The
House and Neighbourhood The
House and Neighbourhood  |
The house we found is near the
city centre, on the Seminary hill. It was built a decade ago, on a cobbled, and so very quiet, street, and we have for neighbour the park of the Seminary, twelve acres teeming with various birds and wildlife.
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The back of the house, seen from the park of the Seminary.
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The park of the Seminary
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Since we moved in we have had from
time to time to enter in the neighbour's grounds to do a bit of
cleaning;
otherwise, any amount of weeds, insects and animals would come into our
garden.
As you can see, the local weeds are no joke. |
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We started with keeping the grass down; later we planted some trees, built a bench to enjoy the cool of the evening
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and it started being quite nice, and now the children and the dogs just love to come there and play.
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The dream would be to be able to buy the land we have cleared... |
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12/2004
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to rebuild, open a few doors and windows into the party wall, and generally put everything in a condition our forefathers would have approved of. |
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Here is a view of the works, mid March, seen from the park...
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and end of April, seen from the
garden. |
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An artist's impression of the future aspect of the party wall, which was completely blind until we started work.
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Finally, for those who enjoy zoology,
here is the picture of an earthworm that came to light while we were
digging for some foundations. Nice specimen, no ? |
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One year later (April 2006), both gardens are in communication, giving grandiose vistas...
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And after completely rebuilding the
original hovel next door, we are now in the middle of building a
Jesuitic ruin. |
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MAISONE 03/05/06
