Weekly photo challenge: Resolved – castles in Spain
By: roughseasinthemed
Tags: castles in Spain, castles in the air, postaday, weekly photo challenge
Category: Architecture, Life, Photography, Spain, UK
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Chatting to my mum on the ‘phone one day, I casually mentioned that we were going to buy a house in Spain.
‘Castles in the air,’ she scoffed. Or more appropriately, castles in Spain.
Either way she considered it a ridiculous and unachievable aspiration.
You would have thought someone who had given birth to a daughter, raised her and lived with her for twenty something years would have known better.
When I am resolved to do something, I do it. My job had changed dramatically and was a boring pain in the neck, plus new management ie a new chief executive was not good.
I had one colleague who was downgraded twice each time she was pregnant. Not surprisingly, she took them to an industrial tribunal and won her case for discrimination. How on earth can you respect management that is so unaware of sexual discrimination laws that they carry out such crass behaviour?
I digress. As well as being sick of the job, I didn’t want to spend the next 30 or 40 years – assuming I lived that long – in the same suburban house, going to work five days a week from 9-5, and living a life of routine banality.
I wanted to do something interesting in my mid years and it certainly wasn’t going to happen while I stayed in work and lived in suburbia.
So I was resolved on quitting work, selling the house, and moving to Spain.
Luckily I have a fairly easy-going partner. Typical exchange:
‘I’d like to live in Spain.’
‘Yeah, that’s a good idea.’
I didn’t plan on living in a small semi-detached house (OK there are two small houses on the plot of land, but still not as big as the house, garden, and double garage that we left behind in the UK), in a village on the roadside.
Like most people, I dreamed of olive groves, a stream, my own well, acres of land and miles away from anywhere. Luckily, with hindsight, that didn’t happen. It nearly did, but we wriggled out in time.
My parents never did say much about our move to Spain. But when my mother came to visit, she liked the house, the village, and seemed to think we had a lovely home in a beautiful part of the world.
Perhaps castles in Spain do exist after all.
6 comments on “Weekly photo challenge: Resolved – castles in Spain”
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what a beautiful “castle” – and what a beautiful BLUE, courtesy of DT! you win again. we seem to be taking turns with the colour grey, LOL.
and a great post for the current weekly photo challenge topic. so far i have not resolved myself to coming up with a post for this one. will see
glad your mother was able to visit you, and that she enjoyed her time in Spain, too.
It’s my ‘castle’ so that’s good enough
I did try the bottom picture out of interest, I’m sure I don’t need to tell you what colour it came out with
I was beginning to think DT had become GT. The blue is interesting though isn’t it? Not the same as the sky, in fact, I could think it had a grey tinge to it….
Although not a new year’s resolution person, I am determined about some things. This was the first idea that came to mind for resolved. Will look to see if and what you post. I am sure you will find something.
Her visit was – odd. For a later post. I was pleased she visited though.
Aahh! your castle looks just perfect
and situated in a beautiful climate too. I just love white buildings and blue skies.
You have wonderful neighbours too, something a ‘castle’ in the middle of nowhere would be lacking.
I can’t believe your second photo would have given you the dreaded grey, where on earth did it conjure that from?
Like P&K, I haven’t found anything for resolved either, I’ve a complete blank mind on that. Well not totally blank, the word reminds me of a rescue drink my daughters would have after a heavy night out. LOL
It’s good enough
It’s mine and that’s all I need.
The neighbours were something we hadn’t taken into account but is a big factor.
The grey for the second must have come from all the white, the green plants, and no strong dominant colour. Or maybe just loves grey?
Rescue drinks sound like a bloody maria! or at least some sort of tomato juice. I could think of a few for resolved, but this was the first idea so this won. As did the blue
I know I’m catching up on old posts but I couldn’t resist this one – images of A maintaining the castle, on the roadside, in a village. Of course. Also like you, from time to time we dreamed of acres and no neighbours but much as we amuse ourselves with drives & what ifs from time to time, we’re settled in our house in the village and know it will give us more freedom than if we were committed to acres and all that come with them. Love the blue.
Glad you understand. Not many people do. And yes, the blue is nice
Especially the sky 