Thanks for your kind words, Rick and I too hope you'll return sometime.

Thanks Crystal for your comments, and all I can say about the bugs, is that in the country, especially with gardens, bugs rule! Short of hermetically sealing the place, they will find their way, and often a lighted space in the evenings will draw the odd harmless intruder, no matter how thoroughly I remove the odd spider etc., before guests arrive,which of course I do.

Thank you Harriet for leaving the space as you did, and I appreciate your feedback. We do in fact have chairs and table and an outside sitting place, but with this crazy season it has been too wet and cold for anyone to want to be out. The shower situation is tricky because of the straw walls which I only tiled to "bath height" originally and the hand held shower has so far been well received, but a possible outdoor shower is being considered.