Let the catch-up begin!

My word, I have a lot of catching-up to share with you ~ I hope you are ready for the onslaught!

The back garden was a higgledy-piggledy mess, and in places was downright dangerous.  We have had such a lot of work done out there since we moved in, which has dented the budget considerably.  We uncovered a few problems whilst having what we thought were going to be simple straightforward "just-for-now" alterations ~ ain't that always the way, eh!  To be honest, we weren't planning on having this work done for a few years yet but one thing just led to another, and before we knew it, there we were with a new garden lay-out!  This is just a taster of what's been going on here in the garden of St Abbs 😊  

One of the first hurdles was that the back garden was not Matty-proof.  He could easily get out as it wasn't enclosed, so that really was top of the list to rectify.

I've not actually been very good at keeping up with the photo-taking.  These pictures are from last year, when Vernon and Mark built a wall across what had been the access into the old shed from our shared driveway.  Our garden slopes both from back to front and from one side to the other, so there are lots of different levels out there and it's really quite steep in places.

The guys had a lot of work to do, building what is in effect a dry-stone wall.  They had to cut down about half a dozen more trees, thankfully not huge things like those in the front garden.  I don't really like to cut down trees but like the old hedge in the front garden they hadn't been looked after.

The back garden has been in a terrible mess for what seems like forever, but little did we know that it would get a helluva lot worse before it got better!  More on that in later posts!

You can see that there was also an open space at the end of the path from the back door.  This pallet was our gate for quite some time!

Vernon and Mark did their best to try to blend our new wall in with the old walls.

For some reason, this is the last photo I took of the WIP, but you can see how it was shaping up.  It was a relief to know that the back garden was now Matty-proof.....for the time being, at least!  

I do have more photos to share.....lots more photos.....you have been warned LOL

Little words of wisdom

Peace...

www.allposters.co.uk

Father, Mother, God,

Thank you for your presence during the hard and mean days.

For then we have you to lean upon.

Thank you for your presence during the bright and sunny days.

For then we can share that which we have with those who have less.

And thank you for your presence during the Holy Days.

For then we are able to celebrate you and our families and our friends

For those who have no voice, we ask you to speak.

For those who feel unworthy, we ask you to pour your love out in waterfalls of tenderness.

For those who live in pain, we ask you to bathe them in the river of your healing.

For those who are lonely, we ask you to keep them company.

For those who are depressed, we ask you to shower upon them the light of hope.

Dear Creator, You, the borderless sea of substance, we ask you to give to all the world that which we need most.....PEACE.

Maya Angelou

(4th April 1928 - 28th May 2014)

What a wonderful world!

Little words of wisdom

Peace...

www.allposters.co.uk

Father, Mother, God,

Thank you for your presence during the hard and mean days.

For then we have you to lean upon.

Thank you for your presence during the bright and sunny days.

For then we can share that which we have with those who have less.

And thank you for your presence during the Holy Days.

For then we are able to celebrate you and our families and our friends

For those who have no voice, we ask you to speak.

For those who feel unworthy, we ask you to pour your love out in waterfalls of tenderness.

For those who live in pain, we ask you to bathe them in the river of your healing.

For those who are lonely, we ask you to keep them company.

For those who are depressed, we ask you to shower upon them the light of hope.

Dear Creator, You, the borderless sea of substance, we ask you to give to all the world that which we need most.....PEACE.

Maya Angelou

(4th April 1928 - 28th May 2014)

Little words of wisdom

Peace...

www.allposters.co.uk

Father, Mother, God,

Thank you for your presence during the hard and mean days.

For then we have you to lean upon.

Thank you for your presence during the bright and sunny days.

For then we can share that which we have with those who have less.

And thank you for your presence during the Holy Days.

For then we are able to celebrate you and our families and our friends

For those who have no voice, we ask you to speak.

For those who feel unworthy, we ask you to pour your love out in waterfalls of tenderness.

For those who live in pain, we ask you to bathe them in the river of your healing.

For those who are lonely, we ask you to keep them company.

For those who are depressed, we ask you to shower upon them the light of hope.

Dear Creator, You, the borderless sea of substance, we ask you to give to all the world that which we need most.....PEACE.

Maya Angelou

(4th April 1928 - 28th May 2014)

Little words of wisdom

Peace...

www.allposters.co.uk

Father, Mother, God,

Thank you for your presence during the hard and mean days.

For then we have you to lean upon.

Thank you for your presence during the bright and sunny days.

For then we can share that which we have with those who have less.

And thank you for your presence during the Holy Days.

For then we are able to celebrate you and our families and our friends

For those who have no voice, we ask you to speak.

For those who feel unworthy, we ask you to pour your love out in waterfalls of tenderness.

For those who live in pain, we ask you to bathe them in the river of your healing.

For those who are lonely, we ask you to keep them company.

For those who are depressed, we ask you to shower upon them the light of hope.

Dear Creator, You, the borderless sea of substance, we ask you to give to all the world that which we need most.....PEACE.

Maya Angelou

(4th April 1928 - 28th May 2014)

Greta Thunberg

Still here!

Well, my lovlies, it seems that I haven't actually posted anything of substance since last July!  As you may have gathered from the picture above, I was intending to write a post last month but time just slipped away from me and here we are halfway through March already!  My lack of blogging certainly hasn't been because of nothing going on ~ in all honesty, I just haven't been able to drum up the enthusiasm to actually try to write anything *sigh*

To tell the truth, as last year wore on I found myself feeling somewhat low and out-of-sorts, with an accompanying just-can't-be-bothered sort of attitude.  Looking back now that I am feeling more positive and settled, I can see that the "big move" was way more stressful than either of us had thought it would be.  Sorting out poor St Abbs hasn't been as straightforward as we had thought it would be either, with various things cropping up that we hadn't been expecting.  I guess we were being somewhat naive with our expectations of how things would progress but as always, it's easy to be wise with hindsight.

Still, I'm feeling much more my old self once again and hopefully I've now managed to shrug off the can't-be-arsed state of mind I've been in over the last few months.  I'm really looking forward to sharing all that's been happening with St Abbs ~ I just hope you are all ready to be deluged with lots of new posts and photos LOL