Welcome! And today, I am joining in with the lovely Abi over at Creating Paper Dreams for her One Photo and Twenty Words. Do pop over to see some more moments of life. This is mine, a peek from an upstairs window ...
Today we lose this beloved view. All of it.
Young neighbours need a full-height extension.
I wept.
And accept ...
Yes accepting change seems to feel more difficult as the years go by. At least At least it seems that way for me. In fact I found myself saying the other day "I remember when I was a lad, these were all fields" lol It even feels weird when I go on a walk I haven't been on for a few years and there's something in the landscape that's different. :)
Posted by: Paul | Friday, 11 September 2015 at 09:26 PM
Oh dear. How awful. It is your view and your countryside but unfortunately their house and their decision. What a shame.
Posted by: Kjjc | Friday, 11 September 2015 at 09:47 PM
Oh this is so hard. A beautiful view, but yes, their house. I can see why you wept and also why you accepted.
Posted by: Abi | Friday, 11 September 2015 at 10:26 PM
This is a hard one to accept. It takes me awhile to adjust to every change in our neighborhood, but we've never lost a view like that!
Posted by: Karen Walker | Friday, 11 September 2015 at 11:00 PM
What a bummer to lose such a wonderful view! Great pairing of words & photo!
Posted by: Melissa Gross | Saturday, 12 September 2015 at 06:07 AM
Awww! Sorry you are losing this lovely view! Glad you are able to accept it for your young neighbours. X
Posted by: Linda | Saturday, 12 September 2015 at 08:38 AM
oh dear..what a shame x
Posted by: Louise | Saturday, 12 September 2015 at 11:02 AM
Oh, I would have wept too. It can't have been easy to accept. Glad that you are able to do so.
Posted by: Fiona@StaringattheSea | Saturday, 12 September 2015 at 11:05 AM
Oh dear.
Posted by: Jacky S | Saturday, 12 September 2015 at 12:04 PM
That's sad. I love the way you've managed to tell the story and your feelings all in 20 words!
Posted by: Michele | Saturday, 12 September 2015 at 02:06 PM
That's hard ... I do hope your neighbours appreciate you for being so accepting.
Posted by: Ruth | Saturday, 12 September 2015 at 02:31 PM
Oh Alexa, so sad. I feel for you. [I know I'd have been tracking the changes in the seasons by it if I had that beautiful tree as part of the view out of my window; beautiful trees can come to mean so much can't they?].
Posted by: Helen | Sunday, 13 September 2015 at 02:58 PM
That's hard. I agree with Michele - it's quite a feat to have summed up the situation with such brevity. Strange how such large emotions can be expressed and *understood* in so few words. I guess it proves how alike we all are. x
Posted by: Julie | Sunday, 13 September 2015 at 03:16 PM
This makes me sad for you. I don't think age has anything to do with being sad about so much change. I hope your neighbours are at least aware of their needs making such a change.
Posted by: Mary-Lou | Sunday, 13 September 2015 at 05:15 PM
What a shame, and how very generous of you to accept their need for space so gracefully. I hope you have plenty of photos of the changing seasons in that view to remember how it was.
Posted by: Debs14 | Monday, 14 September 2015 at 07:21 AM
Oh dear. Enjoy the view while it lasts!
Posted by: Yvonne Yam | Monday, 14 September 2015 at 09:23 AM
Oh that's so hard. I'd find that a difficult one. You've said a lot in very few words
Posted by: Sian | Monday, 14 September 2015 at 05:36 PM
I would weep too! How terribly sad for you. And like the others, I'm amazed at how you put so much emotion into twenty words.
Posted by: Cheri | Tuesday, 15 September 2015 at 05:57 PM
Bummer. Maybe this means there will be more little voices to eventually overheat playing next door?
Posted by: Susanne | Wednesday, 16 September 2015 at 12:28 AM
Such a poignant twenty words. Perhaps you should consider a widow's walk around the roof - and try to see over?
Posted by: Missus Wookie | Wednesday, 16 September 2015 at 08:43 PM
Oh dear! I wonder what changes will happen next door to us as that house just sold. Hopefully nothing that will disturb our views or hearing.
Posted by: Gail | Monday, 05 October 2015 at 01:28 PM