19T15:42:47.237-08:002012-01-19T15:42:47.237-08:00It's good to see some more photos of how thing...It's good to see some more photos of how things are coming along. I envy not the Victorian washboard and mangle, but I love the idea of a home with very little electricity - it's the constant hum and drone of appliances and horrible LED lights that drives me crazy, this is why we have planned since moving here to build a little electricity-free guest cabin with little more than a bed and a writing desk to escape for peace from electric noise and light pollution. We will get to it eventually, a small building (too small for building regulations to make it impossible to build it) made with straw bales and stack walls and a "turf roof" planted with sedums, rhodiola and other tough plants that don't care about drying out in summer or freezing solid in winter.<br /><br />I'm like you, home is my favourite place to be - a sanctuary. I love being at home, staying home, coming home, and having one place of my own to observe and be part of the changing seasons year after year. I find it hard to feel "at home" anywhere but home.Laurelhttp://www.theforestgarden.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com