ooh, the breeze has just come through. Its cool, can you believe it? I have sweltered through this summer in my beautiful cardboard cottage where the heat just walks through walls like it owns the place, and now finally - a change in the weather. Im sure it will heat up again for a little while, but this is so lovely.I can begin to enjoy my home again, rather than trying to think up new ways to escape my house in the heat of the day. Ive been doing this for 10 years. Im kinda tired of it...! Its such a sweet little home, but this is a major compromise in living in a home in the middle of a bush block with tons of privacy. I want to leave, but I dont think I will find anywhere as sweet, with its wrap around verandah and jarrah (trust me its jarrah, Ive tried to put a nail in it and failed!) beams.
The peppy trees are starting to look like they did when we arrived here. A couple of years ago the landlord went a little crazy with a chainsaw and lopped the lot. Its curious behavior for someone who claims to be a tree lover. We've had stumps with sprouts for a while, but now they are getting long enough to lean over and look beautiful in the breeze again.
I didnt know what peppy trees were until I moved to the southwest. I thought they were willows, having grown up with one in my backyard in Victoria. (A mix of Jaccaranda and Red Gum).
The downside to these beautiful natives is they attract the mozzies. Especially when in blossom. So for these 10 years, as much as I love to, I havent spent much time hanging around the outside of my home, as beautiful as it is. Talking to my lovely neighbour over the fence comes with sacrifice of my precious blood to those little vampires.
So it has been a love/hate relationship with this home. I will be sad when its time to leave, I hope my next home is such a pleasure to live in...
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