… as you can see – and it’s less than 60 cms high too.But it’s amazing the things that you can do with old pallets and continually give them new leases of life. These were formerly part of the attic floor and before that they carried loads of paper into the European Commission.
And it was nice to have a terrace to sit out on to have my breakfast – at 09:30 it was already 17 degrees outside. And today has been the warmest day since October sometime – a max of 22.6 degrees outside and another 270 amp-hours (over 3KwH) of solar energy.
If you look carefully you’ll see that the cloche has gone. That’s now taken up residence in front of the greenhouse. And furthermore when moving the cloche I uncovered 2 strawberry plants from last year. So a ferret around where the outdoor strawberry plants were last year salvaged another 3 so I now have a cloche with strawberry plants in it.
I pulled up a raised bed from out here too and moved that down to the area in front of the cloche. I gave that a thorough digging and that’s in place, with onions and some left-over garlic from last year. I haven’t half been busy!
Tomorrow I’ll be digging some more and moving another raised bed. This will be for the spuds at the end of the month. When that’s done I’llbe taking an inventory of the seeds that I have, finding out which ones I need (to be bought on Saturday) and then starting to sow them in trays. The garden needs to get under way.
I grew grapes last year 😀
Very tasty. The bush is still good for grapes this year too though I doubt it’ll be left there for long. I have a feeling G might just throw it out because I planted it – even though she loved the grapes.
Try telling her you didn’t like it then it might become her rescued bush 🙂
My windowsill is full of plants. Strawberries, tomatoes, sweet peas, Potatoes about to be planted and tray of Cineraria we saved from the free shelf at the local carden center. Oh and an aspidestra that over winters there. Spring is sprung, the grass is riz and I know where the birdies iz… still in spain if they’ve got any sense! 😉
The problem is Krys, I’m in a divorce situation. I’m a foreigner in a strange country. I have nowhere to go and nobody to turn to. I’m pretty much all on my lonesome.
Even worse than that, all the people I know are friends of my wife and they’re all taking her side. So I have absolutely no friends to help me in my darkest hours.
The hours aren’t so dark, you know. It’s a big adventure and your “freedom” will open many more doors for you than you realise if you make an effort to get out and about.
I don’t know why you are preoccupied with your wife’s family and friends. They aren’t worth a carrot.
As for your financial situation, I’ve been living on 250 Euros per month since 2004 and I’m not suffering. You need to adopt a seriously minimalist lifestyle, sell everything else that doesn’t fit in and build yourself back up again.
Think about it – if you sold your big car you would have enough cash to buy a trailer home and have enough left over for a small Geo Metro or something similar. You need to organise your priorities.
I might consider a tow-hook and a small towable caravan though I’d have to remove the wheels to stop it being pinched.
Quite honestly though, I think the future is incredibly bleak.
I’m sorry to hear about that but Eric is quite right for once. Money doesn’t buy you happiness, it just makes you comfortably miserable. As for her friends and rellies, I know it’s not nice to have people do a 180 on you, but are you sure it’s them you’re bothered about? Or do you want her to change her mind?If it is then perhaps its time be realistic about it, could your marriage still be saved if you change your ‘wicked’ ways? If yes and you want it then go for it! Compromise to be happy. If not then it’s time to cut your emotional losses and move on to somewhere new where it doesn’t hurt you every day.
For once????? You and I will be having words, Ms Stephenson.
There is only one way that Rhys can save his marriage and he knows what that is. And even then, it’ll only be a temporary solution. In 2 or 3 years he’ll be back in the same position except that he will be minus his safety net.
IMHO (“humble? There’s a thing!” – ed) Rhys needs to accept that he gave it his best shot and he had a really exciting 5 years from which he has gained a lot of benefit. But it’s time now to turn the page and go onwards into the future.
It’s only bleak because he can’t think properly at the moment. Once he realises just how many options he has, the scales will fall from his eyes.
I consider it my bounden duty to keep your head from swelling Mr. Hall. ;-))
I can understand Rhys feeling down. It’s hard to give up when you’ve worked hard at something like a marriage but there’s a time to cut your losses I think.
Time to look for the good things in being Single. Like no one complaining cos you left the top off the toothpaste. Eating takeaways whenever you want. Going to bed with your socks on if your feet are cold. Going out with your mates and admiring the girls without getting your face slapped by your significant other and that’s just the simple things in life for a bloke. Then there’s… the other simple things. Well he is a bloke! :-)))
Seriously Rhys, Eric is right again (it’s a habit! ;-). Think of something you’ve always wanted to do and start planning, because now you can.