The reality is emotional, expensive, enormous, draining, hard work, with the responsibility to "do it right".... as I am writing this I see there must be parallels to having children!
We both work in stressful jobs where there is much expectation and responsibility. We are both proud of what we do but ultimately it is not what drives us and the commute is a daily torture that we have both endured for the past two years. We want to make the most of life, have fun, take risks, as it is so very short.
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| Woodys mum & dad as our wedding 6th July 2013 |
Everything stopped two years ago when Woody's mum died from Pancreatic Cancer, it was a horrible death, one you would not let your dog go through. Shirley was a fanatic gardener, there was not much she didn't know about plants, and if she didn't know what it was she would plant it anyway to see what would happen, often with spectacular results. Her garden was the show piece of the street.
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| Shirley's Roses |
Our house comes with the job and although we make the odd attempt at a veg patch or flower boarder (I planted a rather fetching snake of daffs through the front lawn once in Shirley's honor) there is little motivation to improve our outside space. Hence why the connection to some of our own greenery was so important. Somewhere we could plant and conserve some of our and Shirley's favorite plants and keep the memories alive.
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| Woody, Shirley and David at the allotment; August bank holiday 2013 |
Perhaps if we had we known land ownership would take over we would have got an allotment! What we have achieved so far on a limited budget with limited knowledge in an area where we have had to find our feet and make new friends is something to be proud of. Shirley would have got stuck in with us I have no doubt of that
So here's to making dreams a reality, even if they arn't quite what you thought they would be, here's to adventures, here's to living a crazy life outdoors.
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