We have lived here at Appletree Cottage for two and a half weeks now. We have been to Quiz Night at our pub across the street, Alex has started his fellowship at Oxford, Renae starts her new job on Sunday and we just got internet yesterday.
We love our little cottage, which by the way is over 200 years old! It wreaks of old-English charm; wood beams, low ceilings and drafty doors and windows. Our evenings are warmed with a wood burning stove and our mornings are entertained by Alex bumping his head on the bedroom door frame, nearly every time. This gate is only 10 yards from our cottage and our passageway to long walks in the English countryside of Blenheim Park (we are dying to get our wellies), home of Blenheim Palace and 2100 acres of nature. Fall is here and the trees are old, big and beautiful. We are simply wild about the country lifestyle. Last Saturday we had a load of wood delivered and argued over whether or not to stack it or just chuck it inside our shed. I bet most of you are predicting who was on which side of the discussion...and you are wrong! For once Alex wanted to be laissez-faire regarding the wood and Renae was insisting on a kempt woodshed, of which to be proud. Guess we are both aspiring to be more like each other. Kinda scary! Well, Renae prevailed and the wood is now stacked very nicely and happily in the shed and eager to warm our winter.We have a guest bedroom awaiting visitors, come one come all...we miss you!
