May 9, 2004
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Another lovely house in Broadway, Worcestershire, England Photo & enhancement by Chris Duffy
You know, I’ve always been told that letting ivy or vines of any kind grow ON your house was bad for the mortar, but I honestly have to rethink that, because so many houses over in England have some sort of vine clinging to them and some of them are 200 years old and it doesn’t seem to have hurt them any, so what’s the big deal. I will have to say it looks kind of scruffy in the “off season”, like this one below.
Bibury Court Hotel in Bibury, England Photo & enhancement by Chris Duffy
When this vine is not in it’s dormant stage it’s a firery red and the hotel is really quite breathtaking. It was really beautiful last time we saw it, back in September of 1996, but in early April when I took this shot, it’s looking pretty unkempt. But we know the tourists who come later than we did will really enjoy it.
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Hey, maybe I need to grow a vine up my stone fireplace to hide the messy mortar job. :lol: love that first shot.
Yeah, off season ivy does give houses that ever so desirable unshaven hobo look. Sorry to hear about your rampant allergies. But at least you can complain via my new favorite palindrome, TONS O’ SNOT! :lol:
I, too, love the look of ivy-covered walls … but I’m with you regarding the off-season… (but then, everything looks so drab on the off-season…)
I agree with you about the vines causing damage. If it did, these houses would be falling down. Now I think I’ll go cover my cottage with ivy or something. It just looks so neat.
I was always told that ivy growing on houses was a bad thing too, but you can’t argue with ancient houses holding up just fine with ivy all over them!!
I grew up camping in my parents old camper (which was 2 feet longer than the one we have now). Of course when my parents divorced and sold the camper when I was a teen-ager, we tent camped (and had a small trailer for a short while). In the 15 years I’ve been married, we’ve always tent camped. Since we drive to and from California every year, and wish to camp in our area (and avoid the bears…and stay warm…and have a clean potty) we thought a camper would be nice….and let me tell you…it’s absolute heaven! :sunny:
Maybe it is the way that they built those old houses over there! I know that a friend of mine had alot of damage to her house because of ivy on her house. It grew under the eves into the attic and into the windows of their bedrooms. Took major $$ to repair. Like I said……they don’t build them like they used to :(
1. Forgive me for not posting on every entry you’ve made since I went underground.
Mike
2. Thanks for the visit and encouraging me to muse again.
3. Remember the “bricks” in European block homes can sometimes be 2 ft thick. That can take a lot of vine abuse as opposed to the US brick veneer only about 3 inches thick.