The Sound of Silence

Thursday

Fuelled by coffee, the kitchen is back in action and we are getting on with the job of fitting everything into less rooms. Of course, the rooms are larger but that just means it will cost more to heat next winter. Not as many cupboard either. We might have to (shock! Horror!) get rid of some stuff…

I was lying in bed last night listening. It was very quiet. Very. The big difference between here and Hay Street is that there are no dogs barking. There is a bus service, although that stops at night and only goes up and back again rather than in both directions every 15 minutes. But I have yet to see a dog. Perhaps they are all inside dogs, because it is too cold outside in the winter. Perhaps it is too steep to walk dogs up this way. Perhaps this just isn’t a doggy suburb.

The house has lovely old leadlight windows everywhere, including our bedroom. The leadlight window has no curtain so while the sun doesn’t exactly stream through in the morning, it is definitely, well, morning. It is all rather odd.