Morning all. I've read back and hope all who've been feeling poorly or painful or just exhausted have found some respite over the weekend. Welcome back Dove and Yvie and sorry about the weather, Hosta. I see you've got a lot on, Chicky - hope the preparations are going well and that your Dad is OK. Glad you and OH are feeling better, Pat. Take it easy. And punkdoc - good to see you back, hope things work out okay.
The kids are back at school and we are returning to some semblance of routine (I like this time of year). And at the very last minute I've done what I intended but hadn't got round to - signed up to do a p/t RHS course. I have to go to enrolment today and start on Wednesday. Am a little bit freaked out - this time last week it was still something I'd get round to 'one day'. I haven't been a student for 20 years. There's homework and exams and everything. Eek.
But before that, I need to visit the dentist (filling fell out) and the hairdresser (would quite like to start the course looking like me rather than some shaggy grey thing). And even before that... I am going to unload the dishwasher. Oh the excitement.
'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
Welcome home, Dove. Good for you LG the L. Making 'someday' today is always a good idea .
I meant to say Fairy - thanks for your kind words a few pages back - they were much appreciated
Hope everyone has a good week. Horrible autumnal weather here - rain and gales. . I've not yet ventured out to survey the damage but there are more storms forecast for later in the week so not much point trying to clear up until next weekend.
At least it's just a storm and not a hurricane.
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
LG the L, good on you. I did my Degree in my fifties and never regretted it. (Prehistory and Anthropology). After that, I did a three year Horticulture Certificate course. I was so interested in the things I had learned in Anthropology with the various ways peoples organised their food collection and cultivation, that I wanted to keep going with it.
LGtheL, I am doing an OU degree at the moment and I have to admit I am finding it difficult to study, after so many years. It is however great fun, although I suspect I will not manage to finish it.
Woke in the night to the sound none of us want to hear, water dripping through the ceiling. Need to find someone to look at it. Things up there are always complicated, because we have a stone roof and many of the stones are nearly 200 years old and secured by oak pegs.
At least we still have a roof, so trying to remind myself that we are lucky.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
LgtheL, one of the things I found most useful, was that at Uni, there was an area that offered help in how to get through all the reading. Having left school at 15, I was totally unused to having to get through reams of reading. The hints they gave us were very useful. It's worth making enquiries if you find it a bit much.
LG, I did an RHS course, plus ND and other bits and pieces, in my mid 40s, and it was absolutely fab! Great to get the grey matter working again, and fascinating to learn so much. You'll love it, I'm sure.
Glad the car has gone, Pat, even though the mystery remains... mmm, waffles and maple syrup...
Just back from the dentist. It's April showers again, with brief sunny intervals. I have curtains from the rental house draped around the spare bedroom, in the vain hope they'll soon be dry enough to iron and put back up.
Now off to U3A Novel Appreciation. We've just read Trollope's "The way we live now" - an 800-page marathon, though I ended up enjoying it. It will soon be clear if others did too...
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Just popping in to let you know I'm awake ... and up ... things to do so see you in a bit ............
Oh ... and to say that at 39 I started what turned out to be 6 years of full time in Higher Education ... best thing I ever did .... and I met a certain young art student
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Morning all. I've read back and hope all who've been feeling poorly or painful or just exhausted have found some respite over the weekend. Welcome back Dove and Yvie and sorry about the weather, Hosta. I see you've got a lot on, Chicky - hope the preparations are going well and that your Dad is OK. Glad you and OH are feeling better, Pat. Take it easy. And punkdoc - good to see you back, hope things work out okay.
The kids are back at school and we are returning to some semblance of routine (I like this time of year). And at the very last minute I've done what I intended but hadn't got round to - signed up to do a p/t RHS course. I have to go to enrolment today and start on Wednesday. Am a little bit freaked out - this time last week it was still something I'd get round to 'one day'. I haven't been a student for 20 years. There's homework and exams and everything. Eek.
But before that, I need to visit the dentist (filling fell out) and the hairdresser (would quite like to start the course looking like me rather than some shaggy grey thing). And even before that... I am going to unload the dishwasher. Oh the excitement.
LGtheL. Congratulations on taking the plunge
I changed career and went to uni in my 30s. Daunting at first but you will soon get into the homework routine.
Welcome home, Dove. Good for you LG the L. Making 'someday' today is always a good idea
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I meant to say Fairy - thanks for your kind words a few pages back - they were much appreciated
Hope everyone has a good week. Horrible autumnal weather here - rain and gales.
. I've not yet ventured out to survey the damage but there are more storms forecast for later in the week so not much point trying to clear up until next weekend.
At least it's just a storm and not a hurricane.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
LG the L, good on you. I did my Degree in my fifties and never regretted it. (Prehistory and Anthropology).
After that, I did a three year Horticulture Certificate course. I was so interested in the things I had learned in Anthropology with the various ways peoples organised their food collection and cultivation, that I wanted to keep going with it.
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Lovely to see you back Dove.
LGtheL, I am doing an OU degree at the moment and I have to admit I am finding it difficult to study, after so many years. It is however great fun, although I suspect I will not manage to finish it.
Woke in the night to the sound none of us want to hear, water dripping through the ceiling. Need to find someone to look at it. Things up there are always complicated, because we have a stone roof and many of the stones are nearly 200 years old and secured by oak pegs.
At least we still have a roof, so trying to remind myself that we are lucky.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
LG the L I did this a couple of years ago you won't regret it. You know where to come for any extra advice.
LgtheL, one of the things I found most useful, was that at Uni, there was an area that offered help in how to get through all the reading. Having left school at 15, I was totally unused to having to get through reams of reading. The hints they gave us were very useful. It's worth making enquiries if you find it a bit much.
Morning all.
LG, I did an RHS course, plus ND and other bits and pieces, in my mid 40s, and it was absolutely fab! Great to get the grey matter working again, and fascinating to learn so much. You'll love it, I'm sure.
Glad the car has gone, Pat, even though the mystery remains... mmm, waffles and maple syrup...
Just back from the dentist. It's April showers again, with brief sunny intervals. I have curtains from the rental house draped around the spare bedroom, in the vain hope they'll soon be dry enough to iron and put back up.
Now off to U3A Novel Appreciation. We've just read Trollope's "The way we live now" - an 800-page marathon, though I ended up enjoying it. It will soon be clear if others did too...
Morning all.
After a very broken sleep, insomnia , gales, torrential rain, Hubby woke me at 9.53 with a cuppa in bed. A rare treat .
Welcome home Dove and Lovely OH. I'm glad you had a good holiday. We're counting down 10 weeks until we head off.
Just popping in to let you know I'm awake ... and up ... things to do so see you in a bit ............
Oh ... and to say that at 39 I started what turned out to be 6 years of full time in Higher Education ... best thing I ever did .... and I met a certain young art student
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.