{"id":736,"date":"2011-03-03T20:33:57","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T03:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greenplumdesign.com\/blog\/?p=736"},"modified":"2011-03-03T20:40:11","modified_gmt":"2011-03-04T03:40:11","slug":"getting-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greenplumdesign.com\/blog\/getting-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Away"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello All,<\/p>\n

Thank you for all your responses to my Aunt Peggy Pillow post<\/a> – if you want to see the complete fruits of my guilt, take a look here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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So I have just come back from a couple of days away.<\/p>\n

On my own.<\/p>\n

That is…it was just me.<\/p>\n

This never happens – ever. \u00a0Two days and two nights away from everything – nobody to worry about except myself.<\/p>\n

Due to an ever present guilt that kicked in as the umbilical cord was cut at the birth of my eldest child, \u00a0I was forced to cling to the flimsy excuse that I was actually working by delivering an old screen to the very wonderful Mar Vista Cottages<\/a> in Mendocino.<\/p>\n

So actually I had to go…I really didn’t have any choice…<\/p>\n

And did I mention it’s my favorite place ever? \u00a0Two whole days and two whole nights…by myself….in my favorite place ever…<\/p>\n

Renata and Tom bought these 1930’s beach cottages<\/a> ten years ago and have been doing them up and working on the land around them ever since. \u00a0Set on a gentle green slope over looking the sea, the whole place is a slice of heaven.<\/p>\n

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Each little cottage is perfection itself.<\/p>\n

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Everything you need…<\/p>\n

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And nothing more.<\/p>\n

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Simple…<\/p>\n

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and stylish.<\/p>\n

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And when I stepped out of the door on my first morning<\/p>\n

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There had been a heavy frost – the chickens took no notice…<\/p>\n

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The brussel sprouts were icy in their pick-your-own organic garden<\/p>\n

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And the ponds were sparkling.<\/p>\n

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Even the goats looked happy to be soaking up the sun after a very cold night.<\/p>\n

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And I haven’t even mentioned the beach yet…down the winding steps…<\/p>\n

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And onto the sand. \u00a0When the tide is out, you can walk…<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>…and walk.<\/p>\n

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But what I loved most of all was just sitting still in my little cottage number eight, staring out of the window, all quiet, not doing very much at all.<\/p>\n

I don’t think I had been on my own for this long in years. \u00a0It took me a while to adjust – the first six hours I felt a nagging urgency to make the most of every last minute, reading, writing and frantically making lists … but then I blew it by falling asleep.<\/p>\n

I woke up to a strange and total quietness. \u00a0Quiet, quiet and just the prospect of more uninterrupted quiet to come…<\/p>\n

Maybe it would drive me mad eventually or I’d be lonely after a while…<\/p>\n

But right then, for those two days, it was doing the trick.<\/p>\n

See you all soon,<\/p>\n

Ros<\/p>\n

p.s. Welcome to all those people from the lovely Beach Cottage<\/a> – come back again soon.<\/p>\n

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