Yes it has been a seriously long time since I have written anything on my blog, predominantly because I haven't felt like it as work has been one the gruesome side but now I'm out the other end with the great unknown in front of me I feel a whole lot better.
In the time that I have been away from my blog a whole lot of things have been happening both in the garden and with me. The beloved and I decided to move house to Wiltshire and then decided to move to the Test Valley and then decided to stay in Reading although we have confirmed we would ultimately like to live in that area around the river Test whether it be slightly North of Andover or slightly West or South, its that area. We actually did go and look at some houses and got our pad valued and ready for sale but his work played a part in knocking some sense into us and making us realise that we like our creature comforts so will only move when we're financially happy with it. Perhaps the reaction was to my strife at work and a way of escaping it all but once I gave my notice in, the panic subsided and the worse case scenario of temping/looking for a new wasn't that bad after all. Reading is okay; just not what we like in an area especially when your dodgy window cleaner attempts to break in through the cat flap and the car gets keyed just 'for the fun of it' but hey it can happan anywhere!!
The short term plan means we remain in Reading - we really have to now as the prices are falling a little although not as much as in some places as Reading is always a relatively hot spot of property given its economy and proximity to London. Medium term i.e. 2-5 years would see us moving out and into our 'family home' if we have a family that is but we would definitely have a dog or two by then so they would need the space!! Five years plus sees us staying in aforementioned family home and living with roses round the door, apple trees in the garden, sun beaming into the kitchen with the smell of something delicious cooking in the aga and gin and tonics at six o'clock sitting in the summer house enjoying the lovely weather. Ahem....reality hits as I awake from my lovely dream :)
About Me
- Robin the Bobin
- I'm a keen gardener which is probably in my genes as all my siblings enjoy it to some extent, my father was a keen fruit and veg grower, and my mother loves her garden which seems to be a constantly evolving project. Myself and my darling husband have transformed our city garden which itself is delightful with a cottage garden feel to part of it, a rockery made up of reclaimed concrete path and an ever evolving shady patch! We have been growing veg in the garden for the past three years but as ever it is not big enough so this is where the allotment comes in. I have just taken tenancy of a half plot and it is as naked as an allotment plot can be i.e. mud. over the next few years we hope we can use the allotment to grow bigger vegetables which require space as well as some fuit which also wouldn't squeeze satisfactorily into our strip of a garden. Other than gardening I particularly enjoy cooking hopefully with more and more of our own produce.
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