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A GUERNSEY GARDENER IN LONDON

Happy Calendulas  (AGGIL 8)

22/10/2019

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Even though I love travelling by train, sometimes it can be a bit of a pain to get to one of our local stations.  The journey can to often feel far longer than it actually is, especially during rush hour.

Yesterday, as I started my journey to visit my client For Earth's Sake in Cranleigh, the traffic in which my bus was travelling seemed a bit endless.  It seemed we were literally inching closer and closer rather than happily trundling along in our charabanc.

However, once I got off the bus and started walking down to the station I passed this lovely area of community gardening.  It really is something that lifts me each time I'm nearing the real start of my journey.  There are areas on either side that are simply grass verges and weeds, and in their own way they would be lovely - if the detritus and plastic was regularly removed! However, it is this block of community gardening that always lift my heart.  To see the Calendulas happily blooming away and a few other perennial plants now in place alongside explanations of how and why this community managed space is here, it literally put a spring back in my step.

So, as I mentally skipped down to the platform and my train came trundled in, I already had a smile on my face.  It really is amazing how just these little happinesses can lift our day.
A Guernsey Gardener in London, Day 8
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Anna Kozlowski
23/10/2019 11:19:11 pm

I was watching Love your garden you can see how gardens, veg plots just lift the spirits so true Thanks for your thoughts..💌

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Paul Savident
24/10/2019 07:28:03 am

Thanks Anna. We are fortunate to have a few spots like this around us. Fingers crossed for more. 🤞

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Amie A.
27/10/2019 08:03:11 am

Dear Sir
Thank you for the beautiful journeys you take us on. Reading your blog is so lovely. It s
Feels like seeing the world vividly with most honest snd true colors. As you said there are books i side in everyone. Your beautiful writing always brings joy like bits of J.k. Rowling or some Jane Austen.

The great idea like being plastic frr shops can be adopted by big firms like google easily. They are run by the visionary bunch of people. Some days we do feel hope for better world gets lost.
The sad news of you guys reducing the youtube presence has hit us hard. But i think health and your life has to comes first. Please keep in touch. I speak for the lgbt community .. you are best icons and role models. Lots of Respect and pride. Tske care.

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Paul Savident
28/10/2019 07:57:19 am

Amie - thank you so much for your kind words. And do call me Paul rather than 'Sir', a) it makes me feel old 🤔, and b) it elevates me, and I certainly prefer my feet on the ground, and c) we are all flesh, and bone, and emotions, and confusions. 😊
I have to say my writing style has never been compared to either JK Rowling or Jane Austen... though I love it! Oddly, I have read little of either as my first choice was always Dickens and Hardy, and what were in my youth 'modern' writers like Philip K Dick and Ian McEwan. '😊
And please do not concern yourself with us reducing our YouTube presence, it is more a matter of doing other things on YouTube and other platforms, and challenging ourselves in different ways. Something is coming along to replace the Friday lives. Of course Sunday Chaaaaattttt continues!! New things are always challenging, though can be fun and invigorating. A bit like me starting this blog, which I hope a few will find engaging, informative and fun.
And thank you for your kind words re LGBTQ+. I am so glad that as two old queens we can make a few people's days a bit brighter. 🤞

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