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Hmm? not what you thought. I'm 82; a widower; and yes I lead a dull life.

In springtime, perhaps my greatest pleasure, is checking on my babies - the seeds I have planted. Such a pleasant and nice thrill to see them pop their head above the surface, and then prosper. Creation - a miracle. Then read my newspaper in the green-house.

Happy days

He who plants a seed.
Beneath the sod;
And waits to see,
Believes in god.

Great to see you Harry.

Dull life? I don't think so.There's always something to tend to in a garden, especially at this time of year.

So good to see all your hard work beginning to spring into life and get productive.

Happy days indeed.

Gwyn

Nicely put, Harry

We are having a time of great worry here.

The peas haven't come up and I have some proper pea sticks too!

Sharron, it's no good having proper pea sticks, if you haven't got proper peas :-S :-D :-D

I love doing my Garden it gives me great pleasure
seeing it all pretty in the summer

but I hate jet washing the decking and paths that I did yesterday :-( :-(

NICE TO SEE YOU HARRY.
AND I LEAD A VERY DULL LIFE

Hello Harry I love this time of year & my Garden. its a pleasure to see the seeds take hold & grow .good luck with yours enjoy :-D Barbra

Good to see you Harry.Our garden gives us so much pleasure as well.

I have spent this morning planting a load of veg out - had a bumper crop last year.

There can be few things more satisfying than preparing a meal using produce you have grown and nurtured yourself.

Nice to see you again Harry,



but talking of Pleasure.......

got this in a email as you do.......


For those who do not listen to the 'Today' programme on BBC Radio 4.
Right at the end of a programme recently,

there was a discussion about the obscene cost of entry into Premiership football games,
the cheapest price of £60 and £100 per game is not uncommon.

An older chap being interviewed said he could recall many
years ago arriving at the turnstiles and being told


(it was probably West Ham United):


"That will be ten quid, mate".



"What?!" the old chap said


"I could get a woman for that!"




The guy on the turnstile retorted:






"Not for 45 minutes each way


with a brass band and a meat pie in the interval,


you wouldn't!"

Thank you to all who have replied. Much appreciated.

happy days

Not a dull life at all Harry. If you enjoy it its good. x

Know what you mean Harry,,,,,,great to see you,,,,,,

My runner beans have all shot though and will be ready to plant out in about another two weeks when less chance of a frost along with the summer cabbages,,,,,,,my peas are up about 4 inches in the allotment,,,,,but are getting nibbled by the weeviles,,,,,,,strawberries are on a rampage,,I've got seedlings sprouting everywhere to go in the allotment,,,,,,and my first earlies have about 6" top growth and have to keep hilling them up incase of a night frost.

Cheers Kay. Sounds very good to me. Nice to hear from you.

Best wishes. Happy days

I love watching the insects. My garden small, but is a paradise for them.
In other words - a bit of a wilderness :-D

BUT, I have sloworms, miner bees, uncovered a leopard slug last week, and have quite a few fairly young crab spiders - and that's just the obvious that I've spotted :-D

Gosh, I'm easily pleased :-D :-D :-D

Harry, what you describe is not dull, just quiet satisfaction. Hope all your babies do well.

I am just pleased that a couple of things I took small pieces of from an overgrown part of the garden of the holiday cottage we stayed in, have thrived and grown really well. Each time I see them I recall our holiday last year

I plan to thin out my tub of cyclamen that brighten autumn and winter, and take some to leave in the garden of the cottage in June. When the owners return for their winter stay in their own home they will get a surprise.

Lizx

Thank you girls for your interest, particularly Sylvia who I omitted to mention earlier. All your comments are much appreciated.

best wishes. Happy days

Dear Sir Harry

Hello to you.

Lead a dull life? Not likely when you have a garden to tend. :-)

Seeing flowers flourish is a miracle of nature.

Its lovely to see you more happier.


Take gentle care
With very best wishes to you
Love Elizabeth, EOS
xx

Always so nice to hear from you Elizabeth. Many thanks for your interest.

Happy days.