Friday Fantasy: Coming Home

Imagine coming home to this....

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Or this....

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Or this...

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I have always been intrigued 

by the notion of 

the conservatory.

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In one of my most favorite books,

Coming Home,

by Rosamunde Pilcher,

young Judith goes home with a friend

from boarding school to find something

like this....

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"The formal terraced gardens sloped down to

meld with shrubs and rough-grassed meadows 

bright with daffodils.

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To one side stood a French window,

which gave out to a small enclosed terrace,

private as a little room within the garden.

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This was backed by a conservatory, and through

the glass could be seen climbing jasmine, a

burgeoning vine, and a lot of enviable, old-fashioned

wicker furniture.

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All conjured up thoughts of summer, baking sunshine,

lazy afternoons and long cool drinks.

Or perhaps China tea in very thin cups and

cucumber sandwiches."

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Sometimes these little garden rooms

are called orangeries

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or bespokes.

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It's Friday and a girl can dream!

What do you dream of coming home to?

Images: 

1 google images
2-4, 5-6, 9, 12  http://www.dscons.com &  
 http://www.parishconservatories.com
13  http://www.amdega.co.uk/

8, 10-11, http://www.architecturaldigest.com/
7 http://www.daffodilfestivals.com/

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