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primroseburrows ([personal profile] primroseburrows) wrote2006-11-29 01:47 am
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chì mi ann coilltean, chì mi ann doireachan , chì mi ann maghan bàna is toraiche

The price has been reduced on my dream home. It's gone from $92,000 to $86,000. CAD. Which means in American, the asking price is $76,040.47.

I should investigate this, just to see if

*angsts* FIVE BEDROOMS. 1.26 acres. In the most gorgeous place on the planet. For less than what some cars cost.

Look what happens in summer! And there's nature! and history! and yay, it's also pretty in winter!


Woe.
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[identity profile] primroseburrows.livejournal.com 2006-11-29 08:29 pm (UTC)(link)
If somebody posted a listing for a house on 1.26 acres in Ireland for $76k

"Don't you remember, Seanie, and how it was? The road led up past the chapel and it wound and it wound. And there was the field where Dan Tobin's bullock chased you. It was a lovely little house, Seaneen. And the roses! Well, your father used to tease me about them. But he was that proud of them too."

*uses brand-new Quiet Man icon*


I'd angst about a house in Ireland, too, but it'd be better because the idea of moving across the OCEAN would be completely impossible.

Cape Breton looks a lot like Western Ireland, and it's crawling with Celtic history. It's also the only area in the world that still speaks Gaelic as a living language (this would be Scots Gaelic, not Irish which is still spoken in pockets of Ireland). It feels more like a place in the Celtic world (which it is, o'course) than a place in Canada (which it also is, duh. *g*). Not surprising, since according to a survey done for Fire and Ice, people who live in Atlantic Canada tend to identify as residents of their province/region before they identify as Canadian.

Lovely maple leaf icon. Someday I'll wax boringly poetic about my lifelong relationship with maple trees, including one or two Amusing Childhood Anecdotestm involving [livejournal.com profile] songdog, and also include an essay about Grade B maple syrup and how it is far, far superior to Grade A (hey, I grew up in New England, we know our Maple Syrup).