Hello. Been out all day visiting gardens. Last April we joined the Vendée garden club and then heard nothing till I got a mail on Thursday telling us about activities in October and a reminder for today's visits. Asked for more info and off we went. Good day with two completely contrasting gardens. I'll post pics and links on the visits thread when they've loaded. Morning visit followed by a picnic and a plant swap and a contrite president offering us free membership next year as we've missed so many potential visits this year. Nice people.
Got home to ecstatic dogs, as usual. I made chocolate mousse while OH walked them and am about to cook a new, to us, fish for dinner. OH is off for 3 days of golfing in Brittany tomorrow so no garlic as he is car sharing. I am going to play. Sunny now after a cloudy day that tried to be damp and looking good for the next few days.
I hope you've survived your separation Chicky and that she has a wonderful time making friends.
Hosta - sounds frustrating. Hope you get a good rest tonight.
Pdoc - bound to be an emotional experience. Don't over analyse. Go with the flow and let things settle.
Dove - how daft can people be?
FG - so sorry your neck is crook. Hope it eases by next weekend!
Mind gone blank now. Clearly time for apéro! Greetings and apologies to everyone I've missed.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Brother 3 years older than me, Dad left when he was 1, never seen him since.
We do not look alike at all, him tallish and slim, me not.
I was able to fill him in on Dads life, which i think was a help to him, he of course could not tell me much, except about his Mum, who has recently died.
We did not really have anything in common, if I had met him in a pub as a stranger, I would not have thought, I want to see him again.
We agreed to keep in touch and maybe meet up again.
Went to visit Mum afterwards, she only has 1 bedroom, but i managed to get a guest room.
She was not very happy that i had been, but I knew that before hand.
Now need to speak to sisters, we have had more contact over this, than we have had for several years.
I know they are not happy.
I need a few garden days, to put this into perspective, it all seems a bit weird.
Sleep well.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
Punkdoc - perhaps the fact that you could fill in missing pieces of the jigsaw for your brother was the most important thing. I guess he'll have had more satisfaction from the meeting than you will, but I suppose that's inevitable, given the circumstances.
This is none of my business, so please feel free to take no notice... but I wonder why your sisters aren't happy you met your brother, given that his birth was hardly his fault, and he has as much right as they do, to know about his father.
For what it's worth, I think you've done the right thing.
Hope the garden helps.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Punk, I can't begin to imagine what this experience has been like for you You have , however, just said that you have had more contact with your sisters than usual. Perhaps that in itself has been cathartic and lead to better relationships
On a vaguely similar vein I met, totally by accident, my nephew and his wife and beautiful baby yesterday. My brother directed the estrangement over 20 years ago and I hadn't seen this lovely young man since he was 9. We literally bumped into each other. I came home to find a request for Fb friendship from him. How good is that?!
Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.” A A Milne
Just waking up and have read what I missed overnight. Punkdoc, well done you! And you've given us a lovely brief list of things that we'd want to ask you, so that's out of the way.
I have a Lemon Verbena. I goes to sleep in winter here, so don't panic if it does the same for you, Aunty Rach. My lovely red Poppy does the same.
Minus 6.6 this morning, Hubby has advised. I'd rather not know, I think. I guess these late frosts mean another summer without stone fruit since they have been flowering madly the last few weeks. I haven't been down to look at the Nashi and Apple, but they missed out last year on fruit as well. It makes me think. On some of those TV shows about early civilisations, they speculate about why they disappeared from certain regions. If their supply of available edibles stopped, they either starved or moved to another area. Not an easy thing to do. (Sorry, it's my Anthropology stuff coming to the fore).
Since our few days in Canberra last week, the dirty clothes basket is overflowing, but if I could only believe the weather forecast, I could get on with it.
Punk: remember we're here for you whatever you're feeling right now. I won't pretend to know or even try to guess.
The weeks holiday is over: partner returns to work today leaving me my Monday off for chores as normal. The weekend didn't go as planned and to be truthful has left me more tired (mentally; his family is very draining) than when we started. I'm not the only one struggling: the dog hasn't moved since bedtime and seems incapable of even looking up and my partner wasn't much better!
Pat: one of my major chores today Is the washing basket. You know I'm sure even if we spent the week in just our pants that thing would still be full. I don't even know how we use so much stuff; hoping we both get the dry weather (I'll not have the minus temperatures though it's that's okay with you).
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Hello. Been out all day visiting gardens. Last April we joined the Vendée garden club and then heard nothing till I got a mail on Thursday telling us about activities in October and a reminder for today's visits. Asked for more info and off we went. Good day with two completely contrasting gardens. I'll post pics and links on the visits thread when they've loaded. Morning visit followed by a picnic and a plant swap and a contrite president offering us free membership next year as we've missed so many potential visits this year. Nice people.
Got home to ecstatic dogs, as usual. I made chocolate mousse while OH walked them and am about to cook a new, to us, fish for dinner. OH is off for 3 days of golfing in Brittany tomorrow so no garlic as he is car sharing. I am going to play. Sunny now after a cloudy day that tried to be damp and looking good for the next few days.
I hope you've survived your separation Chicky and that she has a wonderful time making friends.
Hosta - sounds frustrating. Hope you get a good rest tonight.
Pdoc - bound to be an emotional experience. Don't over analyse. Go with the flow and let things settle.
Dove - how daft can people be?
FG - so sorry your neck is crook. Hope it eases by next weekend!
Mind gone blank now. Clearly time for apéro! Greetings and apologies to everyone I've missed.
Looks like some people are determined to let us know ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Good evening , sun shine and showers , been up at allotment , not been to badly effected
Just had a couple of beers before dinner , cooking nicely
Have a good evening
In summary:
Brother 3 years older than me, Dad left when he was 1, never seen him since.
We do not look alike at all, him tallish and slim, me not.
I was able to fill him in on Dads life, which i think was a help to him, he of course could not tell me much, except about his Mum, who has recently died.
We did not really have anything in common, if I had met him in a pub as a stranger, I would not have thought, I want to see him again.
We agreed to keep in touch and maybe meet up again.
Went to visit Mum afterwards, she only has 1 bedroom, but i managed to get a guest room.
She was not very happy that i had been, but I knew that before hand.
Now need to speak to sisters, we have had more contact over this, than we have had for several years.
I know they are not happy.
I need a few garden days, to put this into perspective, it all seems a bit weird.
Sleep well.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Pdoc, his search for family may have been triggered by his mother's death.
He may now be satisfied that you have met and be content to leave it at that.
Punkdoc - perhaps the fact that you could fill in missing pieces of the jigsaw for your brother was the most important thing. I guess he'll have had more satisfaction from the meeting than you will, but I suppose that's inevitable, given the circumstances.
This is none of my business, so please feel free to take no notice... but I wonder why your sisters aren't happy you met your brother, given that his birth was hardly his fault, and he has as much right as they do, to know about his father.
For what it's worth, I think you've done the right thing.
Hope the garden helps.
Punkdoc - I hope that in the time of reflection you will no doubt now have, you can at least be proud of yourself for having the courage to meet up.
I hope everybody is cosy, relaxed, content, asleep - or any other appropriate Sunday night mode.
Picked up a Lemon Verbena in the plant fair today so I'm off to bed to have a read about their care.
Punk, I can't begin to imagine what this experience has been like for you You have , however, just said that you have had more contact with your sisters than usual. Perhaps that in itself has been cathartic and lead to better relationships
On a vaguely similar vein I met, totally by accident, my nephew and his wife and beautiful baby yesterday. My brother directed the estrangement over 20 years ago and I hadn't seen this lovely young man since he was 9. We literally bumped into each other. I came home to find a request for Fb friendship from him. How good is that?!
A A Milne
Just waking up and have read what I missed overnight. Punkdoc, well done you! And you've given us a lovely brief list of things that we'd want to ask you, so that's out of the way.
I have a Lemon Verbena. I goes to sleep in winter here, so don't panic if it does the same for you, Aunty Rach. My lovely red Poppy does the same.
Minus 6.6 this morning, Hubby has advised. I'd rather not know, I think.
I guess these late frosts mean another summer without stone fruit since they have been flowering madly the last few weeks. I haven't been down to look at the Nashi and Apple, but they missed out last year on fruit as well. It makes me think. On some of those TV shows about early civilisations, they speculate about why they disappeared from certain regions. If their supply of available edibles stopped, they either starved or moved to another area. Not an easy thing to do. (Sorry, it's my Anthropology stuff coming to the fore).
Since our few days in Canberra last week, the dirty clothes basket is overflowing, but if I could only believe the weather forecast, I could get on with it.
Morning all.
Punk: remember we're here for you whatever you're feeling right now. I won't pretend to know or even try to guess.
The weeks holiday is over: partner returns to work today leaving me my Monday off for chores as normal. The weekend didn't go as planned and to be truthful has left me more tired (mentally; his family is very draining) than when we started. I'm not the only one struggling: the dog hasn't moved since bedtime and seems incapable of even looking up and my partner wasn't much better!
Pat: one of my major chores today Is the washing basket. You know I'm sure even if we spent the week in just our pants that thing would still be full. I don't even know how we use so much stuff; hoping we both get the dry weather (I'll not have the minus temperatures though it's that's okay with you).