I hadn't realised it until now , but it’s probably no coincidence that my last post was about our trip to Norwich, a city I’ve loved since studying at UEA. I wrote, then, that coming home was a hard landing, a feeling that took me completely by surprise as it’s been such a privilege to live in this beautiful, remote spot on the very edge of the west Wales coast. A trip to Skye at the end of October - Tom’s choice - with Ma, was a truly lovely holiday. The weather was kind, the colours of those breathtaking seascapes will stay with me, as will all the happy memories we made that week. And, because our small cottage had been so beautifully modernised and worked so well for the three of us, it was easy to imagine what it might be like to live somewhere different. If travel doesn’t broaden the mind, it certainly brings a new perspective. By the end of the year, Tom and I had decided that it was time for a change, time to move closer to a town (we are neither of us, as they say, getting
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It was the first with garden and I'm always appaled how longer things take to grow (but for weeds) and how timings are so meaningful in Nature.
But enjoying, the same as you, the aspects of Country Life. I guess it's the ancient recolector in us that make us crave for auto-suficiency.
Enjoy the full program ahead. You are a person so full of life and energy it's mesmerizing to witness. Go Chris!!!! :)
Enjoy Hay, hope you have a fabulous time there!
Enjoy Hay and congrats to Honno Press on their anniversary.
Jeanne
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I hope you had a lovely time at the opera and at the Hay Festival.
Six times, Teresa! Gohs, no wonder you're happy to be in one spot now. Yes, it's strange, isn't it, that craving to put down physical as well as emotional roots.
Oh you, you're making me blush now!
Pleased to hear that someone's got some self-control, Lins!! The garden's very much a a work in progress so I'm not sure that I've got the green-fingered gene from Ma. Fortunately Tom's taking care of the vegetable garden!
Oh,we've a pretty good crops of nettles, Jane, but I thought the shed was more photogenic! Hay report coming soon.
Not today, Jennie! Actually, we can't complain as the weather passes through quickly here(unless there's a sea mist)so there's plenty of variety.
Jeanne, we didn't really make the most of our previous garden as we wanted to move, so it is lovely to enjoy it here. Thank you.
Hi Debs, I mustn't show your shed to ours as yours is an icon rather than a shed! Thank you!