ROCKS
They had hoped to be in before
Christmas – until workmen digging the foundations hit bedrock. A perfect base
for our extension walls, they thought, but Building Regulations were inflexible.
They had to dig down deeper, extract the rock, and pour concrete. It seemed total
madness, but rules are rules, even in Ireland.
Then it snowed, the foundation ditch
became a moat, and the caravan toilet froze solid.
Finally spring arrived, building work
recommenced, and their spirits lifted – they had a garden to design. It made
sense to start with a rockery – one thing they weren’t short of was rocks.
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This is almost a true story. My daughter and her husband are in the throes of renovating a cottage in Ireland, and the first photograph could (almost) have been taken in their garden. The one on the left was.
Thanks to Connie Gayer for the photograph which Rochelle posted on her blog at https://rochellewisoff.com/ - from whence, if you follow the Blue Frog link, you can read other stories that are more likely to be Fictional.
