My house got a makeover…
@NormanDarlo (1071)
Ireland
October 17, 2018 12:00pm CST
Only kiddin’! This morning I was looking to visit a garden elsewhere in Wexford. In the end I got a call and had to leave before finding my goal, but look what I came across in Ballyedmond 
I had a good poke around, and it appears that the cottage was lived in in recent years: curtains still in the windows, no panes broken… But isn’t it astonishing how quickly nature reclaims her property!
I had a good poke around, and it appears that the cottage was lived in in recent years: curtains still in the windows, no panes broken… But isn’t it astonishing how quickly nature reclaims her property!11 people like this
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@NormanDarlo (1071)
• Ireland
17 Oct 18
That was my reaction, and that of many I showed the photo to, Lany
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@NormanDarlo (1071)
• Ireland
5 Nov 18
I suppose humidity is a big factor in that!
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@JudyEv (326351)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Nov 18
@NormanDarlo I think probably it's the excessive rainfall you have there.
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@NormanDarlo (1071)
• Ireland
5 Nov 18
@JudyEv Yes - I wish we could share it a bit more evenly with the likes of yourselves
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@vandana7 (99013)
• India
7 Nov 18
@NormanDarlo There are many who would love to live there. From my generation and a few subsequent generations. It got into legal disputes, and in India, cases take forever. In the meanwhile, nobody is there to look after the property. I have provided a link. Somebody went there subsequently and mentioned even roads had creepers covering them so they did not go to the park also. There were plenty of snakes even when we were young, so nobody would dare to go there without proper company. It is like hill station, a world isolated, and very peaceful.
The ACC cement factory and the colony that we grew up as children.! Wednesday, September 20, 2006 G JAYARAMAN - THE GUN STILL FIRES!!! Kudos to the spirit of Jayaraman Uncle as we know him. He still feels he has miles to go and a great zeal to work and con
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@NormanDarlo (1071)
• Ireland
6 Nov 18
Ah, that is saddening. Perhaps it is always a mistake to imagine we can go back. Every step in this life is in a single direction: forwards. Everything changes.When I went back to the wonderful place I used to live for my first 10 years, I found it dilapidated, the house now split into dingy little apartments, paint peeling everywhere that my father had lovingly maintained. And the back lane where I learned to ride a bicycle and where our gang of little kids used to play so carelessly from dawn till dusk was now fenced in, with no access to the public. Sometimes it is better not to sully our memories by exposing them to a reality that has no respect for their sanctity.
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@NormanDarlo (1071)
• Ireland
7 Nov 18
@vandana7 That is intriguing. even though sad. So you are from Chhattisgarh
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@LadyDuck (459629)
• Switzerland
19 Oct 18
@NormanDarlo It is incredible how quickly some weeds and plants grow.
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@NormanDarlo (1071)
• Ireland
18 Oct 18
Nature claims back its own with remarkable speed!
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@NormanDarlo (1071)
• Ireland
19 Oct 18
@LadyDuck Indeed! After years and years of pulling them out, you would think they would take the hint!
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
18 Oct 18
@NormanDarlo Strange that men are rarely found in manholes, either... 
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@NormanDarlo (1071)
• Ireland
18 Oct 18
Reasonably sure of the latter. Hobbit hole - anyone's guess!
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@NormanDarlo (1071)
• Ireland
6 Nov 18
Yes, I think so too! Nature always finds a way
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@NormanDarlo (1071)
• Ireland
6 Nov 18
@leny34 And treat it with the respect it deserves, and realise that we are part of it, not above it.
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@leny34 (8506)
• Sidoarjo, Indonesia
6 Nov 18
@NormanDarlo actually nature is very beautiful if we can look after it
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@NormanDarlo (1071)
• Ireland
6 Nov 18
I think it is some time since its inhabitants abandoned the house!
@xFiacre (12638)
• Ireland
17 Oct 18
@normandarlo I’ve never understood how cottages can remain derelict and unloved. Give it to me and I’ll take care of it.
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@NormanDarlo (1071)
• Ireland
17 Oct 18
I know, Fiacre. It's hard to believe anyone would care so little for such a delightful place.
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
6 Nov 18
Looks like the Hobbit house we saw at the movie site in New Zealand :)
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@wunnam (552)
• Ghana
6 Nov 18
Oh it is surprising to see such a picture. But it is really real because God can do something more than this.
@dave121495 (1296)
• Philippines
5 Nov 18
I remembered the hobbit after seeing this picture.
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@dave121495 (1296)
• Philippines
5 Nov 18
@NormanDarlo I wonder if you're related with Bilbo Baggins haha
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@NormanDarlo (1071)
• Ireland
5 Nov 18
Yes, it seems to have that effect on a lot of people 
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Nature really is amazing.@CarolDM (203451)
• Nashville, Tennessee
17 Oct 18
@NormanDarlo Simmer down. I know it's not completely your fault. 
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@NormanDarlo (1071)
• Ireland
17 Oct 18
Please don't blame me for the state of this place! I wouldn't let such a beautiful spot fall into such a state of decrepitude. Not my place, but it does have a certain attraction. If it was mine I'd have brought it to a decent state of repair 1 person likes this
