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  • Still alive and living in Hampshire!

    Hi all

    Just a quickie to say hi, wish you all a wonderful Christmas, Yule, Hannukah etc.

    It has been a funny old year down here. I've been engrossed in my crystal therapy course and we've been decorating and sorting out the house to get the business moving. Needless to say we lost the plot a bit on the allotment. With blight, chocolate spot, weeds etc it all got a bit much. We still have the lotties but very little has happened so I've not had much to share and was a bit jealous so I avoided things for a while. Everyone seemed to be harvesting wonders and I was swimming in a sea of unplanted seeds, plantlets and weeds etc. Got a bit ostrichy I think for a while.

    Then we lost November when my MIL was taken into the Treliske extremely poorly and subsequently died. Mr EB has struggled some with all that has happened and we were left to clear up, sort out and dispose of as appropriate her effects. Not pleasant at 200+ miles (4 1/2 hour drive one way). Mr EB is co-executor of her estate so it's still hanging around.

    I'm now that far behind that I still haven't bought any garlic or overwintering broad beans yet and as for the stuff that isn't where it was supposed to be by now well that's life.

    I know it all sounds whiny. Sorry. But we are still here, still plodding on a bit and I plan to get back on top come the new school term. I've got a bit philosophical about it all and decided that what hasn't been done hasn't been done and I'm not going to over do it trying to do everything as it won't benefit anyone long term and I don't enjoy any of it.

    We have a small Yule ritual planned for this weekend which will hopefully help to get things moving again. I'll take some time to plan properly for next year especially as we have my parents for Christmas next year and I want to take them to the lottie on Christmas Day to dig up/pick the veg as I think that will be a great way to start things off.

    Hope you are all well. I will get round to answering PMs and things over the next week or so and catching up on the threads I've missed. I'll also try to post a piccy of the boys (our three gingers we got earlier in the year - so you can see how they've grown).

    Best wishes and virtual hugs
    Last edited by Earthbabe; 20-12-2007, 09:28 AM.
    Bright Blessings
    Earthbabe

    If at first you don't succeed, open a bottle of wine.

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    Hi EB

    Phew - what a year you've had! I haven't had the pleasure of your postings as I am newish here but loving it

    As you say, what ain't done aint done, best view for all I say.
    aka
    Suzie

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    • #3
      Lovely to hear from you Earthbabe!

      Sorry you've had a bit of a grim year - next year is just around the corner now, so as in Nature - it's time for a fresh start!

      Hope you have a good weekend with all your celebrations!
      "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

      Location....Normandy France

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      • #4
        Nice to hear from you agsain EB. Not a nice year. Never mind about what hasn't got done - think forward and positive. Pretend you have brand new allotments and start afresh. I hope the therapy of gardening in the spring will be the start of a more upbeat year for you all.

        best wishes,

        Happy Yule and New Year.

        Flum
        Last edited by Flummery; 20-12-2007, 10:03 AM. Reason: typo
        Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.

        www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated March 9th - Spring

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        • #5
          Take it gently EB, life will get back to some semblance of normal. I understand the frustration of not keeping pace with the planting out etc, as it happens to me a lot (things get ready for planting but I am not always able to plant them), you are quite right to feel that what hasn't been achieved is just best left. You can start afresh next year. Have a good Yule. Just bung some shop garlick in - that way you will have a chance of something happening - that's what I am going to do anyway!

          Hope 2008 is a better one for you.
          Happy Gardening,
          Shirley

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          • #6
            Sorry to see you've had a bad time EB & I hope things are now improving for you.
            The old year is nearly over let's hope the new one is better for you.
            The river Trent is lovely, I know because I have walked on it for 18 years.
            Brian Clough

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            • #7
              Hey EB sorry about your loss.

              Try and have a great xmas/yule time you will get caught up in no time have a great new year. take care
              Yo an' Bob
              Walk lightly on the earth
              take only what you need
              give all you can
              and your produce will be bountifull

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              • #8
                Hi Earthbabe, missed you and your posts. So sorry to hear of the rough time you've been having and for your loss.

                On a positive note, how's the crystal therapy course going? How was the move? Lots of good things for you to look forward to in the spring, this dark phase will soon be over.

                Take good care, and take things slowly in their course.
                Life may not be the party we hoped for but since we're here we might as well dance

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                • #9
                  I was only talking to Wellie about you the other day, EB - glad to see you back on the Vine!

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                  • #10
                    Hi Earthbabe, you know it's funny - I was thinking about you just yesterday. Sorry to hear of all your troubles. There's a season for everything, and grief is part of life as much as love and joy. Hope Mr and Miss EB are bearing up okay and that things get easier for you all as the days lengthen and grow warmer. Best wishes for the coming year to you.

                    Dwell simply ~ love richly

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                    • #11
                      Hi EB, sorry for your loss. I also lost my MIL in October (on her 80th birthday - I think she did it deliberately so we would never forget the date!) so I know what it's like to sort out someone's estate.

                      Bright blessings to you and yours for Yule - it's a new year and a new start!
                      Live for something or die for nothing

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                      • #12
                        Hi Earthbabe, I wondered where you'd got to?

                        Don't be a stranger now you're back and I hope everything turns out well for you in 2008! Mery Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and yours!
                        My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
                        to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

                        Diversify & prosper


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                        • #13
                          Hi EB hope you have a Merry Yuletide, don't stress too much and enjoy yourself plenty!

                          Plant what you can and lots of what you enjoy - lets hope things grow better next year, I think most folk had poor returns last year (well I did anyway!), cr@ppy weather didn't help.

                          Bright Blessings.
                          To see a world in a grain of sand
                          And a heaven in a wild flower

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                          • #14
                            Nice to see you back Earthbabe, hope you have a good Christmas & New Year & a happier 2008.
                            Into every life a little rain must fall.

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                            • #15
                              Hi
                              Things can only improve now.. Sorting out the estate after a death is quite a task, it takes energy not only physical but mental as well. My thoughts are with you both.
                              All the best for 2008 and have a peaceful christmas.
                              Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful..William Morris

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