Thanks everyone. Told hubby about what was said and his reaction was a bit unexpected. Normally he tells me not to rise to the jabs, this time he just said “go ahead plant the really tall sunflowers next to the fence”
Marne la vallée, basically just outside Paris 🇫🇷, but definitely Scottish at heart.
It looks gorgeous Jac, you said the neighbours are into "bear concrete", does that mean they have wild animals on their balcony haha!!! Its a good space, keeps you healthy good for polution and the environment. Both my sons have various mental health problems, one did have a balcony, but it was a bedsit, he moved to a 1 bed flat, but neither have any kind of outside space, he used to grow tomatoes,herbs. I dont think flat no matter how small the space should have anything less than the tiniest balcony to get outside, get the daylight set the body clock. I had a similar thing with both my Mother and Brother in law, we had quarter acre garden, with a stream running through the bottom, and bridge into fields beyond, (with cows) BIL, said, its not a garden its a field, MIL, would say there was a dead head or a weed, would I like her to pick it, never any kind of compliment, always something nasty, and yes, he had a concrete "garden" full of dog ****
It looks lovely to me, l'd rather look at colourful flowers any day than concrete ! I agree, l think it is a touch of the "green eyed monster". Get the recording of the parakeets and tell her it was her remarks about the jungle that gave you the idea. Maybe a couple of rubber snakes ?
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