My dream home is where I live now. It’s been our home since 1976 and my children have grown up here.
It wasn’t in great condition when we bought it but over the years we’ve put our own stamp on it and added extra rooms. It took a lot of blood sweat and tears but mostly hard earned cash to get it the way we wanted it.
It is in a suburban area so it doesn’t have great views but it has large gardens front and back and when the weathers good we can sit out on the patio and watch the many birds that visit and sit in our apple trees.
We have plenty of room to have our own space when needed. It’s cosy and warm and doesn’t have masses of large hard to clean windows or sterile tiled floors ( like many modern houses) but has warm carpets and some wooden floors. It’s a typical Edwardian house and has many of the original features.
It may not be everyone’s idea of a dream house but it’s mine and I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else.
Yes I certainly do. I need a break from the awful weather we are experiencing here in Ireland at the moment. It has rained every day for at least the last three weeks.
May think of building an ark soon.
The sun has disappeared under thick cloud and as a result we have to keep the lights on all day.
Our garden is now muddy and flooded and a small stream is now running down the path to the drain.
Our two doves are sitting on leafless trees with no shelter from the rain and wind.
The golf club is closed so the hubby can’t get out. He plays 4 or 5 holes every afternoon normally. So not a happy bunny.
Walking is unpleasant as the rain is clinging and so the beach is out of the question. Did try but dark clouds descended and the spray came over the sea wall.
The forecast is not optimistic.
So I certainly need a break from the weather. It’s no longer a myth that it rains here all the time. Roll on Spring and the return of the sun.🌞
How do significant life events or the passage of time influence your perspective on life?
It would be hard not to be influenced by significant events in one’s life and for those events not to influence one’s perspective on life.
When I see the wars in both Gaza and Ukraine and the cruelty inflicted on the populations there, especially on the children, I would have to question if there is a God.
A God who would allow these atrocities cannot be an all loving God as Christianity and those who believe in a God claim.
I see young people die of cancer and other diseases and yet cruel old men, many of whom are pedophiles, manage to escape punishment and live long lives. Where is the justice in that?
Why do some have to suffer and others get off scot free?
I used to think that good would outweigh evil but the more I see of the world and the cruelty of one human to another my perspective has changed and I’m afraid that it is corrupt and evil men that are running the world.
America is becoming a dictatorship and the dictator is only friends with other dictators, not following any moral codes but using corruption to benefit themselves and their friends.
I hope people wake up soon and do something to right the wrongs but I doubt it, money is their God and they will fight to hold on to the power that enables them to hold on to it.
I’m 76 ( almost 77 ) and the passage of time has shown me that society is going backwards and we are heading into dystopian times.
I hope for my children and grandchildren I am wrong but major events tell me otherwise.
CHATTER 