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"To go to the greenhouse when the weather is wild, to close the door, to stand and listen to the wind outside, to the rain that slashes the frail roof, to see, through the misted glass, the black, storm-tossed branches of distant elms, to take a deep breath, to savour to the full the strange and almost uncanny peace which this frail tenement creates ... to me this is one of the truest joys which life has given."

Beverley Nichols, Down The Garden Path.

And she's not far wrong either, some lovely words.

oldherbaceous wrote:And she's not far wrong either, some lovely words.

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You're far too young to remember



http://www.beverleynichols.com/

It could only be me that would make that mistake.

oldherbaceous wrote:It could only be me that would make that mistake.

Less of a mistake than you might think, Beverly "played for the other team".

Lovely quote. Did he have a brother called Hillary?

And uncles Leslie and Lindsey?

Peter - you really make me wish I had a greenhouse. I could escape out there with a book, a cup of tea, the hurricane lamp and the rain lashing down on the windows to get away from the ****** football on TV.

Could be quite useful for growing seedlings in too.

Still, I suppose I could always shut myself in the car inside the garage but then I might have to share the silence with the pattering of tiny furry feet and little grey whiskers!

football on the box i can sleep through..... its the incessant xfactor,somewheres got tallent (yeah where) come dancing /with the stars , somewheres next top muppet thats really irritating

When we still had a TV (many moons ago) and the children were in their teens, my OH and I turned our bedroom into a "den" where we could sit and read and listen to music without watching the box. The moment the offspring flew the nest, we got rid of the TV and reclaimed the downstairs. Peace and enjoyment.

I knew it was an old quote by the mention of Elms -I don't think I have seen one since the great old tree on our school field was cut down because of the disease...

Dear OH, I assumed too!

Dear Elle, that has made me feel a little better, thank you.

Not that i ever mind being the odd one out.

Well, we have one solitary surviving distant Elm.....

But...the frail roof and the frail tenement........... .

Clive.

That does look a tad draughty Clive.

Handle

every stressful

situation
like a dog.
If you can't eat it or play with it,
Just pee on it and walk away.