The garden is looking lovely! Just have to work on it over the next 2 weeks as July 1st draws near!

Friday 16th June!

Strange how different I feel from yesterday! yesterday I couldn't get going, today I was up with the lark. It was really warm on the patio and I sat and drank my early morning cup of redbush tea whilst watching the housemartins skim the sky for their early morning breakfast. They were busy repairing the nest yesterday and it was fun to watch them working away on the outside of the structure. I did my best with my camera, but I really would like a more powerful zoom lens. Today I will be having a tidy round and getting everything ready for our trip to London. We will be leaving here very early tomorrow morning as we need to be at the airport for 7am.I am one of those people who likes to get there early as I can not abide clashing, I find it unecessarily stressful! We will be givimg Wilma her Valium today, as prescribed by the vet, in an effort to calm her down whilst we are away. My sister in law & nephew 3 are staying over whilst we are away, so we know the animals and house will be safe

Forget Me Not by Patrick T., Stuart, IA once in a while brought on by the success of everyone else the everything's okay of everyone else I wonder if any of us will matter? After time has done its damage will any of us be remembered for more than a few once-in-a-whiles ? will our first love be first thought of every dangerous good morning will i consciously care about the strangers down the hall when i'm kissing my wife and kids good night and then comes the end of my poem (that's more than just words) we all live under the same moon we all ignore our favorite sunsets yet we ask the same we don't do for others: forget-me-no tin the middle of the night we don't call up our own friends and are forced to forget them in the morning I dream of losing contact only because it's expected natural, why does life end after one institution why do we semi-adults walk the halls alone and forget to realize that once in a 10-year moon isn't enough for revival

Have I finally got the knack?

Okay, I think I have some time to post some inspiration!

Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day.

Author: Sally Koch

Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.

Author: Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965), French philosopher, physician, musician, Nobel Peace Prize

We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.

Author: Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965), British statesman, prime minister, author

It seems to me that any full grown, mature adult would have a desire to be responsible, to help where he can in a world that needs so very much, that threatens us so very much.

Author: Norman Lear

The best thing about giving of ourselves is that what we get is always better than what we give. The reaction is greater than the action.

Author: Orison Swett Marden

Remember what this is all about!

Just a reminder....... After many years as a primary school teacher I chisselled my way up the promotion ladder to a plain far above what mattered in my life. It was a very lonely place and was only fully understood by others in the same position....is it career success or something? My husband had built up his own business and I hadn't really been involved as much as I would have wanted or liked to, simply because my job took up the majority of my time. When I wasn't teaching I was planning what I was going to teach and so the story went on! I spend many hours on the back of a motorbike, yes trying to stay on but it is a place whereI do my thinking.....and I was doing some serious thinking a few years ago! One of the many things I thought about was the roles we find ourself with in our own lives. I felt I had fulfilled the role of a daughter, yes I got things wrong along the line, but had done my best for both mum and dad whilst they were both alive.....I had been a good(ish)pupil/learner/teacher, neice, cousin, auntie! but as for my role as a wife and home-makerI felt it could improve if I had more time at home! So it was decided we would manage on one main salary and I would do occasional supply work! I started my own calligraphy/arty business which is coming along very nicely and started to look around our little plot and home to see how I could make it all a better place to be.....hence you reading this! 2006 sees me reach the age of 50! and for my 50th birthday I want a nice garden party, so first I need a nice garden!!! so pull up a chair, reach for a drink and relax with me in my garden which we will create together!

Another Blog???

The answer is YES!

After considerable problems with a previous blogger I have decided to go with a new one, hopefully which will allow me to upload images easily!

So, first impressions???