Elaine The Gardener

Professional gardener. Theatre, art, classical music, countryside, cookery; love dogs. Tweet all sorts of everything.

[Elaine The Gardener @sit_come]

Thanks to all who sent kind wishes when I posted a short eulogy for Pixie
I have a piece of pottery with the words 'The gift is small, good will is all' which perfectly describes both Pixie herself and also how I felt uplifted by Twitter friends yesterday
https://t.co/2qDpWZgGMH

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She was a beautiful dog, my tiny wolf, a Border Terrier through + through. Outdoors she was in her element - bright, energetic, vital, playful, fun, wayward but always eager to please. At home amongst the family who loved her she was a companion and friend. Her love was gentle
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@mydogisafreak Thanks Grace - it's so sad 🤧

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#ROHManon

Act Three - hankies out

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@mydogisafreak Hello my lovely - I'm well thanks. Hope you are too 🌻 xx

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#ROHManon

Exquisite dancing and acting by the principals, and superb playing by the orchestra.

My favourite ballet.

Greetings from Stockport 🩰

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@AvantiWestCoast Please - is there any chance whatsoever that the strike for 3rd February may be called off at very short notice?

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@AvantiWestCoast Thank you. This is most inconvenient, and I do not know whether to incur the further expense of rearranging my attendance at the event with any confidence that another strike won't be called on that day.

[Elaine The Gardener @sit_come]

@AvantiWestCoast Able to say whether there may be a further strike on 17 February please?

Also is there any possibility at all of the 3 February strike being called off at short notice or will it definitely go ahead?

Thank you

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@AvantiWestCoast Sirs, I was due to travel from Manchester to Euston on 3 Feb to attend a special event. I spent hours yesterday researching alternative travel arrangements and find none are practical. I now have an opportunity to rearrange the event (at some expense) for Sat 17 Feb. Are you /1

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@YnYCoed It is a boundless joy 🤨

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@YnYCoed Just wait till you really are old and decrepit and bits start dropping off 😶‍🌫️

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@mongsley All saddle sore

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@kimwright741 Made jam with bilberries gathered locally years ago. It is quite labour-intensive picking so I got my kids to do it with bribes. It used to be an annual supply for us, no one else ever bothered, then one year we got there and every bush had been stripped 😑

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Good morning ☀

Sunday walk on the moors above Howden Reservoir. Magnus is sitting amongst bilberry bushes; we stayed there enjoying the pristine view in the sunshine both popping bilberries for a long time.

🥾🌳🥾

[matt thornton 🦍📚 @aliveness_ape]

It’s easy to forget, especially if you’re focused on self-defense, that the majority of humans out there are good—often amazing—people.

Here’s a great example. 🦍💪🏻

“I saw this gentleman, Tim, in Boston's Logan airport with the sister he'd been visiting. It appeared he was both deaf and blind, as I observed her signing into his hand for him to feel her words. When he came aboard the plane he had been assigned the middle seat of my row. The kind gentleman who had the aisle seat graciously gave it up for him. At this point Tim was traveling alone. The flight attendants sincerely wanted to assist him, but had no way to communicate. I watched as they didn't flinch when he reached out to touch their faces and arms. They took his hand and tried so hard to communicate with him, to no avail. He had some verbal ability, but clearly could not understand them. The man who had given up his seat did his best to assist him with things like opening coffee creamer and putting it in his coffee. When Tim made the attempt to stand up and feel his way to the restroom, his seat mate immediately was up to help him. The flight attendants were talking among themselves and someone suggested paging to see if anyone on board knew sign language. That's when this lovely young woman came into the picture. 15 years old, she learned ASL because she had dyslexia and it was the easiest foreign language for her to learn. For the rest of the flight she attended to Tim and made sure his needs were met. It was fascinating to watch as she signed one letter at a time into his hand. He was able to 'read' her signing and they carried on an animated conversation. When he asked her if she was pretty, she blushed and laughed as the seat mate, who had learned a few signs, communicated an enthusiastic yes to Tim. I don't know when I've ever seen so many people rally to take care of another human being. All of us in the immediate rows were laughing and smiling and enjoying his obvious delight in having someone to talk to. Huge kudos to the flight attendants of Alaska Airlines who went above and beyond to meet Tim's needs. I can't say enough about this beautiful young woman named Clara who didn't think twice about helping her fellow passenger. It was a beautiful reminder, in this time of too much awfulness, that there are still good, good people who are willing to look out for each other.”

[Elaine The Gardener @sit_come]

'When I came into the Country, and being seated amongst silent trees, had all my Time in my own Hands, I resolved to spend it all, whatever it cost me, in search of Happiness' - Thomas Traherne, Centuries of Meditations

#treeclub @ResponsePS

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@mydogisafreak Hi Grace. Happy Saturday 🦋 xx

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@DominicFarrell Fiasco

Russia and China should attack now. It will all be over in two hours.

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@Elaine_B71 Lovely

Good morning 🙂