Categories: general
Date: 24 August 2005 10:50:47
Written on Monday 22nd August.
I am currently, as part of my tour of the country visiting family, staying in my Grandparents old house. Dispite missing Swansea lots, this house always gives me strange feelings. Its hard to describe. Its full of reminders of my ancestory background. Every painting or picutre on the wall has a sentimental significance, which as I grow older i understand more and more. The trophys my grandad won for growing various prize winning flwers and vegetables still stand on the cabinate. It was good, I felt this year that another local grower used their old kitchen garden to grow vegeatbles, that, continuing tradtion, won several cups in the village flower show this year. The piano, sat proudnly in the corner of the front room, with old, yellow stained music sheet on it. My Dad will still play in the evening as we sit round reading books or knitting (being v.civilised!). The open fire lies central in the front room. Now only used at Christmas, but the traditional impliments stand polished around, patiently waiting to be used.
Its strange being in this house without my grandparents, especialy Gran, who only died last December. This house was built for them to retire in, so they have always been here. And now they're not.
It was even stranger, when later in the day, I was asked what I would like to have from the house. I had not given it any thought previously, so i wondered around, no longer thinking about how quaint this house in the country was, but thinking 'what could i have...?' Most bizzare.
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I'm now back in Swansea!!!!!! And Greenbelt is in 2 DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW!!!! I am SO excited. I couldn't sleep last night. One half of me way saying: "Jen, calm down, you need to sleep" and the other half was jumping up and down and saying "WOW! GREENBELT IS NEARLY HERE! You've come back to Swansea to get stuff organised for it! Wow!" I finally went off to sleep, but then woke up at 6.30. I think I'm going to have to calm down slightly before GB, because otherwise I might just colapse when I get there!