We have a friend in the village who has one of the prettiest gardens I have ever seen. Filled with box and privet hedges, roses, stone walls, an old well and a chestnut tree, the garden is a perfect example of the romantic garden, always green and beautiful in every season. The house is a traditional Charentaise village house, built of local limestone of course and has the distinction of being the only house I have ever seen with a tunnel of old flowering vines leading from near the entrance gates almost to the front door.
I think it is probably too low to walk through these days as the vine has grown and thickened over the decades but it is very inviting and I thought it would make a nice contribution to this week’s Thursday Doors (thanks as always to Norm for hosting this excellent challenge) …….
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View from a French Hillside 
Gorgeous
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Thank you Julz!
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What a nice place.
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Hi Timothy, yes it really is a lovely garden, especially in the summertime.
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Such a lovely image of the vine tunnel leading to the door. You’re right about it inviting the observer to do a walk through.
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Thank you Olga! It is a delightful feature, you often find the dog asleep in there during the summer!
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I did notice the dog in a photo. Cute!
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that is simply perfect. who could imagine a better entrance to a home
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Hello Radicalrambler – it is rather unusual isn’t it and a really delightful place!
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What a delightful place – very ‘Secret Garden’ with that vine tunnel!
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HIya Sue! Yes it really is an enchanting garden – much of it planted by our friend’s father many moons ago! There’s a walnut tree to sit under for al fresco lunches too! PS Hope you’re enjoying your new home?!
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Love the idea of the walnut tree…. And I’m enjoying my new place, thanks! Still a lot of tidying away to do, but it’s gradually taking shape!
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Reckon that’s half the fun of moving home all the sorting out and getting creative!
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Hmm, maybe….
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😀 😦 😕
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Good when I was clearing the house, different story when unpacking!
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😦 😦 😀
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Wonderful – a place where stories begin and end.
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You’re right Robin, it has something of the fairytale cottage about it – a French fairytale of course!
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I love organic tunnels…as well as doors. Beautiful, Jane.
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Cheers Sarah, I think I’d have spent my entire life in there if it had been my house as a child!
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Beautiful door, interesting vine and handsome well. You caught it all. 🙂
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Cheers Judy! 🙂
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Lucky friend 🙂 Lucky you that you get to enjoy it too! Just beautiful, Jane.
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Many thanks Stacy! I wish my garden were like this – ah well we can dream!! 🙂
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😀
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As I’m a bit late to the comment parade, I see that all the good comments have already been taken. 🙂 This is a lovely set of photos of a wonderful, inviting place and I love what they did with the well.
janet
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Hi Janet – it’s never too late for your comments! Glad you like the pics – it really is a lovely garden – I shall have to share all the other pics at some point!
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Please do, I’d love to see them. I like the way the various regions of France has their own distinctive types of houses.
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Watch this space as they say Janet!
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Lovely. Just need to find some room for my hammock and I’ll be right over 😉
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Should fit just under the walnut tree I think Norm! See you later!
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Beautiful, I like the well.
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Thanks Beautywhizz – it is a lovely garden!
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Beautiful view of the entrance arch and this plant !! the well is very beautiful, rustic! I also like Charente maritime
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Thank you Pat – it is a lovely place and the Charente is a beautiful region – should say both Charentes are beautiful if very different!
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Such an inviting entrance, full if charm and nostalgia. This is what I miss from my homeland.
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Ca je comprends bien Chris, mais je trouve que chaque pays a sa beauté particulière, ici en Charente pour moi, c’est la pierre et les vignes! Glad you like it and hope you are OK, as OK as possible anyway 🙂
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Merci Jane des mots en français. Cela fait plaisir. As OK as can be… Time seems to slow right down when you feel sad, but I am gradually getting back into things I enjoy.
By the way I visited your art card site. Superb… I love your gentle artful style.
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Merci Chris! I’m so pleased you liked my card site, just about to put lots of new things on it – difficult to keep up with things sometimes. Glad you’re getting back to things you enjoy, I’m sure your photography must help, creativity is the best therapy I believe, is proving so for me at least. Take care and à bientôt!
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Hi Jane, you open my mind n my eyes, before I maynot believe if place like this is real today, not only in film scene/kid story book e.g. beautifully illustrated Martine. Its too beautiful n delicate to be real.
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Hi idlehomemaker, I’m glad you like this garden, it does have a fairytale quality about it, it belongs to another much slower and simpler world!
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Oh it is gorgeous Jane, just a perfect garden and that door! 🙂
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So pretty isn’t it Kaz – wish mine looked like this! I have more of a semi-controlled wilderness than a garden! 🙂
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