I heard from Fairy the other day - I don't think she'll mind me telling you that she's got a touch of RSI so is staying away from the keyboard as much as possible for a bit until it settles. Otherwise she's perfectly fine and has not been washed or blown away
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Yviestevie, the Norfolk cottage has a small courtyard garden and a front flowerbed which has nothing in it. I'll have fun with that later.
We are sitting in a packed up flat surrounded by boxes waiting to go to the pub down the road to eat with OH's family. Howling gale and raining, glad my anorak has a hood.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Hi all, thanks for the congratulation re job. It isn't full time or anything, mostly just a few evenings and it is a lovely little family restaurant. In the main I am using it to get my French more fluent and also to get to know more people in the area.
Also, not sure if many of you will have gathered my OH and I have a very strained and I suppose strange relationship. He works from home, he works for hours on end, evenings. week-ends, hardly any days off. He loves his work and is a bit like a mad professor, totally wrapped up in his 'really important' project of the moment. It does leave me very lonely at times and especially in the winter months when I am stuck inside, I do get very down about it. I had hoped after his heart attack he might have had a bit of an epiphany and realised the important things in life like family and the like but he is back to 'normal'. I am just hoping the job will lesson the loneliness a bit. And I must admit so many of the things I do are all about keeping my mind occupied and not dwelling on the pretty poor home life. Luckily, Charlie and I get on great and he gives me an enormous amount of pleasure and he is also as energetic as me so happy to join me in all my madcap ideas.
I am going to carry on the B&B but might not offer evening meals as much, they are very time consuming and although it can be nice chatting to people sometimes it can be a bit too much effort on people you are never going to see again in your life. Also tricky because OH doesn't speak any French so I have to entertain and cook and wash up (OH doesn't cook or wash up either), I think a restaurant job is will be far easier - I hope so anyway.
And I will have all my new plants to think about.
“Coffee. Garden. Coffee. Does a good morning need anything else?” —Betsy Cañas Garmon
((Hugs)) DD ....and then some more ...(()). Lots of relationships work in mysterious ways - I know lots of people think Mr Chicky is a figment of my imagination, he is so rarely seen. But I've got used to doing things "our" way, and it doesn't bother me any more.
If keeping busy works for you then keep on busying away ...the new job sounds like it will be a lot of fun. The dedicated plant budget sounds like an inspired idea too
Hope the move goes well tomorrow Lizzie ..... Hope your boxes are waterproof .....and you have kept wellies handy too.
Glad you are recovering Yvie - hope Mr Y is soon on the mend too.
I think I'm not as sociable as DD. When I was younger in France the children were at school and OH was at work I didn't work then but I didn't mind being on my own. Then when OH died and children were at school and university I was on my own much more but that was a horrid time because OH wasn't coming back from work. Nights were awful. But I got used to it and when I met 2nd OH I was fairly antisocial and spent all day in the garden or with my horse and dog. I did try doing B&B for a bit but didn't put as much into it as DD and there was hardly internet so advertising was harder.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
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Congratulations on the job DD - hope it helps but I have no idea how you will find the time...
Sounds like everybody else has been busy too.
Have just spent a most enjoyable 5 minutes watching the barn owl swooping over the field behind our house. Absolutely beautiful
Not much to say today so Hello peeps
Where are Fairy, Pdoc, Lesley and Bushman ? Hope they haven't been washed away
Dry sunny morning
rain due 6pm. It has been raining since 11am 
Afternoon all, been a bit of a boring weekend with rubbish weather. I'm feeling fine now but the bug has passed to Hubby.
DD, I just don't know how you do it, do you ever find time to relax?
Hope Chicklet had a good birthday.
Busy, sounds like the perfect solution to me, two gardens and different climates
I heard from Fairy the other day - I don't think she'll mind me telling you that she's got a touch of RSI so is staying away from the keyboard as much as possible for a bit until it settles. Otherwise she's perfectly fine and has not been washed or blown away
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Yviestevie, the Norfolk cottage has a small courtyard garden and a front flowerbed which has nothing in it. I'll have fun with that later.
We are sitting in a packed up flat surrounded by boxes waiting to go to the pub down the road to eat with OH's family. Howling gale and raining, glad my anorak has a hood.
I hope Fairy doesn't mind me telling you she's not been washed ...........
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hi all, thanks for the congratulation re job.
It isn't full time or anything, mostly just a few evenings and it is a lovely little family restaurant. In the main I am using it to get my French more fluent and also to get to know more people in the area.
Also, not sure if many of you will have gathered my OH and I have a very strained and I suppose strange relationship. He works from home, he works for hours on end, evenings. week-ends, hardly any days off. He loves his work and is a bit like a mad professor, totally wrapped up in his 'really important' project of the moment. It does leave me very lonely at times and especially in the winter months when I am stuck inside, I do get very down about it. I had hoped after his heart attack he might have had a bit of an epiphany and realised the important things in life like family and the like but he is back to 'normal'. I am just hoping the job will lesson the loneliness a bit. And I must admit so many of the things I do are all about keeping my mind occupied and not dwelling on the pretty poor home life. Luckily, Charlie and I get on great and he gives me an enormous amount of pleasure and he is also as energetic as me so happy to join me in all my madcap ideas.
I am going to carry on the B&B but might not offer evening meals as much, they are very time consuming and although it can be nice chatting to people sometimes it can be a bit too much effort on people you are never going to see again in your life. Also tricky because OH doesn't speak any French so I have to entertain and cook and wash up (OH doesn't cook or wash up either), I think a restaurant job is will be far easier - I hope so anyway.
And I will have all my new plants to think about.
((Hugs)) DD ....and then some more ...(()). Lots of relationships work in mysterious ways - I know lots of people think Mr Chicky is a figment of my imagination, he is so rarely seen
. But I've got used to doing things "our" way, and it doesn't bother me any more.
If keeping busy works for you then keep on busying away ...the new job sounds like it will be a lot of fun. The dedicated plant budget sounds like an inspired idea too
Hope the move goes well tomorrow Lizzie ..... Hope your boxes are waterproof
.....and you have kept wellies handy too.
Glad you are recovering Yvie - hope Mr Y is soon on the mend too.
Thank you Chicky. Forgot the wellies!
I think I'm not as sociable as DD. When I was younger in France the children were at school and OH was at work I didn't work then but I didn't mind being on my own. Then when OH died and children were at school and university I was on my own much more but that was a horrid time because OH wasn't coming back from work. Nights were awful. But I got used to it and when I met 2nd OH I was fairly antisocial and spent all day in the garden or with my horse and dog. I did try doing B&B for a bit but didn't put as much into it as DD and there was hardly internet so advertising was harder.
Came on here to say we had lovely meal out with OH's daughter, but ended up writing about myself. Probably had too much wine