tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804818183817823900.post1335283176511022205..comments2024-03-25T14:21:41.058-04:00Comments on In the Fields : House and Home Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17371726009244498344noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804818183817823900.post-44646450806306481232015-11-30T22:13:37.961-05:002015-11-30T22:13:37.961-05:00I love this post too! I read it to my husband and ...I love this post too! I read it to my husband and daughter and before we knew it we were making up quotes for our old house. we came up with some good ones and i wrote them down.Sixty-Fifth Avenuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10741086163384325244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804818183817823900.post-19029849369840041112015-11-14T19:31:40.520-05:002015-11-14T19:31:40.520-05:00I just love this post! I couldn't agree more ...I just love this post! I couldn't agree more with, "To be rooted is perhaps the most important<br />and least recognized need of the human<br />soul." -Amy MeierAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15261752243979366226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804818183817823900.post-62209818622282135152015-11-13T10:22:12.222-05:002015-11-13T10:22:12.222-05:00I so enjoyed these quotes. This was such an inspi...I so enjoyed these quotes. This was such an inspiring post. We have lived in the same home for 30 years that we built ourselves with the help of our children, another reason this post hit homecindy hattersley designhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16147135323683353754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804818183817823900.post-40066929614128623352015-11-12T14:17:48.422-05:002015-11-12T14:17:48.422-05:00I absolutely loved the quotes and this inspiring p...I absolutely loved the quotes and this inspiring post. We live in an old family farm house, and I feel a need to write all the quotes into my current journal. It really touched me. Thank you for sharing.<br />Blessings,<br />Yayaasouthernsunsethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09561733256808939463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804818183817823900.post-31202943694047683522015-11-10T17:38:15.287-05:002015-11-10T17:38:15.287-05:00Wonderful.
Great reading, thank you.
A favorite ...Wonderful.<br /><br />Great reading, thank you.<br /><br />A favorite quotation of mine [that I love for its whacky syntax] [and that I can't authenticate] is "Home is the place where, when you're not there, they miss you." <br /><br />-Flo<br />Amelia Island FLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804818183817823900.post-19524352793016154802015-11-10T14:30:48.582-05:002015-11-10T14:30:48.582-05:00Home for our family especially this time of year h...Home for our family especially this time of year has become an anchor of sorts after a global nomad life for our children's lives. I just finished setting a sample table for our family Thanksgiving here this year in our 200 year old PA house. Can't wait for everyone to be "home"! Thank you for sharing some of your story and the quotes. Lindalindahttp://bushelandapickle.com/2015/11/09/plan-thanksgiving/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804818183817823900.post-65562685385849545292015-11-10T12:20:53.861-05:002015-11-10T12:20:53.861-05:00Love all the quotes as I am a lover of old houses ...Love all the quotes as I am a lover of old houses myself and my husband and I have spent our lifetime rescuring forgotten ones and making them our homes. Now our daughter is doing the same thing. Must be in the genes as it was with you. Thank you for sharing.Windmill Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17660607112965782537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804818183817823900.post-88489516759910607112015-11-10T11:04:27.750-05:002015-11-10T11:04:27.750-05:00Oh, I love these quotes! I've always been a h...Oh, I love these quotes! I've always been a house person, and made it my job for a number of years drawing plans for a builder, but my heart was always in old houses. Last year we sold our old house after twenty-seven years (old in an American sense, not Colonial, but 1920's - I know Europeans would laugh to call it 'old'). It was a wrench to leave it, but we wanted to be in a different place - out in nature in the mountains rather than in the mid-sized city we grew up in. We were glad that our buyer was also an old house person who had been looking for a long time. Now we live in a log cabin in the woods - a new one but with enough authenticity in its materials that I can appreciate. I'm still bringing in bits of old houses, though, stained glass and leaded windows, old chandelier, etc. The primitive pioneer or country Colonial log cabin is not my look, but I do try to keep the furnishings simple and traditional, with a bit of Appalachian flavor, and reflecting my love for England and Scotland (which also has been a strong influence in this area). I've thought of making up my own story for the house - that it was a home built by a Scottish emigre couple around the turn of the century (20th) and they brought bits of their former life with them, as well as being influenced by the traditions they found in their new environs and the building trends of the time. There was a wonderful local architect originally from England, who worked on the Biltmore House but designed many houses - even log cabins - as well as institutional buildings, and really left his stamp on Asheville. I like to think how he might have influenced my imaginary couple and how I might reflect that as I continue to improve and add onto our little cabin. Meanwhile I absolutely love being able to look out my windows through the now leafless trees to the blue mountains beyond. Place is such an integral part of home. And my children (and grandchildren) love to visit here, even though it is not the home they grew up in.Carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10021913578112308091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804818183817823900.post-75579604553001188672015-11-10T10:45:45.553-05:002015-11-10T10:45:45.553-05:00Thank you for the wonderful quotes on home. Our h...Thank you for the wonderful quotes on home. Our home bought new 44 years ago is alive and has a mind of its own. We raised four boys in it with a pond close by and hills to explore and roam in. On four occasions because of work relocation, economics and a down sizing that didn't work out, we left our home, but it has called us back to be loved and taken care of. And oh how we love her!<br />I feel the beat of her heart every day and return her love by cleaning, repairing, and improving her looks. I feel so much joy declaring my love!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804818183817823900.post-57756187766980020522015-11-10T09:02:10.069-05:002015-11-10T09:02:10.069-05:00I've found your journeys through the world of ...I've found your journeys through the world of restoration foreign and fascinating. I love the quotes, but my favorite is in your own words - " it has what I've always dreamed of having in a home. Room to wander, lots of sunlight, and endless amounts of chapters to write within its walls." Your words make me smile for they describe our home - built when we were newlyweds and really had no idea of the many chapters to be written here or the importance of having this room to wander and the sunlight/moonlight of country living. May you be blessed with long, happy years there.<br />Elainehttp://elaineweger.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804818183817823900.post-39184268611265421542015-11-10T07:58:18.384-05:002015-11-10T07:58:18.384-05:00Yes, home is a special word. I saw on another Blog...Yes, home is a special word. I saw on another Blog the song by Christian recording artist Michael Card. Here is a link if you would like to listen to the song and see the lyrics to it...beautiful. ("Home is a comfort and home is a light, A place to leave the darkness outside, Home is a peaceful and ever full feeling, A place where a soul safely hides.")<br />http://www.elyrics.net/read/m/michael-card-lyrics/home-lyrics.htmlInstagram.com/melissasnoteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03389672466065251231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804818183817823900.post-32147341723611640782015-11-10T07:30:33.730-05:002015-11-10T07:30:33.730-05:00Love beautiful quotes.Love beautiful quotes.Denisenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804818183817823900.post-49648919172896226202015-11-10T03:35:39.247-05:002015-11-10T03:35:39.247-05:00My Grandmother used to say "you live with old...My Grandmother used to say "you live with old houses, there is always something to be done and that's the way it is". This was as our old English farm was mentioned in the Domesday book, of course over the years a great deal had to "be done", modernisation, new roof, replacement windows, but always in keeping with the house. As children we never appreciated it, it was just home!Our French Oasishttp://www.ourfrenchoasis.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804818183817823900.post-42733360502831418332015-11-09T22:09:10.013-05:002015-11-09T22:09:10.013-05:00Thanks for sharing these house quotations with us,...Thanks for sharing these house quotations with us, it sounds like an interesting book. I too am a 'house' person. So it's always good to know there are others out there like myself. Even as a young girl, I loved going into old houses. Perhaps it's a genetic thing! :)Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04117279224184283180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804818183817823900.post-20976135118896938872015-11-09T17:53:15.468-05:002015-11-09T17:53:15.468-05:00I don't know how you do it! Your husband must... I don't know how you do it! Your husband must love it. My husband has been working on our bathroom for a year, and still going to hire someone to finish it. Granted he works three <br />jobs. : - ) I would love to do what you're doing though. Sammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11811849246815996936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804818183817823900.post-42854317929140751092015-11-09T15:02:12.069-05:002015-11-09T15:02:12.069-05:00Love each and every single quote you posted! I be...Love each and every single quote you posted! I believe that a home is a place where one should feel like they can escape the world if they want to, my husband looks at a home as a place that requires a lot of upkeep, where he showers and sleeps. He always wants to get away to a little cabin in the woods somewhere. I love old homes with character, with a history, he looks at old homes as work. So, more than likely I will never be able to get him to buy an old farm house in the country, which is my dream. Which means that I will have to visit your blog and blogs like yours to get that feeling that I long for. Thank you for sharing your home, it is beautiful! TeriAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210491347643246727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804818183817823900.post-19658587507731393602015-11-09T14:59:58.154-05:002015-11-09T14:59:58.154-05:00I'm especially loving the quote from Harriet B...I'm especially loving the quote from Harriet Beecher Stowe. I've always dreamed of having a home that I live in for the rest of my life and my kid's kids come to visit. I love the sentiment of passing a house down through generations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804818183817823900.post-67685893973567828802015-11-09T14:04:48.078-05:002015-11-09T14:04:48.078-05:00I love every thing about this post! I grew up in ...I love every thing about this post! I grew up in rentals and never had a bedroom painted and designed to suit me and my interests. From the time I was 20 I have owned and restored old houses to make them my home. My oldest child graduates high school in 2 years. And it dawned on me a few months ago that my kids don't know what it means to live in a completely done home. We have always sold once we finish. I have wondered how that will impact their story.<br />Thank you for sharing the quotes. They all resonate with me. I would love to read this book. <br /><br />Holly L.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804818183817823900.post-87764651259592245632015-11-09T14:01:17.891-05:002015-11-09T14:01:17.891-05:00What a lovely collection to share. Thank you. My f...What a lovely collection to share. Thank you. My favorite is the last one. I love old houses and always dream of them. When I'm annoyed or upset, rather than deal with it, I type "colonial" into Zillow's search and sift through the listings in Maine and Vermont. I lack the iron will an old house requires, but I enjoy others' immensely. Stephen Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00657698116552267561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804818183817823900.post-73879654713954463402015-11-09T13:53:19.234-05:002015-11-09T13:53:19.234-05:00Old houses, I thought, do not belong to
people, ev...Old houses, I thought, do not belong to<br />people, ever, not really, people belong<br />them.<br /><br />Gladys Taber <br /><br />I totally relate to this. I really am just a steward here hoping to leave the house in better condition than I found it. What a great book C. !!!the gardener's cottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16447809353998632722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804818183817823900.post-27953795568365948892015-11-09T13:47:11.878-05:002015-11-09T13:47:11.878-05:00Beautiful quotes. Beautiful quotes. Elizabeth@ Pine Cones and Acornshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06044933540074342177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804818183817823900.post-13410053694561519162015-11-09T12:58:18.106-05:002015-11-09T12:58:18.106-05:00I love quotes and I love houses so quotes about ho...I love quotes and I love houses so quotes about houses are my favorite. Thanks for sharing these and your thoughts, which are lovely as always.Julie @ Creating This Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05604192093510402102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804818183817823900.post-7074883549587327022015-11-09T10:52:54.182-05:002015-11-09T10:52:54.182-05:00I share in your being a house person. You either ...I share in your being a house person. You either are or you aren't, there's no in between and if you are it's an indescribable feeling that lives within and manifests itself in every little nook and cranny of your home.Jaime Costigliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10768343898567512080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804818183817823900.post-38835269542868099302015-11-09T10:07:08.518-05:002015-11-09T10:07:08.518-05:00Beautiful words! We are all house people....who co...Beautiful words! We are all house people....who congregate here!Linda@ Lime in the Coconuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04551293394719390382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804818183817823900.post-60727764955799273942015-11-09T09:59:50.867-05:002015-11-09T09:59:50.867-05:00Always happy to see a May Sarton quote. Hope you&...Always happy to see a May Sarton quote. Hope you've read her, Plant Dreaming Deep.<br /><br />Moved into our 115 year old home weeks ago. Knew it was mine walking thru the front door, the first time. More, I knew the house chose me. A pure Howard's End moment. Placed offer less than 24 hrs later.<br /><br />Wasband's family lake house made life better, the house/garden didn't even need the lake !! Had not experienced that before. Had always thought it would be so incredible to live in such a home.<br /><br />Now, I do.<br /><br />Our home is an incredible plinth to 'life'. I am blessed to be its steward.<br /><br />Leaving an incredible garden has not been without sorrow. When it arrives I quickly pull back into my new chapter, works every time.<br /><br />Enjoying your new home's progress.<br /><br />Garden & Be Well, XOTTara Dillardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16233493520013405385noreply@blogger.com