Living with Ourselves

Hello @Sophia1 Have been trying to string thoughts together to reply to your beautiful letter. Its hard.

Hope this finds you in good spirits. Back on solid food but meds are doing my head in.

@Owlunar I know you have had a rough time in hospital to and I'm sorry I could not be there for you.

@TAB well just thanks mate. sorry I can't always reply but I do play them, again and again. .

The autism defaults to abstract when I'm in a mess, good news for me, . . not so good for you is ,

yes , I'm still writing that sad crap that for sum reason brings me peace.

Cumulus

Throw back the drapes

on a disfigured room

But that old friend betrayed her

the silvery moon

Apocalypse skies raining

coal mine canaries

Crescendo of cries

blind broken wing fairies

So quick close those drapes

the reality reach

Belly up gasps

on a bilge oil beach

Passed between men

like a repurposed gift

Crawl through street gravy

in search of a lift.

Hearts discarded

like crushed paper cups

Trade all day in downers

for a hand full of ups

Search through fake lawns

till life's to soon over.

They prized from a dead hand

her false four leafed clover. . .

Sorry but the hospital gift shops empty, so thankyou so much to everyone, and will put some work in when I can think a little more main stream. @Appleblossom @Shaz51 @StuF @Thyme @Meg

@EternalFlower @LeChuck @TideisTurning @Clawde

All the very best folks tonys mb 1

@tonys get well soon

Sitting with you @tonys

Gentle hugs @Sophia1 @Shaz51 @Clawde @outlander

@tonys May I steal your line ... "blind broken wing fairies" think it suits me to a T, cos I am always off with them ... lol.

Always good to hear from all of you. Is a tonic to my spirits.

@tonys

So good to hear from you. I hope that you feel better soon.

Thinking of you dear friend. I answered the survey the other day and said that I would like it if we could lose our cloak of anonymity with some of our trusted forum friends. I had you in mind. Sitting with you holding your hand in your hospital room. Sneaking you in a drink or two. Can't wait for you to get home and get tales from your life. Here is a photo of a tomato to make you feel more at home. I think it's just a cherry tomato. I did plant some Rouge de Marmande's though. This one was a volunteer tomato from my compost.

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Lots of Love,

Meggle

@tonys That poem is awesome. There is a true poet in you.

ENCORE ENCORE ENCORE

@Sophia1

Hi Sophia,

So sorry that it has taken me so long to get back to you. I have been quite busy and I was struggling with technology to get my photos to convert so I could post them here. Apparently I had put live on my camera which confused my pc. Anyway here I am to tell you about my gardening exploits.

I have been really enjoying gardening lately. Just before spring I bought some new raised garden beds. I have put some beetroot and turnips in one. I also planted carrots but they didn't come up so I just resowed yesterday. I put in another row of beetroot and another row of turnips and planted carrots in the sides.

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The next raised bed has about 20 cos lettuce seedlings and I bought two mature strawberry plants to put in there yesterday. Will plant those out later today.

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The third raised bed has tomatoes, capsicum and teeny tiny eggplant seedlings.

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The last raised bed hasn't been planted yet but I intend on planting some sweet corn into that. I have the seeds, just have to plant them!

Meggle

Get well @tonys

and Keep Writing!

Please 🙂

I have been a bit pained but it was so nice to be thought of by you @Sophia1 @Oaktree @tonys

Tonys I send you such hearty healing and I am sorry I wasn't here I struggled to read through things here as I was deep in my head

Meggle I hope u are feeling good and sharing ur joy here

Sophia I am so thrilled you are back it was wonderful to see your tag

Dear @Sophia1

I have an experiment out the back with trying to grow watermelons and pumpkins. I am growing several different varieties. If they all grow I am going to be over run by pumpkins. I love pumpkin though so it's all good. I believe that if you cure them correctly, you can store them for up to a year. I put down a bag of cow manure for each variety and put a little soil on top to plant into. Here are a few photos;

Sugar Baby Watermelons 11/10/23

Kent Pumpkin 11/10/23

Golden Nugget Pumpkins 11/10/23

Butternut Pumpkins 11/10/23

Queensland Blue Pumpkins 11/10/23

I also have some Orange Dumpling pumpkins just germinating in the greenhouse. They are about a month behind the others. I bought the Orange Dumpling pumpkin to eat from a nice greengrocer and thought I would try and grow the seeds. It's quite similar to the Golden Nugget pumpkin.

I am also growing some mint, potatoes and a bay tree.

Common Mint 11/10/23

Two growbags of potatoes 11/10/23

Bay Tree 11/10/23

There you go, hope that wasn't too boring.

Lots of Love,

Meggle