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16.08.07
Our stairs, 5 minutes ago!
16.08.07
Our stairs, 5 minutes ago!
The house of every man is to him his Castle and Fortresse,
as well for his defence against injury and violence, as for his repose.
~Sir Edward Coke, Semayne's Case (1605)
I am still working away on the hall stairs and landing!
Yet as I strip back the layers of old paint,
I am really enjoying seeing the character of our house begin to emerge.
My home is very much my fortress today.
I feel as though I want to stay inside and care for my home.
Does that sound strange?
I WANT to tidy each room, slowly and carefully,
cleaning and dusting to show my home it is cared for.
I think this goes back to the feeling I had when I was working full time.
When the school holidays came round I felt I had my "house back!"
I would enjoy catching up with the chores.
I would go through a process of picking up the housework gauntlet and as I worked my way through the house I found the cares and stresses of teaching would ebb away as I channelled my energy into the cleaning.
I want to feel safe today, inside our home.
It has been quite a strange week with this that and the other.
I was thinking of my favourite Aesop's fable yesterday.
Socrates, the great man of the village was having a house built.
A passer-by commented,
"Why is such a great, powerful man like yourself having such a small house built?"
Socrates replied,
"I only hope I can find enough true friends to fill it!"
How so very true.
I love poetry as you know, the last two verses of this famous poem seemed so appropriate.
Home Sweet Home
as well for his defence against injury and violence, as for his repose.
~Sir Edward Coke, Semayne's Case (1605)
I am still working away on the hall stairs and landing!
Yet as I strip back the layers of old paint,
I am really enjoying seeing the character of our house begin to emerge.
My home is very much my fortress today.
I feel as though I want to stay inside and care for my home.
Does that sound strange?
I WANT to tidy each room, slowly and carefully,
cleaning and dusting to show my home it is cared for.
I think this goes back to the feeling I had when I was working full time.
When the school holidays came round I felt I had my "house back!"
I would enjoy catching up with the chores.
I would go through a process of picking up the housework gauntlet and as I worked my way through the house I found the cares and stresses of teaching would ebb away as I channelled my energy into the cleaning.
I want to feel safe today, inside our home.
It has been quite a strange week with this that and the other.
I was thinking of my favourite Aesop's fable yesterday.
Socrates, the great man of the village was having a house built.
A passer-by commented,
"Why is such a great, powerful man like yourself having such a small house built?"
Socrates replied,
"I only hope I can find enough true friends to fill it!"
How so very true.
I love poetry as you know, the last two verses of this famous poem seemed so appropriate.
Home Sweet Home
How sweet 'tis to sit 'neath a fond father's smile,
And the caress of a mother to soothe and beguile!
Let others delight mid new pleasures to roam,
But give me, oh, give me, the pleasures of home.
To thee I'll return, overburdened with care;
The heart's dearest solace will smile on me there;
No more from that cottage again will I roam;
Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.
Home, home, sweet, sweet, home!
There's no place like home, oh, there's no place like home!
John Howard Payne
And the caress of a mother to soothe and beguile!
Let others delight mid new pleasures to roam,
But give me, oh, give me, the pleasures of home.
To thee I'll return, overburdened with care;
The heart's dearest solace will smile on me there;
No more from that cottage again will I roam;
Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.
Home, home, sweet, sweet, home!
There's no place like home, oh, there's no place like home!
John Howard Payne
13 comments:
Thanks for lowering your drawbridge and letting us in for a peek...LOL I love those Socrates words :o) Enjoy your decorating and cleaning...if you run out of stuff to clean there's plenty over at my place
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I know what you mean about catching up during school holidays. I used to do all my spring cleaning then, even in the winter I called it spring cleaning.
Glad you are enjoying the revelations of character in your home.
Your welcome at my house to do my cleaning!!!!! Anytime you fancy!!! lol
That's what I really need ... a block of time where I can love my cottage back into some sense of order! Looking forward to seeing your stairs when they are finished.
Sorry we didn't get a change to meet up in Carlisle when I was there. Your schedule changed when I was in town, and the rest of my time there just flew by! Maybe next time I'm home.
;o] very good
Not strange at all - I Know that feeling, D.
After the frenzy of harvest when the dust settles and we get back to normal farming life, I find much pleasure to be had when the home gets a jolly good fettling as the start of the next season of our farming year begins.
oooooooooo - my mom is currently redoing most of the downstairs at once shes crazy and I got paint on one of my tops grrrr lol.
New cute animals post btw:)
http://www.rosshetherington.com/?p=147
There is, absolutely, no place like home:) I've always enjoyed caring for my home and, against the modern trend, have been 'just a housewife' all my married life - and never regretted it. I admire you for doing your own decorating though - I've never progressed beyond a bit of painting.
Ohhh..this is a fun project to watch you do, it must be very satisfing..
I cant wait o see it all after it's been Nesbittized!!! lol..
Peace, Kai xxxx
My mother instilled in me a love of poetry - thank goodness.
Love the Socrates story ....
Our homes are our sanctuaries and sometimes we have no need to be elsewhere *!* Loved the Aesop's fable and the image of Whitby bay through the window in your earlier post Smiles *!*
I love my new home too and feel like it is a safe harbor for the rest of my days.
Thank you for sharing your life with us.
Oh mrsnesbitt I just had to come tell you that I lost two of my favorite geese this week. They were mated and the male got killed trying to protect her. They took her off...I suppose it was a bobcat. Now I only have two left and I also lost a duck this week. My heart is broken...she was a lovely African and she had been sitting....so no babies for me this year. Also I love your D for Dracula....Blessings~jackie
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