| Eternal June | 07:39 |
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Well I wrote a post five years ago, I wonder what it would be like to live in world where it was always June. To be in the garden in an eternal June with my mum. Now add dad to that, larger summerhouse than before, the same roses, some new plants, and of course a new face, my grandson Dallas age 3 who is the love of my life. Happiness definitely is eternal June if mum and dad could be there also :)
new summerhouse with lots of my old furniture tarted up with a bit of paint.Mum and dads fireplace with mums Hercules and vases on top
Max almost 11 years old now
old garden furniture covered with some calico slipcovers i ran up
My son Damons old tub chair, covered in some duck egg faux suede and my daughter Kates old sofa bed covered in same, with mum and dads old bureau painted, you guessed my favourite colour, duck egg
an old cupboard i bought many years ago, painted and wallpapered with memories of my children, parents and grandparents on
Princess Victoria Louise Oriental poppy
one of my own orientals
Madame Gregoire Stachelin climbing rose, hanging her beautiful head
my old wicker bench bought for £25 about 30 years ago from B & Q, with one of my favourite materials Fairford by Jane Churchill -lovely Fair Rosamund, Rosa mundi roses on a duck egg background
Constance Spry peeking through a golden hop
Fremontedendrom shrub and Rose Despres au Fleur Jaune
Constance spry again
Emily Gray
Despres au Fleur Jaune again
Fantan Latour
a view from my potager looking down towards house and summerhouse
my favourite bench
Hesperis and valerian
| A new beginning? | 07:25 |
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I always intended this blog to be more of a garden diary, to show how my green fingers I seem to have inherited from my mother and grandfather are getting greener. But sadly the last few years my dearest dad developed dementia and I had no time for anything but him. I hasten to add I would have had it no other way. I seem to have spent all my growing up years looking after family and not spending much time on myself. Now I have the time, sadly I find myself not wanting to do anything. Dad passed away on 22nd November, we buried him 16th December, and the rest of that month was spent clearing out the two lifetimes of my parents. As anyone who has cared for a relative 24/7 will know, their death leaves a gaping hole, and part of me feels guilty for wanting to do anything that I haven't been able to enjoy for years. A couple of days after dad passed away I had to sign on at the Job Centre at the age of 60 (thanks government for raising my pensionable age to 67 and a half!) I have applied for jobs but no-one seems to want me-not sure if I am happy or sad at that!
My dear dad, William Henry Golding, as he would introduce himself to one and all, had a very happy and healthy life until a couple of months before his death, and so my New Year resolution is to try and live the rest of what I have left being as happy as my dad and spend it doing what I like best, gardening and being with my family. And to try my hardest to become a little selfish (it will be difficult) and indulge myself for a change.
Reunited with mum now :)
My dear dad, William Henry Golding, as he would introduce himself to one and all, had a very happy and healthy life until a couple of months before his death, and so my New Year resolution is to try and live the rest of what I have left being as happy as my dad and spend it doing what I like best, gardening and being with my family. And to try my hardest to become a little selfish (it will be difficult) and indulge myself for a change.
| Friends | 00:33 |
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My oldest friend I am still in touch with is Sue McGookin nee Orsler-we met at our all girl school in the late 60's and have remained friends over the years. Sue recently lost her dear mother Eileen, who was like a second mum to me during my teenage years, and often Sue's mum and dad Bill, got us out of many a scrape...like the night we we in police cells at Bow Street (unlocked and for our own safety I hasten to add!) We had missed our last train from Charing Cross and met a nice 'bobby' in Trafalgar Square who took us back to Bow Street until Eileen and Bill could pick us up. The night, or early hours as it was then, got even more hilarious as on our way home in Bills mini van, with me and Sue in the back, we got stopped by police who were on the look out for a Bonnie and Clyde couple who had been on a robbing spree! I dont think Eileen and Bill were very impressed with us that night.....
Sue has always been an artist and is currently painting dog portraits, a genre in which she is incredibly talented. Sue painted my German Shepherd Max(from a photo taken by my son- in -law Luke posted before on this blog)- Max's portrait now hangs proudly on my sitting room wall, and dear Eileen wouldnt let me pay for Sue's expenses and paid for it herself. Thank you dear Eileen, I will never forget you xxx
I have found another talented dog artist, non other than Kim Sears, Andy Murray's girlfriend.(Everyone knows that Andy is my favourite tennis player, so I wont go on about Wimbledon here!) Her blog, http://kimsears.com/wp/ shows some of her amazing work. I would love a portrait of my dear departed Stimpy, but dont think my meagre income would amount to a Kim Sears work, or even my dear Sue McGookin alas!
Sue has always been an artist and is currently painting dog portraits, a genre in which she is incredibly talented. Sue painted my German Shepherd Max(from a photo taken by my son- in -law Luke posted before on this blog)- Max's portrait now hangs proudly on my sitting room wall, and dear Eileen wouldnt let me pay for Sue's expenses and paid for it herself. Thank you dear Eileen, I will never forget you xxx
I have found another talented dog artist, non other than Kim Sears, Andy Murray's girlfriend.(Everyone knows that Andy is my favourite tennis player, so I wont go on about Wimbledon here!) Her blog, http://kimsears.com/wp/ shows some of her amazing work. I would love a portrait of my dear departed Stimpy, but dont think my meagre income would amount to a Kim Sears work, or even my dear Sue McGookin alas!
| rather late..... | 00:12 |
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I found this post as a draft and obviously forgot to post it..... wasnt this april birthday, must have been last april, as Damon will be 40 on Saturday.
I just found this on my laptop which i obviously had meant to post on my birthday, 6th April, and for some reason I didnt (If I remember rightly I spent hours looking through old photos and records)
Last week was my birthday and I spent a pretty nice day with my son Damon, in the garden and at home, nothing special, but all the same a lovely day. We got around to talking about when I die, what would he like from the home, and he said the antique gramophone (I have two, one a family piece and another left to me by a neighbour) Damon amused me by saying he could use both for some retro dj scratching and conversation then got around to records. I decided to clear said gramophone out to get Damon some old records out and then discovered some lovely pics of my boy when he was young (now almost 39) and then found my favourite photo of me aged almost 16, taken 3 weeks before my birthday on Euston tube station by my friend Sue (we had obviously been to some gig or the other) I thought I had lost the photo a few years back and was very pleased to find it on my birthday, my day brightened up :)
I just found this on my laptop which i obviously had meant to post on my birthday, 6th April, and for some reason I didnt (If I remember rightly I spent hours looking through old photos and records)
Last week was my birthday and I spent a pretty nice day with my son Damon, in the garden and at home, nothing special, but all the same a lovely day. We got around to talking about when I die, what would he like from the home, and he said the antique gramophone (I have two, one a family piece and another left to me by a neighbour) Damon amused me by saying he could use both for some retro dj scratching and conversation then got around to records. I decided to clear said gramophone out to get Damon some old records out and then discovered some lovely pics of my boy when he was young (now almost 39) and then found my favourite photo of me aged almost 16, taken 3 weeks before my birthday on Euston tube station by my friend Sue (we had obviously been to some gig or the other) I thought I had lost the photo a few years back and was very pleased to find it on my birthday, my day brightened up :)
| Missing Stimpy | 00:02 |
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Been rather sad these last few weeks, as my ginger tom Stimpy passed away. He had never been ill until January when when developed fluid on his lungs and was never really the same again. He died on June the 4th and was almost 18 years old, so he had a good life. He loved everybody and everybody loved him-he was the most affectionate of my cats and never failed to win strangers hearts. I buried him under my hammock so I can sit with him- it was one of the last places he laid in the garden to shelter from the sun. Miss you my dear little fella xxx
He did love a cushion to lay his dear head on.....
or to snuggle up to a tiger.......
or lay on his favourite chair............
In Barbies four poster bed......dont know how he got in there, but he didnt want to get out!
in the bathroom basin when he was just a kitten
playing football in the garden
his other favourite position, legs all akimbo..........
yes, he did love that basin...........
and mummys bed........
and Kate's bed too, hugging the toy that was meant for my first grandson Dallas!
| Its been a long time | 18:57 |
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Well its been a long time since my last post and a lot has happened. My dear old dad, now 82, has Alzheimers and it must be one of the saddest diseases.
But there has also been good news.... my beautiful daughter Kate has given me the most wonderful gift of a beautiful grandson, Dallas Jayden Driver, born on the 21st January at 9.22 am weighing 8lb 4oz.Mother and baby had a bit of a terrible time
(so did grandparents and poor daddy Luke) although that is all now forgotten, and we all have the most wondrous addition to our families. Kate was a beauty pregnant and is an even more beautiful mother
and daddy lukes not bad either!
So when my babies are happy, then their mama is happy, and now I cant wait for a wonderful spring and summer.
| One a penny.... | 13:47 |
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| Merry Christmas | 08:26 |
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It hasnt been a good year, early on finding out a dear beloved cousin had terminal cancer which made me feel completely helpless and hopeless. Thank God (or whatever being I actually pray to, probably Mother Earth) she is still here, hopefully celebrating a wonderful Christmas today with her family thanks to a drug trial. Then in October my dear friend and neighbour Gill was taken seriously ill and again thank goodness is slowly recovering. On the good side my daughter Kate has found a wonderful new love in Luke and they have been together for 7 months or so and although Kate now uses a walking stick always she is very happy which makes me very happy. We had changed solicitors (regarding her accident 7 years ago when a car ploughed into the bus shelter where she was sitting on her way to school) which was a very hard thing to do as the old solicitor had just put the case to court, but our new solicitor is very lovely who deals in brain injury and hopefully will get Kate better care for her future
Well I had better start on Christmas food preparations. Cooking is the one thing that has bought me some joy this year. During the first snow and not being able to buy any bread around where I live, I decided to buy a breadmaker and it is now a wonderful constant in my life! Freshly baked bread every morning is heavenly and unfortunately the focaccia I have been baking everyday is too yummy for words (Kate and I will have to reform ourselves in the New Year as too much focaccia definitely expands the waistline!) Below was my first attempt with sun dried tomatoes on top and it didnt last very long after this photo was taken!
Well I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and may 2011 bring all the good people what they wish for.
I again bought myself a signed Andy Murray shirt for myself for Christmas, it was for a good cause Daniels Dream and Promise
Can you see a theme.... this is what I bought myself last Christmas.....http://countryrosecorner.blogspot.com/2009/12/merry-christmas.html
and I also bought a used (but nicely washed by his mum Judy) t-shirt in the summer. Yes, I have a dedicated Andy Murray shirt drawer! Well he didnt win his Grand Slam, almost but not quite in the Australian Open, so hopefully in a couple of weeks he can start the New Year afresh and win what he desires. A warm thank you to Andy and his mum for the shirt (poor Judy posting 200 in snowy Dunblane a couple of weeks ago)
Below pic of Kate in the garden (I really should have removed the washing line!)
Merry Christmas Friends and until my garden defrosts I will be cooking...........
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