Roof and chimney from my bedroom window, Saint Day. When I stay here I live with lichen!

Smiley,
Richard,
Thank you both!

With the milder winters lichen and mosses are thriving

John,
Peter,
Thank you both!

Thank you, Larry!

Nice colours and POV !

Ooh, what a lovely old place to stay! Why do you "sadly" stay there?

I wrote that I sadly stay there all too infrequently. You must have mis-read the sentence. We all do it!
I stay here about once a year for a couple of weeks. In fact it normally coincides with a visit from my sister's family, also from Spain and so they all have my bedroom and my girlfriend and I have the guest bedroom. So I really only end up sleeping in my bedroom about one week in 3 years on average! I love my bedroom up in the eaves of the house and miss it! It contains all my treasured things; paintings, books, pottery, etc that I can't easily take over to Madrid.

OH! Yes, I misread it, as I do things like contracts, manuals, instructions, marriage licenses, tax forms and so on.

Join the club!

You are lucky to have a room with all your things still in it! I was expected to take all stuff with me when I moved out from home as a student.

I moved here aged 50 when I lost everything on bankruptcy. This isn't the 'family home from my teenage years'. I got my parents a mortgage to buy this place in the late 90s. They were already of retirement age. It is a long story of desperate financial problems and solutions and certainly isn't a story of a childhood home welcoming back the wayward child!
But a lot of luck was involved here too!
Actually many families are complex with regard to finance and properties and we are no exception!
Sorry! I realise that my earlier comment would indeed lead to your natural assumption!
Best wishes,
Andy

A beautiful photo and lovely composition.

Really like this one Andy! Great colours!

neira,
Erhard,
Doug,
Frank,
Ulrich,
Diane,
Pat,
Gudrun,
micritter,
Rosa,
Many thanks to you all!

Thank you Annemarie!

Very cleverly compose Andy, with gorgeous earth colours on the roof and chimney!

Many thanks, Keith!

Thank you, Roberta!

Many thanks, Narvik!