Such a lovely read, Sabrina! We used to visit this museum a lot when I was a child, and I think I last went about four or five years ago. It's a beautiful site - we used to go whenever we had family or friends staying with us, and the younger generation in the group would leave 'our' adults far behind as we'd explore for hours and hours. Absolutely wonderful!
I love how you've woven the museum visit into a post all about the different - and differently-aged - places that you've called home over the years. A beautiful post - thank you so much. 😊
Thank you so much for the kind words. I thought there was the off-chance I might see you there! The friend who took us grew up going there many times over the years and he loves it too. So much to explore, as yo say, and with new buildings getting added, as well as newly acquired 'old' buildings, it is an evolving landscape. We look forward to going back again on a warmer day too!
Ha, I laughed when I read this! I gasp sometimes when I go into our loo and the seat is a bit chilly. So, yes, I think I am a bit soft. And absolutely grateful for the privilege of my softness too. You speak my language of soft throws, chocolate and bubble baths! Can't live without any of those. But I also love a good workout in a weights class, spending the day hacking back branches in the garden, peddling on my bicycle, or going for a long walk, so I hope I'm not a complete sloth. 😉
Brrrrr, just thinking about tramping around those old places chills me. I appreciate your point about just going to the closet to get something warmer, drier, cleaner, prettier, bigger, or smaller, or more comfortable, interesting, fashionable or color-coded to put on. If we need to go to the toilet, we know exactly what to do and it's probably warm in there. So much to be grateful for, including that I don't and have never lived in a place subject to floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, or forest fires. With all these extreme weather changes, I hope the solid six-story concrete building we're in now will hold up.
I'm delighted to have been housed by your two Plymouth homes and soon on the isle. I get to live them for real!
Thanks Andrea! I'm looking forward to your visit too! But not right now-way too much rain and wind. We've had plenty of that in Devon! And yes, it was a useful reminder to me to be ever-so-grateful for the mod cons we take so easily for granted. And here's to solid construction, wherever one lives!
Such a lovely read, Sabrina! We used to visit this museum a lot when I was a child, and I think I last went about four or five years ago. It's a beautiful site - we used to go whenever we had family or friends staying with us, and the younger generation in the group would leave 'our' adults far behind as we'd explore for hours and hours. Absolutely wonderful!
I love how you've woven the museum visit into a post all about the different - and differently-aged - places that you've called home over the years. A beautiful post - thank you so much. 😊
Thank you so much for the kind words. I thought there was the off-chance I might see you there! The friend who took us grew up going there many times over the years and he loves it too. So much to explore, as yo say, and with new buildings getting added, as well as newly acquired 'old' buildings, it is an evolving landscape. We look forward to going back again on a warmer day too!
Teeth chattering indeed.
Do you think we are all too soft? That we've given up hard manual labour in favour of sitting in comfy chairs with the central heating on?
I say that reclining on a comfortable, textured couch, my feet under a throw as I watch Escape to the Country whilst eating chocolate!
As for the loo? Ye Gods! No warm 'little room', no thick ply loo paper? No flush?
Yes, I am soft, it's true.
Sabrina, thank you for the kind of post that makes me realise my good fortune!
Off to have a bubble bath...
Ha, I laughed when I read this! I gasp sometimes when I go into our loo and the seat is a bit chilly. So, yes, I think I am a bit soft. And absolutely grateful for the privilege of my softness too. You speak my language of soft throws, chocolate and bubble baths! Can't live without any of those. But I also love a good workout in a weights class, spending the day hacking back branches in the garden, peddling on my bicycle, or going for a long walk, so I hope I'm not a complete sloth. 😉
Definitely NOT sloth-like!
Brrrrr, just thinking about tramping around those old places chills me. I appreciate your point about just going to the closet to get something warmer, drier, cleaner, prettier, bigger, or smaller, or more comfortable, interesting, fashionable or color-coded to put on. If we need to go to the toilet, we know exactly what to do and it's probably warm in there. So much to be grateful for, including that I don't and have never lived in a place subject to floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, or forest fires. With all these extreme weather changes, I hope the solid six-story concrete building we're in now will hold up.
I'm delighted to have been housed by your two Plymouth homes and soon on the isle. I get to live them for real!
Thanks Andrea! I'm looking forward to your visit too! But not right now-way too much rain and wind. We've had plenty of that in Devon! And yes, it was a useful reminder to me to be ever-so-grateful for the mod cons we take so easily for granted. And here's to solid construction, wherever one lives!