tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post7000452834794812603..comments2024-03-29T03:41:36.243-07:00Comments on Codlinsandcream2: Hello disembodied voice!!Bovey Bellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-82323566228152684072021-02-28T14:57:15.738-08:002021-02-28T14:57:15.738-08:00You are so lucky to be surrounded by such beauty. ...You are so lucky to be surrounded by such beauty. I enjoy traveling the paths with you.<br /><br />God bless.Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16051183778965359500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-48905739168069981782021-02-26T11:26:25.342-08:002021-02-26T11:26:25.342-08:00So happy for you that you have settled in so well ...So happy for you that you have settled in so well and are enjoying your new home and surroundings so much. Lovely to start meeting neighbours even at a distance. Good news about frogs, newts and toads :) None are stirring in our pond yet.Ragged Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090463834740346114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-87908173540275970242021-02-26T07:33:29.120-08:002021-02-26T07:33:29.120-08:00There are indeed. I just walked up nearly to the ...There are indeed. I just walked up nearly to the top of what I am planning will be a little orchard (as I believe it once was) and I got another vista again. Must go up there later with the camera. I am so relieved it worked out as it should.Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-67530617283840737542021-02-26T07:32:32.645-08:002021-02-26T07:32:32.645-08:00Thank you Mary. Everyone's lovely comments ar...Thank you Mary. Everyone's lovely comments are wonderful too. You are all pleased to see it worked out in the end (as are we). Boy, did we need this, though I wouldn't recommend moving in a Pandemic if you are of a nervous disposition!! Having so many complete strangers in our house leading up to and facilitating the move robbed me of my peace of mind - nowhere was safe. It is so beautiful here and the neighbours lovely - what more could we ask?Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-47274728865445360872021-02-26T06:47:19.810-08:002021-02-26T06:47:19.810-08:00This move was just meant to be from all that you h...This move was just meant to be from all that you have written these past weeks. New vistas, new people, new home. A refresher for your lives, if there ever was one. Lovely to see photos of your surroundings and hear that you are meeting friendly neighbors--even if only at a distance for the moment. So happy for you all.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11587652444835060129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-59339191504490586302021-02-26T06:45:20.632-08:002021-02-26T06:45:20.632-08:00Lovely views in all directions! It is wonderful wh...Lovely views in all directions! It is wonderful when all your plans work out as you hoped!Ellen D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03776803182673252265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-87461765924735951732021-02-26T03:53:06.800-08:002021-02-26T03:53:06.800-08:00Oh CG - welcome and how pleased I am to show round...Oh CG - welcome and how pleased I am to show round round the area even though you can't get here to see your sister. I'm sure some places will be familiar (Builth for example) but the little lanes you might not know. There will be lots of photos in the coming months, I can promise you. Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-15210699526810037362021-02-26T03:50:50.397-08:002021-02-26T03:50:50.397-08:00We're feeling very settled here Pat - I hardly...We're feeling very settled here Pat - I hardly dare say how happy I am in case I jinx things. Living here suits us even better than we dreamed it would.Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-24868303584946573782021-02-26T02:24:59.020-08:002021-02-26T02:24:59.020-08:00Fortunate indeed BB - it is good after your long w...Fortunate indeed BB - it is good after your long wait to move to hear you so happy.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-39513618609904311472021-02-26T01:08:07.016-08:002021-02-26T01:08:07.016-08:00And we are so fortunate to have your excellent des...And we are so fortunate to have your excellent descriptions. My sister live 5 miles out from Brecon on the other side from you; I usually vistit her (from Australia) every year but wasn't able to last year and still unlikely to be able to this year, so it's good to have your blog to allow me a virtual visit to that lovely part of the world.CGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06042550309690689027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-86073421666831154212021-02-25T23:48:24.083-08:002021-02-25T23:48:24.083-08:00It is so beautiful around here Sharon. When we ha...It is so beautiful around here Sharon. When we have been driving through Powys, you see hills in the distance but the scenery beside the road is less inspiring, and many villages are truly in the middle of nowhere, which is why we never house-hunted here. Yet, Builth is much nearer the English border for forays to look at old houses etc (when such things are deemed safe again) and for Antiques Fairs etc.<br /><br />The horses loved being made a fuss of. Last time we saw them they were in the barn, but now they are "free range" again and can come and go as they please. They have 3 big fields to themselves - the ones we walked across to climb up there. <br /><br />As far as roses go, Roserie de l'Hay has it all - a stunning perfume and beautiful colour and just keeps flowering. I am so excited about my new roses. The garden here has obviously been planted so as to be low maintenance, but I love my perennial borders and am going to put one in up the side of the house, and train Clematises (Clematii?!) along the post and rail fence-line. <br /><br />It was a friendly-sounding voice and I didn't even jump! They had moved in about 18 mths ago and so we had a nosy last night - cottage has more character than ours, as it has a few beams and a lovely fireplace, but smaller. Gorgeous garden though, and good views. Hard to imagine the Big House coachman (for which we provided the living for the coach horses) living there, along with other lesser mortals, and in an earlier census, two old pauper ladies, so it can't have been much more than a very lowly tenement.Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-86259128059306469642021-02-25T14:43:34.353-08:002021-02-25T14:43:34.353-08:00"landscapes, plotted and pieced'--your ph..."landscapes, plotted and pieced'--your photos of the surrounding countryside always strike a chord with me. I'm envious of your many new opportunities for walks. How nice to meet up with these horses--don't horses love to be greeted!<br />Roserie d'L'Hay is one of my all time favorite rugosas--the first one I had [in Vermont] was a root from one that had been passed around in a particular family for several generations. I also had one in the first Kentucky garden--the one so callously bulldozed by a new owner!<br />Not sure I'd like a voice coming at me out of nowhere, but good that it belonged to someone ready to be friendly.<br />Sorting and organizing after a move takes forever [at least at my speed!]Morning's Minionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912356455981434029noreply@blogger.com