SLICE OF PARADISE
I know the sun shines on dreams and hopes at the other end.
I wrote that in January, when dreams and hopes seemed a long way off, but knowing they would come back soon. Sometimes taking a step back, allows possability to re-enter your life, and allows you to refocus on what is important and what you really want to see happen.
When we moved back to Australia, it was with some specific lifestyle ideas in mind. Not that we couldn't have done those in europe, it just would have been different, and not as 'easy'. One of those ideas, was to build our own house on the coast, as a weekender. It would be our little chance to be free architecturally, and do something for ourselves, to be used for ourselves, and be passed on to our children.
Welcome to our little slice of paradise - the trees are staying, the house will tread lightly and we're very excited.
Oh, how incredibly EXCITING, Alison! congratulations!
Posted by: Norma | February 05, 2006 at 05:31 PM
Lovely! Congratulations!
Posted by: diana | February 05, 2006 at 11:56 PM
Congratulations! I can smell the sunshine. Wonderful.
Posted by: KT | February 06, 2006 at 12:04 AM
Wow, how exciting to be building your own house, have fun.
Posted by: yvette | February 06, 2006 at 12:14 AM
How beautiful! That looks like a lovely spot for a weekend house. What a great dream-come-true!
Posted by: Amanda | February 06, 2006 at 01:43 AM
wow! congratulations!
Posted by: eireann | February 06, 2006 at 03:49 AM
Shall we set a date for a few years into the future for coffee and muffins in the shade while the children chase parrots? Congrats again!
Posted by: cari | February 06, 2006 at 05:17 AM
Yeah for you guys! Where is it?
Posted by: Bel | February 06, 2006 at 08:59 AM
Wowie wowie woowwiieee, that looks like it should be very exciting! Congrats!
Posted by: Kitty Jimjams | February 06, 2006 at 09:01 AM
ah you won't know yourselves, having a weekender is like good medicine, however, tearing yourself away to come back to the city on sunday afternoons will be difficult!
All the best.
Posted by: Jussi | February 06, 2006 at 09:17 AM
Oh, Congratulations! How lovely to plan and build from your own imagination. Good Luck.
Posted by: herhimnbryn | February 06, 2006 at 09:31 AM
WOW! how fabulous! Great news. Maybe when we have enough money to have our own house built you can design it for us.:-)
Posted by: nichola | February 06, 2006 at 09:50 AM
how dreamy! it's fantastic that you are building the house to tread lightly. some of my favourite architecture are people's "treehouses" near the ocean in australia. happy building!
Posted by: cindy | February 06, 2006 at 03:29 PM
Hopefully this'll be me next year! I can't wait. Am tired of London. Good luck with the build, block looks great.
Posted by: Kirsty | February 06, 2006 at 07:58 PM
Congratulations! How lovely!!
Posted by: tracy | February 07, 2006 at 05:27 AM
wow! a dream come true
Posted by: natalie | February 07, 2006 at 08:26 AM
congratulations!
how very nice.
Posted by: joyce | February 07, 2006 at 10:32 AM
where did you move back from? Are you both architects?
Posted by: greenolive | December 13, 2007 at 01:01 PM