Wonderful! Absolutely wonderful. Thanks so much dear Prue. Enjoy your paradise. Happy sigh. (Sending rainy thoughts your way. This country is so crazy! It’s lovely up this way. Hopefully I can mow again tomorrow. But the frosts are on their way unfortunately.)
Hi Beth. Freezing cold today. Yes, frosts very close, I think. Wind howling here. No point in using the water ration as it would dry before it hit the garden. I would love a week of rain - would be prepared to slosh around in gumboots, washing the Pup's feet before he came inside, whatever it takes to wet our subsoil. Sigh...
Prue, you've outdone yourself. Every bit of this is priceless, from beginning to end. Thank you for including my post, but I have to say, HOW DARE YOU? was just stunning. All of it so staggering so heartbreaking, so true.
I loved your descriptions of your surroundings, the nature, the animals, the need to take it all in. Beautiful. And lastly, your interview, where you tell me more about you than I ever knew, and I'm thrilled by it all. Wow! 💕
Take care, Ramona. Mind your health because you are an absolute Boadicea on the front line and I imagine America needs people like you.
I'm glad you took solace from my week that was. It's reassuring to know that the rest of the world, while sweating the cost of living, is managing to value what we have left. We all need to breathe occasionally, don't we?
Gosh Prue - I didn't know what it meant when the message came up that you had linked to me. I came to your site to read you (it always feels like dropping in to see a friend for a good old catch up), then dived into Universality which was so beautiful and transported me to the sea and then, hey presto, there I was. Touched and honoured that you included me. Have now spent a happy hour reading your other recommendations and feel thoroughly nourished. Also, wanted to say what a wonderful gift the camera and film is for your grandson. Learning to choose what he wants to shoot, not wanting to waste film, is the best discipline for really seeing and analysing why you want to take the picture. He'll really learn to look and maybe be a match for his grandma in seeing and noticing and describing so beautifully. ps. I feel your pain with the watering. I now save all my coffee, tea, vegetable water etc etc for the garden and keep a bucket in the shower (like they do in Spain) to catch the extra. Can't bear to throw any away.
Jennifer, so good to talk. I must send you an email ASAP.
The water thing is tough - and I live for my day on the end of the hose. Thanks to heavy mulching, the garden's hanging on by a thread but if we don't get a rainbreak through winter I think we will be in dire straits. I suspect they'll have to truck in water from elsewhere to the local reservoir and we won't be able to water anything.
Yes, so hoping grandson persists with his camera. To pursue something like that rather than the perpetual i-pad/phone existence of his peers would be exceptional. It's only a little Insta-camera that prints an image immediately but there's a beauty and simplicity in retro, isn't there, and I think he can see that. Fingers crossed. Not a cheap hobby but such a good one.
What a wonderful smorgasbord of delights! I loved hearing about the pup as ever, and sad to hear the stress of the dry coastal garden. Having grown up with drought, I understand the stress of not knowing when the rains will come and if they do, will they be enough. And even then, how persistent is the damage so that even if the plants make it, maybe they won't be as resilient in subsequent years, and so it goes. Hope your plants get their thirst quenched soon.
Absolutely chuffed to learn about your grandson's photography efforts. My father started me taking photos at a young age, and we would go on photo walks together, later working side by side in the darkroom to watch our photographs appear out of the murky watery pans. I learned so much about 'seeing' from those hours spent with him. It is a skill that translates to everything else, and certainly helps with managing stress in times like these. Being able to find a smidgeon of light and beauty anywhere and focus long enough to 'capture it' helps moderate the craziness swirling around.
And thanks for all the links. Stellar reading all. ❤️
The issue with the gardens is so real. We would like to plant veg because of the continuing rise in prices at the supermarkets but we can only water every second day with what might end up being tougher restrictions yet to come.
Then there's the fuel issue - do we let our garden go completely and move back to the city? Australia is 90% dependent on fuel imports so the outlook is very very grim which is why I despise the current US administration. I know I can say this to you because you are as against what's happening as I. Trump just cannot seem to understand that no one wanted this, he 'saved' no one from anything and tipped the world into absolute chaos. I am aghast.
Thank God I have my family and my dog to concentrate on - it serves to leaven the load. As to the new photographer, I am going to subtly encourage this new interest. I suspect it will be very good for him.
Thanks Libby. The article was fun to do. One of those once in a lifetime things I think.
Just ask your raingods to take a visit to the south of the planet. Anything will do!
As to the littlest farmer - he went on an expedition yesterday with camera and he and his dad lit a fire by the (dry) creekbed, toasted marshmallows and looked for exciting things to phootograph, I understand.
This week, I shall buy him a little album for his images and another roll of film which he calls 'tapes'. Why, I have no idea.
A tribute to beauty and love ❤️
Wonderful! Absolutely wonderful. Thanks so much dear Prue. Enjoy your paradise. Happy sigh. (Sending rainy thoughts your way. This country is so crazy! It’s lovely up this way. Hopefully I can mow again tomorrow. But the frosts are on their way unfortunately.)
Hi Beth. Freezing cold today. Yes, frosts very close, I think. Wind howling here. No point in using the water ration as it would dry before it hit the garden. I would love a week of rain - would be prepared to slosh around in gumboots, washing the Pup's feet before he came inside, whatever it takes to wet our subsoil. Sigh...
And thank you so much for your kind words.
I so so wish we could sent you the rain as we have plenty here, we had a monsoon this afternoon so could afford to send you plenty.
Prue, you've outdone yourself. Every bit of this is priceless, from beginning to end. Thank you for including my post, but I have to say, HOW DARE YOU? was just stunning. All of it so staggering so heartbreaking, so true.
I loved your descriptions of your surroundings, the nature, the animals, the need to take it all in. Beautiful. And lastly, your interview, where you tell me more about you than I ever knew, and I'm thrilled by it all. Wow! 💕
Take care, Ramona. Mind your health because you are an absolute Boadicea on the front line and I imagine America needs people like you.
I'm glad you took solace from my week that was. It's reassuring to know that the rest of the world, while sweating the cost of living, is managing to value what we have left. We all need to breathe occasionally, don't we?
XX
Yes, we do. Just stay you. That's all I ask. 🥰
Gosh Prue - I didn't know what it meant when the message came up that you had linked to me. I came to your site to read you (it always feels like dropping in to see a friend for a good old catch up), then dived into Universality which was so beautiful and transported me to the sea and then, hey presto, there I was. Touched and honoured that you included me. Have now spent a happy hour reading your other recommendations and feel thoroughly nourished. Also, wanted to say what a wonderful gift the camera and film is for your grandson. Learning to choose what he wants to shoot, not wanting to waste film, is the best discipline for really seeing and analysing why you want to take the picture. He'll really learn to look and maybe be a match for his grandma in seeing and noticing and describing so beautifully. ps. I feel your pain with the watering. I now save all my coffee, tea, vegetable water etc etc for the garden and keep a bucket in the shower (like they do in Spain) to catch the extra. Can't bear to throw any away.
Jennifer, so good to talk. I must send you an email ASAP.
The water thing is tough - and I live for my day on the end of the hose. Thanks to heavy mulching, the garden's hanging on by a thread but if we don't get a rainbreak through winter I think we will be in dire straits. I suspect they'll have to truck in water from elsewhere to the local reservoir and we won't be able to water anything.
Yes, so hoping grandson persists with his camera. To pursue something like that rather than the perpetual i-pad/phone existence of his peers would be exceptional. It's only a little Insta-camera that prints an image immediately but there's a beauty and simplicity in retro, isn't there, and I think he can see that. Fingers crossed. Not a cheap hobby but such a good one.
What a wonderful smorgasbord of delights! I loved hearing about the pup as ever, and sad to hear the stress of the dry coastal garden. Having grown up with drought, I understand the stress of not knowing when the rains will come and if they do, will they be enough. And even then, how persistent is the damage so that even if the plants make it, maybe they won't be as resilient in subsequent years, and so it goes. Hope your plants get their thirst quenched soon.
Absolutely chuffed to learn about your grandson's photography efforts. My father started me taking photos at a young age, and we would go on photo walks together, later working side by side in the darkroom to watch our photographs appear out of the murky watery pans. I learned so much about 'seeing' from those hours spent with him. It is a skill that translates to everything else, and certainly helps with managing stress in times like these. Being able to find a smidgeon of light and beauty anywhere and focus long enough to 'capture it' helps moderate the craziness swirling around.
And thanks for all the links. Stellar reading all. ❤️
The issue with the gardens is so real. We would like to plant veg because of the continuing rise in prices at the supermarkets but we can only water every second day with what might end up being tougher restrictions yet to come.
Then there's the fuel issue - do we let our garden go completely and move back to the city? Australia is 90% dependent on fuel imports so the outlook is very very grim which is why I despise the current US administration. I know I can say this to you because you are as against what's happening as I. Trump just cannot seem to understand that no one wanted this, he 'saved' no one from anything and tipped the world into absolute chaos. I am aghast.
Thank God I have my family and my dog to concentrate on - it serves to leaven the load. As to the new photographer, I am going to subtly encourage this new interest. I suspect it will be very good for him.
What a lovely article by Cindy, it describes you to a T .
We have plenty of rain here Prue, I'd send you some if I could, still ....it makes weeding easier .
What lovely photos of you Prue, very classic,and gorgeous,
Look forward to the littlest farmer turn into the littlest photographer xxx
Thanks Libby. The article was fun to do. One of those once in a lifetime things I think.
Just ask your raingods to take a visit to the south of the planet. Anything will do!
As to the littlest farmer - he went on an expedition yesterday with camera and he and his dad lit a fire by the (dry) creekbed, toasted marshmallows and looked for exciting things to phootograph, I understand.
This week, I shall buy him a little album for his images and another roll of film which he calls 'tapes'. Why, I have no idea.
Aw, bless him, I can just visualise him and his excitement, he's at such a lovely ageXX
I will endevor to sweet talk the rains to head your way xx