Well, well, well, I don’t know about you but I seem to have snapped right out of the five stages of grief (somewhere around no 4) in favour of slightly maniacal laughter. If ever the feeling that we just have to carry on (not buying the calm bit, sorry) then the last few days have shown that. I think laughter hysteria is currently all we have and at least it burns calories.
So it’s a new month, time to start again and I think I now feel ready to carry on and let everyone sort themselves out around me. I have signed things and joined things and rallied around things and now I need to get on with my own life. And, perhaps, helping you plan the interiors of yours. It’s not that I don’t care, more than I can’t keep up. And as the situation is moving so rapidly, it feels sensible to carry on strolling along at my own pace as at least three fights will probably have happened and broken up by the time I get there and it’s not as if there won’t be a fourth waiting to start.
I know that none of us have any idea where “there” is at the moment either which is all the more reason to, as Voltaire would say “cultivate our own garden”. I remember that quote from my French A level and so I just looked up and I found this:
“The enlightened playwright and social critic Voltaire (1694-1778) concluded his satirical tale Candide (1759) with the observation that the violence and plunder of kings could not compare with the productive and peaceful life of those who minded their own business, “cultivated their own garden,” and traded the surpluses with their neighbours”.
Seems like a good plan if you ask me. Anyway, in order to tend gardens, we must have houses. So here is one in London for you. It’s an art deco apartment that is on the market with The Modern House in Crystal Palace for £595,000.
The headlines have changed about seven times since I started writing this (and I’m a fast writer) I think we’ll leave it here and perhaps something approaching normal service will have resumed next week…. Stay calm guys and don’t drink all the Gin.
Thanks Kate, your blog cheered me up this morning! I too have decided to turn a leaf and try to move away from all the doom and gloom of the past week. I have been a property consultant/developer in London for the last 8 years and have seen all sorts of peaks and troths. London however, is still a wonderful and vibrant place to live in, now more than ever and I think people need to be confident and proud of that!
What a lovely cheering message, thank you Eva. x
Thanks Kate, you’re blog cheered me up this morning! I too have decided to turn a leaf and leave all the doom and gloom behind. Ive been a property consultant/developer in London for the last 8 years and have seen all sorts of peaks and troths. Our capital is still a wonderful, vibrant place to be and I think people should be confident of that no matter what is happening in Downing Street.
absolutely love that first photograph and yes it’s all so crazy my head is spinning.
went into London yesterday afternoon/evening and grabbed the Evening Standard for my tube journey.
on my return tube journey the headlines had completely changed as you know.
i genuinely felt for a split second that I was living in bizarre Truman show bubble……..
only upside is that the kids have been introduced to and getting involved in the world of ‘politics’….
Funny and thoughtful post – studied Candide too at A level – you have the better memory!
Thanks Kate you made me laugh! I love the thought that this mayhem is helping to burn calories.
True enough! We’re minnows minding our own business in a whirlpool of sharks.
True enough! We’re small minnows minding our own business in a whirlpool filled with sharks.
Here in New Zealand we are watching this unfold and wondering how it will all end. That there is no plan going forward is bl…y amazing! So hang on tight till the ride comes to an end. I love your blog for many different reasons and you’re a woman after my own heart. We’re in the process our first and last house so finding you has added to the excitement of all possibilities. ?
Know exactly how you feel Kate, we are on the eve of a Federal Election here in Australia, too close to call and anything could happen, change of Government, hung Parliament or unwanted groupings of minor parties in both houses (double dissolution ) Just love looking at your pictures and love your humour a great respite from the hubris around us. Thank you