Eclecticism is life itself. Who doesn't like mixed flowers bouquets? Who hasn't hated one color when younger to simply love it later on? Life is not just one thing, one idea, one momentum, one and only one color, one and only this and that. It is a path comprised of many different things that grace our journey.

Some houseboats do move, yes! Not sure if you would suffer from light seasickness though...

In Sydney I love the freedom of it ... and yes credz4 I so agree ... long loose summer dresses with little else, walking barefoot, popping down to the harbour or beach in the afternoon/evening once the heat has settled a little for a refreshing/lazy swim in the ocean! Driving with all the windows open and music playing, talking to other people doing the same at traffic lights. Fresh salads and seafood, Mangos! Gin and Tonics! Pimms smuggled from London. Running through sprinklers with my nephew. Sun showers. Easy get togethers/ BBQs/ picnics with friends and family. Walks along the harbour shores, fish and chips on the beach ... where do I stop? (Spot the homesick Sydneysider!)

last 3 have been small villages/towns. I will admit to horrible mail service, 3 electric bills in 4 years balanced by the fox wandering through down town one day. The inability to go anywhere for nearly a week due to snow balanced by the absolute silence and sudden bunny party due to a fresh snowfall. The inability to go anywhere for over a week due to one of the typical floods, where the county actually comes around in big trucks, just to watch the watch slosh in your front door balanced by watching a minimum of 100 eagle, white and gold, hunting as the fish come into the swamp to spawn. Pluses and minuses, to me, far more pluses.