The seaside house with one tree
Alice's Scottish mother-in-law, in her seventies, phoned and asked Alice, "Will you come to Bexhill (on sea) to look after me because my housekeeper has gone to Scotland for the summer holiday?"
"But I've got three children to look after," protested Alice.
"Bring the two girls; I'm sure they'd like to stay by the sea. But don't bring the boy. He can go to his grandfather."
Alice sighed and shook her head and phoned her father, Robert's granddad who lived on the Yorkshire moors. The old man said, "That would be champion!"
Nana, the girls' grandmother, lived an a large 3 bedroom detached 1920s house. The pretty garden had a patio with steps leading to a sunken garden with roses, a lawn, but only one tree. People on the coast didn't like the wind blowing tall trees. A gale might blow over. Besides, salt from sea was not good for trees. Admittedly you get trees, palm trees on the promenade at Torquay.
"Not tall trees, short shrubs," says Alice.
Alice's Scottish mother-in-law, in her seventies, phoned and asked Alice, "Will you come to Bexhill (on sea) to look after me because my housekeeper has gone to Scotland for the summer holiday?"
"But I've got three children to look after," protested Alice.
"Bring the two girls; I'm sure they'd like to stay by the sea. But don't bring the boy. He can go to his grandfather."
Alice sighed and shook her head and phoned her father, Robert's granddad who lived on the Yorkshire moors. The old man said, "That would be champion!"
Nana, the girls' grandmother, lived an a large 3 bedroom detached 1920s house. The pretty garden had a patio with steps leading to a sunken garden with roses, a lawn, but only one tree. People on the coast didn't like the wind blowing tall trees. A gale might blow over. Besides, salt from sea was not good for trees. Admittedly you get trees, palm trees on the promenade at Torquay.
"Not tall trees, short shrubs," says Alice.
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