Describe My Grandparents House

Character writing

Nolene Robertson

. My father always says that my Grandparents house has not changed "one bit" from when he was a child and you feel although you have stepped into the set of a 1960s sitcom. My Grandmother sits at the kitchen bench on one of three worn leather stools all of which give a stark contrast to the neutral hues that varnish the rest of the room. Her name is Nolen Robertson but she is affectionately known as Miss Rob to my Grandfather. For the better part of fifty years, my Grandmother has shared this modest weatherboard house on Bulcote Street with her family. At 84 years old she has never lived out of Petone, Lower Hutt. The house in which she was born only sits a few kilometres away from the one she resides to now.

I am always greeted with a wide smile when my Nana sees me. She rushes over to greet me with a hug, I have to bend down to embrace her as she stands shorter than my shoulders. She wears a light grey polo shirt with navy blue pants and velvet slippers. I 'm pretty sure she just wears the same clothes (in different colours) almost every day, but my Grandmother laughs at the suggestion, yet does not refute it. We take a seat at the living room table, now flooded with the afternoon sun shining through the bay windows. It catches my Grandmothers deep blue eyes and makes them shine from her cheeks. Her short grey hair falls gently onto her face and frames her delicate features. When my Grandmother talks she engages everyone around her. Her