((hugs)) Hosta. He deserves to be grieved - those tears ought to be shed to mark a life that mattered. I hope you have a good break when you get there and the sun soothes you
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Poor Hostafan. It’s very early days still. Hopefully your holiday will give you a proper rest, no chores to do, and some decent weather, a chance to unwind and think in neutral surroundings. No doubt also good to get away from the dreary weather and the subdued atmosphere here in the UK, enough to bring anybody’s spirits down even without your own loss to cope with. Our thoughts are with you. Just chuck some stuff in a case, there will be shops there if you forget anything, and there’s a good chance that Mother Nature will look after watering the garden while you are away. Hugs.
Oh @Hostafan1 - my heart goes out to you. I can understand booking a holiday in a moment of strength - I can do this - but then realising that you would rather not be going without him. Can you take a little bit of him with you? Talk to him while you are away, show him what you see. And then show us!
There is a lot of walking about in Southwold @Busy-Lizzie - but glad you were able to manage it and have an enjoyable time. If only the beach hut was still in the family!
Some other friends went the other way - to Holkham Beach - yesterday. They did go in the water. It looked lovely.
The tree man is here, severely pruning the overgrown laurel. He last did it 3 years ago. He has cut a load of branches off the NDN's leylandii by the fence that were overhanging our garden. It looks a lot lighter now. We had NDN's permission. The leylandii used to be part of a hedge that NDN dug up, but he couldn't get the roots out of the last bit. It's now very tall.
I've been cleaning kitchen cupboards and white goods doors.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Thank you all for your continuing kindness. I've swapped my things into his wallet, so I'll be carrying that little bit of him with me, and I'm wearing one of his T shirts too.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
I hope you have a good break when you get there and the sun soothes you
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
And then show us!
Some other friends went the other way - to Holkham Beach - yesterday. They did go in the water. It looked lovely.
Thanks @didyw.
I just shocked myself at Wordle - hole in one!
The tree man is here, severely pruning the overgrown laurel. He last did it 3 years ago. He has cut a load of branches off the NDN's leylandii by the fence that were overhanging our garden. It looks a lot lighter now. We had NDN's permission. The leylandii used to be part of a hedge that NDN dug up, but he couldn't get the roots out of the last bit. It's now very tall.
I've been cleaning kitchen cupboards and white goods doors.
I've swapped my things into his wallet, so I'll be carrying that little bit of him with me, and I'm wearing one of his T shirts too.