Karmacat: To Infinity And Beyond!

hypno06

A holiday sounds excellent!

Have a good day, and enjoy your garden planning!

Karmacat

elantan wrote: »

ahem ahem .. what do you mean if you are ever going to do the w.h.w dont you mean when? ... Oops, busted :cool: I meant, if I don't get fit, I simply won't be able to do it, my lower back and my feet are in agony if I try to do a big walk just out of the blue phew, do you think I got out of that one

if only we lived closer i have a few comfrey plants you could have ... the russian bolt 14 strain as well ... Awww, thanks El .... I'll see if I can filch one from somewhere, but I currently have £100 in the new house budget for plants.

you have always been such a busy women between you and hypno and a few others i can hardly keep up

hows general things going with you ? need to reply to your message you sent on fbook sorry i havnt been so busy and tied up with things

Staggered that anyone thinks I've been as busy as Hypno :rotfl: I'm seriously not, you know I don't have any travel time to work, remember, except every other Friday for London, when what I *actually* have is four hours in the front seat of an old BMW chatting with my business partner

I'm good in general, thanks El - the odd swollen knuckle and allergic attack from all the pollen (and the dust in this place :eek:) but I'm really looking forward to being able to move to HH and put into practice what I've learned. Living here in my green suburb, altho its very nice and all that, I do still feel trapped, and thats pretty oppressive. In HH, transport links will be *so* much quicker for me, and my local town will be *so* much more accessible, I can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to it :):)

Karmacat

hypno06 wrote: »

A holiday sounds excellent!

Have a good day, and enjoy your garden planning!

:wave: I was thinking about you, and about getting so ill last year - we just can't keep going and going like the duracell bunny, *somewhere* there has to be a recharger, and a winter holiday in Egypt looking at the historical sites would be it for me, I'm a historian, no two ways about it

Pippilongstocking

Sounds ACE KC - we're thinking similar things here - I've not been back to Cornwall for ages - (Gardens!) so you made me think - I emailed a friend last night to see if she'd be up for a trip to look at gardens again next year.......................despite all this academic stuff (my current job/income) ultimately I am a gardener - I need to keep that part of me recharged - its so easy to get lost in the 'need' to do things isnt it.

*sorry slopes off having brain dumped on KC's diary*

Waves back through the sunshine - I'm sure I can see the whole of the UK today!

What a wonderful thing to plan for - a girl in our office at work had a year out in Egypt she loved it.

Karmacat

fayjmck wrote: »

Sounds ACE KC - we're thinking similar things here - I've not been back to Cornwall for ages - (Gardens!) so you made me think - I emailed a friend last night to see if she'd be up for a trip to look at gardens again next year.......................despite all this academic stuff (my current job/income) ultimately I am a gardener - I need to keep that part of me recharged - its so easy to get lost in the 'need' to do things isnt it.

It really is, and its a big mistake, which I have certainly committed myself

*sorry slopes off having brain dumped on KC's diary*

But I like your brain dumps!

Waves back through the sunshine - I'm sure I can see the whole of the UK today!

What a lovely thought **waves at Fay :hello:**

What a wonderful thing to plan for - a girl in our office at work had a year out in Egypt she loved it.

Oh definitely! A friend of mine was an au pair in Egypt, and then went back to teach, she adored it. I just love the idea of Hierakonpolis - there's an elaborate centralised society there (erm, probably including human sacrifice) in 3,700 BC .... staggering thought. That time period when we're emerging into communities fascinates me.

Pippilongstocking

Ah its funny here - at Skara Brae there is a time line which talks backwards to the age of the village - (no human sacrifices I think) - the time of the pyrimads is on there as well but I think its only half way down the walk, really makes you think.

We've more special rocks/standing stones etc (archeaology) here than you can ever see - its funny how we all just accept it as a part of the landscape - the kids charge around the ring of brogar like its their own personal 'hide and seek' playground.

Must get on and do some work!

Have a great day!

Karmacat

I did a whole trip around Scotland - took that BA flight that lands on a beach, and the time varies according to the tides - looking at ancient archaeology, prompted by M Scott Peck's book, In Search Of Stones - but I never made it up as far as Skara Brae. If I can get the money together from the trading to go to Egypt, I'll make sure I get up to Skara Brae first, I promise you.

taxi73

I agree with the Duracell bunny bit...we cannot keep going on like that and after this scare am going to be doing some serious thinking.
I have definitely missed my holiday this year and need to definitely put fun back on the agenda here.
Funny enough when I was in the farm shop the other day I picked up a leaflet for some gardens in Beacon fell which had won RSPB and tourism awards and am thinking of going to visit them...

Karmacat

Thats right, Taxi, its the things that remind us of our own mortality that make us rethink. I've had a few of those over the last few years.....

I've just spent one and a half hours in the garden - and I've spent the entire time chopping down branches - cotoneaster, snowberry and brambles, with a few creeping buttercups thrown in. Oh, I also "pruned" my lavender bushes at the top of the garden - between the old stalks, and last year's dead annuals, they were completely covered. So I took a few cuttings while I was at it - I hope they take, I wasn't terribly gentle but I've got about 10, so we'll see what happens.

Chopping down doesn't take *too* long, but making sure they fit into the bin takes a fair old while. At least I don't put it in bags any more. The trip from the top of the back garden to the bottom of the front garden is about 40 steps, as well - I did that half a dozen times - that takes a bit of time too :rotfl:

Right, off for a cup of tea and then lunch. And a wander round the diaries, of course.

taxi73

That's a fair amount of work and exercise for one day xHope you enjoyed lunch and the much earned brew.