Faerisweet's Garden Diary

13 Oct '07 2:05 am

Brilliant idea Bambi,or was it Faerisweet...
I will go out later today and take some photos of'coming home'
Dixie.

14 Oct '07 3:04 am

I would love to see your countryside. I guess like many Americans, England holds a certain fascination for me. I think of our countries like a parent (Britain) and child (America), tho the child grows up and leaves home, he still gets a little homesick. Yes, I tend to romantisise things, Embarassed

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14 Oct '07 5:23 pm

I love your - photo essay! I like seeing the general normal landscapes that other forum friends live in, and drive through. I must admit to having a romantic idea about rural britain, too - and I know exactly where it came from. A set of pre-school children's books called 'Blackberry Farm', where the characters were so beautiful, and the drawings of farm hedges, etc. were too.

15 Oct '07 3:31 am

Faerisweet, I just found that I had missed your post about the views you see in your daily drive. I love the wide-open views that are to me, iconic of Texas. There, the sky is such a large part of the landscape and so beautiful. You are truly blessed in your loving family and in being able to live in such a wonderful place.

16 Oct '07 2:49 am

Hi Faerisweet,

Hee hee, I like your analogy about Britain and America - sometimes it does feel like that, doesn't it, although at other times the child has well and truly flown the nest and surpassed their parent! Very Happy

You know, it may sound silly, but I too have romantisised ideas about rural Britain - I currently live in suburbia and dream of moving away to the country (one day!), although I have to admit that we have friends living in London who always say they love coming out to "the country" to see us, so I suppose everything's relative!

Ok, right, in the morning I'll try to remember to bring the camera with me on the way to work and take some piccies along the way (unfortunately it's too dark by the time I leave the office in the evening now so it'll have to be the morning!).

16 Oct '07 5:56 am

My son worked in England a few years ago-in Wiltshire in the Cotswolds.He sent pictures of the village buildings with the thatched roofs-just like jigsaw puzzle pictures.We certainly have mental pictures of Olde England here.He joined the local cricket team and enjoyed the very civilised Saturday matches-tea and cakes were brought out at the conclusion of the game,and discussions of the game were continued at the local pub in the evening.Now that was how life should be,he said !
(By the way-he cut short his working holiday and came home as soon as winter arrived-too cold for him !)
Dixie.

16 Oct '07 9:58 pm

Hi Dixie,

Oh, those old cricket matches! My father belongs to an Old Boys' team at his old school and they play a local rival school twice a year, once at home and once away. I remember the whole family (Mum, Dad, two brothers, sister, myself and dog) all piling into the car with picnics, tennis rackets (for us girls to do something other than just sit down all day!), knitting, etc etc and making the 1½-2 hour journey "over the border" into Essex where the school is. We still try to get up there, at least for the home matches, and now all the sons of the old boys are grown-up, they pretty much make up most of the team (some of the old boys are in their 70s now!), but it's always a fantastic day, and we're all particularly fond of my Dad's best friend and his family who we only seem to see at these occasions. After the match we all pile into the pub for a meal and to dissect the game. Glorious days! Very Happy

Oh, and I remembered my camera this morning and took some piccies of the journey into work (amazingly enough, the camera behaved itself today!). The only downside is that I don't have the software on my work computer to download the photos off my camera, so I'll have to do that tonight and post them tomorrow.

17 Oct '07 4:54 am

woke up this morning to a cool and foggy morning. Most people around here complain about the fog when it comes, personally I love it. You have to be a little more careful driving but it just makes everything so soft and romantic looking.

17 Oct '07 5:46 am

Faerisweet-your pictures are Gorgeous-I have never really thought about taking fog pictures before-our area is well-known for its wet winter fog-I shall look at fog with new eyes I think.Yours are so delicate in beauty.
Dixie.

18 Dec '07 11:18 am

We have had our first freeze and thankfully I did get the various bulbs planted before it hit. I put in some daffodils, pastel tulips, crocus, glory of the snow, ranunculus, and a few hyacinths. I have never tried the ranunculus before but they look so pretty, thought I'd give them a shot. Not much gardening to be done til it warms up again, so I am repainting some garden ornaments and dreaming of spring. I am looking forward to it, hopefully everything will survive the winter and flourish when spring arrives. Being a new garden it was a bit sparse looking this past year but should fill out nicely in the coming seasons.
It is looking a lot like Christmas around here, the tree is up, stockings hung and lights across the front of the house. I still get excited at this time of year. As a child it was mainly about receiving, but I find as much joy giving now. Searching for the perfect gifts for the ones I love, looking forward to their joy on Christmas morning. I love being up late while everyone else is sleeping, I turn the lights on the tree and it is so quiet, peaceful and beautiful, makes me feel so grateful for my life and the people in it. I include the people in this gardening community in that thought as well, I truly enjoy the communication between us and am grateful for getting to know you and share just a little in your lives, Merry Christmas to all of you.

Faerisweet's Garden Diary

Coming home

Bambi,

Coming Home

O to be in England

fall is truly here now

foggy morning

winter is here