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Fukt Hus…..

Liked this title because it sort of describes our house in 2 languages. Actually it is not very fukt at the moment, it’s quite warm and dry inside. It means damp house.

Today I struggled to get a tarp over the small “Heidi house” we have. I felt like I was in a scene out of Thomas Hardy’s “Far from a Madding Crowd” when Gabriel Oak was trying to cover the hay ricks in a storm. The only difference was there was no storm, although snow is forecast tomorrow, it was not a hay rick and it was not dark! So only a very slight similarity!

We have foundations in the kitchen now ready for blocks to support the joists so we need to decide on flooring. Oak is very expensive and we are looking at softwood as well – we need to decide soon! Hopefully the plumber will come tomorrow as we need to think of drainage, and plumbing before the floor goes down.

Tomorrow I will put a hat on the earth cellar to try and stop any more moisture getting into the lovely stone arches which hold the roof up. Snow is forecast tomorrow, Tuesday and Thursday so I want to do it before that comes.

As I am being literary, I will include a poem which made a big impact on me as a girl………..

The Lake of Isle of Innisfree By William Butler Yeats

I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,
And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made;
Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee,
And live alone in the bee-loud glade.
And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,
Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings;
There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,
And evening full of the linnet’s wings.
I will arise and go now, for always night and day
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,
I hear it in the deep heart’s core.

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2 Responses to “Fukt Hus…..”

  1. Mum says:
    December 15, 2009 at 12:40 pm

    Dear Debby & Alexis
    Just read both your blogs whilst sitting on a slightly moving ship in the middle of the North Sea!
    Very poetic Debby – I had forgotten the love you had for that poem. A great leap of literary works from Heidi to Thomas Hardy !!!
    We are having a wonderful time on the Queen Victoria and have enjoyed Stavanger and Oslo. We are now on our way to Amsterdam for enjoying whatever you do when you sit in the coffee houses …. having coffee I mean!
    Take care – the building works sound good. See you soon.
    Lots of love to you both
    Mum & Peter (and yes, Peter did look like a snowman in Oslo!)

  2. Kylie Batt says:
    May 19, 2010 at 4:39 am

    Совершенно верно! Я думаю, что это хорошая мысль. И у неё есть право на жизнь….

    Liked this title because it sort of describes our house in 2 languages. Actually it is not very fukt at the moment, it’s quite warm and dry inside…..

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