“When Parish looked at Niggle’s garden (which was often) he saw mostly weeds; and when he looked at Niggle’s pictures (which was seldom) he saw only green and grey patches and black lines, which seemed to him nonsensical. He did not mind mentioning the weeds (a neighbourly duty), but he refrained from giving any opinion of the pictures. He thought this was very kind, and he did not realise that, even if it was kind, it was not kind enough. Help with the weeds (and perhaps praise for the pictures) would have been better.”
Leaf by Niggle by
This house purchase has been a 3.5 year process.
When you’re house hunting, there’s a lot of talk about ‘potential. We learnt early on that ‘potential’ often means a property is a bit tired, scuffed, possibly ‘previously loved, ‘ and definitely in need of work. Nevertheless, to find these properties with ‘potential’ – mixing my metaphors – we had to ‘kiss many frogs’.
But we could always see the ‘potential’!
On Monday, 31st March, we finally completed the purchase of our house and received the keys. Now begins the exciting and creative process of making it livable without a major overhaul – that will come in a couple of years, money and plans permitting.
So without further ramble, I introduce you to No. 35 in ‘before’ photographs.
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Nyamazela 
Wow, it looks lovely, I am glad your patience has been rewarded. And now to start the process of making it yours! I do like the kitchen, it looks very cosy and homely… And I can see your good man getting stuck into the garden too!
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