Gill is building a Folly, all by herself. Early in the summer, I suggested we look at the small building built by our friends Barbara and Gary as a surprise birthday gift for Gary built down by the river behind their house. The structure is a bit like a Folly as it serves no useful purpose, but is charming. As is often the case, just in the nick of time, Gill and I went to look at it this afternoon. Ken and I leave on Tuesday and Gill leaves for New York on Thursday night.
Barbara and Gary call their little building the cottage. Before they built their cottage, they never used the Mersey River either to sit beside or the watch it, but since the cottage was built 6 years ago, they have made a walkway over to a small island which holds a lovely sitting area where you can sit surrounded on all sides by water. A few years ago we had dinner with them at their home. We had a drink sitting on the porch of the cottage. It was charming. Then when light faded, we went up to their home for dinner.
Like Gill's Folly, the cottage has no plumbing or electricity. But Gill is on the ocean so she must install good windows and proper doors, or her Folly will blow away. The cottage has only a screen door and the windows you can see leak air. The cottage is charming. Just adjacent, Barbara and Gary have built a sitting area surrounded by flowers and plants. When last we saw the cottage the sitting area was being installed. Now they can sit and enjoy views of the river and wait for the ducks to come for dinner.
I enjoy looking at a finished product, where people get an idea and implement the plan, especially when the end is just what they intended it to be. Gill and I enjoyed our excursion to see the cottage. Now we look forward to seeing Gill's Folly take shape.
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