Tomorrow we say goodbye to our happy little house on Teapot Street and move to a new (bigger…) house.  Even though I know it’s the right decision and I’m very excited about New House, I’m still sad to leave the cottage.  We’ve been so happy there over the last 4 and a half years.  It’s seen us through some big life events.  Moving into the cottage was the first time I’d ever lived by myself.  It was the first time I’d owned a home.  It’s also the home my mum helped me choose before she died.  It’s the first home Ross & I have shared, the home we got engaged and married from.  Buddy was a youngster there, we learnt DIY there, the swallows nested there, we planted a tree there…  It has been a happy happy home and it is a sweet farewell.

These are some of the many drawings I’ve done of the surrounding countryside in and around the village.