One thing that never fails to amaze me is how leafy this street is. Even though I'm on the second floor, as soon as the leaves on the lime trees lining this street on both sides unfurl in the spring, I see less and less of the other buildings in the street. Even this morning, I could see a bit of white wall on the other side of the street and now that the leaves have grown a few millimetres bigger, it's completely out of sight. I could sit here and work completely naked and no-one would be the wiser!
No longer can I see the massive TV screen of the Indian family opposite me, a TV that never seems to be switched off. Even when I get up in the middle of the night and look out, it's on. No longer can I see the even more massive TV screen of the young Muslim man next to the Sikh family. Has he never heard of curtains? I can't even see the roof-top balconies of the buildings on the main street. It's wonderful.
All I see when I look out of my office window is a sea of green leaves. And it'll stay like that until they turn bright yellow and fall off in the autumn. Until then, dear neighbours, bye, bye. See you in six months.
Crikey, I just coughed my coffee out. "I could sit here and work completely..." Probably half the people who are doing home officer are in that state of dress.
ReplyDeleteAs for curtains, I heard the Dutch rarely have curtains in their homes, being Calvinistic and wanting transparency. The mind boggles!
Note that I only said "could". I have to take collection of parcels for my neighbours. There's no way I'm opening a door - like I just had to do - in any state of undress.
ReplyDeleteVerstanden. I've found when working from home - the moment you undress to jump under the shower or decide to sit in your unmentionables at the laptop, that is the moment when DHL/Hermes buzz you to ask you to take in a parcel for next door. Quickly dash and grab shorts and t-shirt to look modest...
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