tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post791359574116336982..comments2024-03-27T16:19:53.023+00:00Comments on Friko's World: Cornering Frikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-78060518673072344172014-04-26T01:22:56.686+01:002014-04-26T01:22:56.686+01:00Back to the garden is always a good plan!Back to the garden is always a good plan!Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-15489000670501509682014-04-19T11:21:36.167+01:002014-04-19T11:21:36.167+01:00Oh
how I understand your words.
The gardening, the...Oh<br />how I understand your words.<br />The gardening, the aging, aching, sickness and death happening to so many that I am close too.<br />Your Cherry tree is beautiful<br />and I am so weary from company, thinking of cleaning the beauty surrounding me that is rapidly<br />growing wild.<br />Again, your thoughts are mine as I spend sleepless aching nights,<br />carry on and cannot help but One Woman's Journey - a journal being written from Woodhaven - her cottage in the woods.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12548226150115102345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-62519214361897427842014-04-18T23:41:50.999+01:002014-04-18T23:41:50.999+01:00As I've contemplated moving, one of the things...As I've contemplated moving, one of the things I take into account is the yard - I don't care what they have planted there since I'll likely tear it out, I just want a hospitable place for putting my hands to work in the dirt.Secret Agent Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564690116156754219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-15112007946771382822014-04-18T06:42:27.632+01:002014-04-18T06:42:27.632+01:00Wonderful writing and glimpses, friko.
I will soo...Wonderful writing and glimpses, friko.<br /><br />I will soon turn 67 and my knees are bad, but I look ahead with vigor. My garden, my writing, my family including half a baseball team of small children, my house by the sea...I hope the next ten years will be the best and then I'll yield to inevitability. I know anything may happen at any time, but here-now I look to be astonished.<br /><br /kjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15122196887043345981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-85034224248818794712014-04-17T23:33:40.283+01:002014-04-17T23:33:40.283+01:00You say you are morbid, Friko, yet planting and te...You say you are morbid, Friko, yet planting and tending a garden (even with the aid of two gardeners) and booking theatre tickets for a year ahead, speak to me of an unwillingness to let go of hope for the future.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-35480881413883162672014-04-16T17:38:31.719+01:002014-04-16T17:38:31.719+01:00Hi Friko - my SIL has a Paul .. but he means well ...Hi Friko - my SIL has a Paul .. but he means well .. isn't that cherry so full of bloom - delighted to see the shot ... and then friends - it's a challenging time of life for one and all ... and so sad to see some deteriorate in front of your eyes, with a frail wife beside him.<br /><br />You'll get your garden time and those aching backs, broken nails, dirt encrusted fingers ... and Hilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-65336522753683935312014-04-16T14:40:48.230+01:002014-04-16T14:40:48.230+01:00Even in posts like these, when you glimpse sides o...Even in posts like these, when you glimpse sides of life that cause worry, you do so in a sweetly amusing way - without poking fun or disrespect. Your camera takes lovely photos, whether old or new - but with a yard and view like yours, it is a bit easier to have lovely results. Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007201357693227614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-36699024647867093542014-04-16T12:57:11.436+01:002014-04-16T12:57:11.436+01:00As inspiring and witty as ever, dear Friko. This i...As inspiring and witty as ever, dear Friko. This is so thought-provoking a post and quite well-punctuated with the beauty of gardening, the burst of cherry blossoms in particular. 'Fernery' got me thinking; had never heard of it before! <br />Keep digging - one never knows what buried treasures you might chance upon!Sumanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11251497690649264925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-49302262087926631462014-04-16T06:01:44.871+01:002014-04-16T06:01:44.871+01:00That German bloke has a lot to answer for. You kno...That German bloke has a lot to answer for. You know the one...Mr Al Zheimer.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-38618824162036961052014-04-15T16:13:06.975+01:002014-04-15T16:13:06.975+01:00Alzheimers is the cruellest disease of all to stri...Alzheimers is the cruellest disease of all to strike a couple , turning a happy partnership into Sufferer and Carer .<br />Audrey sounds as though she's coping , with grace , and I admire her .<br />SmitoniusAndSonatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11210817141287881808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-86153559834736898062014-04-14T20:06:30.124+01:002014-04-14T20:06:30.124+01:00Oh my, there's great humour in this post Friko...Oh my, there's great humour in this post Friko, I have grown to so enjoy your humour. I greatly appreciate the way in which you weave life's sadness and reality into your writing.<br />Then you blow me away with such visual delights such as your Cherry tree - just wonderful.Rose ~ from Ozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908281749611280188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-62981668440567862022014-04-14T15:23:05.815+01:002014-04-14T15:23:05.815+01:00In our elderyears we live with the knowledge of de...In our elderyears we live with the knowledge of death creeping ever nearer, so you are right to seize the day.<br />Blessings from Dalamory, www.freda.org.ukFredahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12112672598946758847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-86822249711608576792014-04-14T09:54:35.484+01:002014-04-14T09:54:35.484+01:00Some our old friends passed away, but life continu...Some our old friends passed away, but life continues..<br />Hope the work in garden will give you more optimism, Friko. Spring is newness in life of plants continues too. Love your photo of tree in blossom!Nadezdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08159291982383302922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-59582235364344684642014-04-14T07:27:14.615+01:002014-04-14T07:27:14.615+01:00When my people were still living in Sussex (they l...When my people were still living in Sussex (they later moved to Shropshire),one of our gardeners was Norman Wisdom's son (if that means anything). We soon got rid of him; useless and too expensive!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-12722986522580151242014-04-14T07:24:01.861+01:002014-04-14T07:24:01.861+01:00We had some gardeners come to civilize our propert...We had some gardeners come to civilize our property. It's a certified wildlife habitat but was becoming somewhat unmanageable. I was out there this afternoon, in the sun, planting early vegetables, and I had to stand there in awe of the beauty around me. I could even tolerate my complaining back.Linda Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05706455533282204519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-25173587398301411552014-04-13T23:44:57.510+01:002014-04-13T23:44:57.510+01:00We will all make this passage. It is just your po...We will all make this passage. It is just your poet's time to stand and stare...A poor life this if, full of care,<br />We have no time to stand and stare. I thought exactly this same thought the past few days when I have gardening for me and others like crazy!Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257045780724471840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-72738853997221515892014-04-13T19:57:21.309+01:002014-04-13T19:57:21.309+01:00I missed baptism spam?! Drat.
That cherry tree is...I missed baptism spam?! Drat.<br /><br />That cherry tree is glorious, as is your fernery. (Is that a word? Well, it is now.) We absolutely do not have growth like that in the deserts of Southwest America where I live, so I'm vicariously gardening through you, I suppose. The ONLY thing I recognize in that photo is a daffodil, and that only because they had them in north central Idaho where I Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12407466438773284596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-67527605202657850222014-04-13T17:10:52.450+01:002014-04-13T17:10:52.450+01:00I'm sitting like a slug in front of my compute...I'm sitting like a slug in front of my computer this morning, feeling the aches and pains of unaccustomed labours in the garden yesterday. Any morbid thoughts, including discovering plants that failed during the winter, are tempered by delight at wriggly earthworms, frilly-topped tulips and glorious sunshine. After church today we'll be out there again. <br />Your writing is another Lorriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03653026442945027184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-42978834836456668352014-04-13T16:48:48.350+01:002014-04-13T16:48:48.350+01:00Hello, Friko, your sakura (cherry tree) blossoms a...Hello, Friko, your sakura (cherry tree) blossoms are so wonderful. I don’t know what variety, it has bigger and deeper pink blossoms. Thank you for sharing: you nicely inserted the picture of your sakura blossoms in this post. I like to stand beneath the boughs simply to stare at them in full bloom or to catch the fluttering petals in the wind. I agree working with dirt, mud, and insects in the stardusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10684501661629146087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-18636265911853289962014-04-13T16:45:57.496+01:002014-04-13T16:45:57.496+01:00
Gardens, how would we notice small changes withou...<br />Gardens, how would we notice small changes without them?<br />I do admire your glorious garden in spring regalia. Rosaria Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133147851332084180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-27109834313241803152014-04-13T16:45:35.881+01:002014-04-13T16:45:35.881+01:00Ah Friko, even with the mention of morbid thoughts...Ah Friko, even with the mention of morbid thoughts you manage to make your post highly entertaining. I guess "seize the day" is good advice no matter your age. Your garden looks lovely - here the daffodils are just beginning to bloom. I wish I was close enough to borrow one of your gardeners. Having worked all the vegetable beds in the last two days, my back is feeling much older than Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14555472024981357622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-10184003860876605972014-04-13T16:18:03.823+01:002014-04-13T16:18:03.823+01:00Friko, time and schedules and calendars, and even ...Friko, time and schedules and calendars, and even hands on clocks are increasingly on my mind. This bothers me more and more. I increasingly yearn for time to stare. I begrudge time that I donate to unwanted causes.<br /><br />And yet, when I see a full moon, I do stop and stare (more than a simple gaze.) In a few minutes (time again) I am going out to see what's abloom in Central Park. Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-83852201924769066642014-04-13T14:02:17.201+01:002014-04-13T14:02:17.201+01:00I love following your world. And yes, I'm seei...I love following your world. And yes, I'm seeing more people I know face more and more health challenges. More funerals. More visits to the hospital. And I figure someday that will be me. And I hope I have enough younger friends that they'll be around to smile and help me through!<br /><br />I envy your lovely garden -- a reminder to call my Garden Warrior and have him start on the cut Jeaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17482528482559445943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-43808984311216677352014-04-13T13:17:08.538+01:002014-04-13T13:17:08.538+01:00Being busy in my garden takes me awAy fom my burde...Being busy in my garden takes me awAy fom my burdens. At this point of my life and all the pains and aches that come with age, I would love to have an extra pair of younger hands to help me with all the work there is to do.Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032033918798053005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-33099539090007657502014-04-13T13:08:10.756+01:002014-04-13T13:08:10.756+01:00I need to take a bit of time to stare myself, I...I need to take a bit of time to stare myself, I've been doing too much lately. <br />Your garden looks lovely. Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.com