tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404847464369238465.post1623199657611995057..comments2023-06-19T01:26:33.260+10:00Comments on home, in a heartbeat: Secret HollowVickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16023748614942747415noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404847464369238465.post-50119896243780046062015-09-23T12:31:57.614+10:002015-09-23T12:31:57.614+10:00And, a wonderful autumnal equinox to you Tessa. I ...And, a wonderful autumnal equinox to you Tessa. I enjoyed your post this morning :)<br />xxVickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16023748614942747415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404847464369238465.post-8414247901703454822015-09-23T08:36:59.947+10:002015-09-23T08:36:59.947+10:00This comment has been removed by the author.Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16023748614942747415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404847464369238465.post-73602219041973662512015-09-22T23:58:44.806+10:002015-09-22T23:58:44.806+10:00Sept. 22
Happy Eve of the Spring Equinox, to you!...Sept. 22<br /><br />Happy Eve of the Spring Equinox, to you!<br />TessaTessa~ Here there be musinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13661988938395877761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404847464369238465.post-17898120786857030092015-09-21T23:06:22.638+10:002015-09-21T23:06:22.638+10:00Thanks River. Sometimes, those days feel like a dr...Thanks River. Sometimes, those days feel like a dream, and I'm glad I have wonderful memories and photos to remember them.Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16023748614942747415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404847464369238465.post-13193717557729279392015-09-21T17:53:07.287+10:002015-09-21T17:53:07.287+10:00There is so much beauty in the post and in the pic...There is so much beauty in the post and in the pictures, it just takes my breath away.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404847464369238465.post-44307837791302131492015-09-20T12:37:16.399+10:002015-09-20T12:37:16.399+10:00Thank you, Victoria. I hope the Universe will take...Thank you, Victoria. I hope the Universe will take those blessings and surprise us one day in the near future :)<br /><br />I'm so aghast at some peoples' utter lack of consideration too. That wonderful old tree...<br />There was another option to extend that they could have chosen - if they had just thought about it.<br /><br />I'm glad that there are those of us who continue to protect and preserve the living beings, while they are in our care.<br />Love to all on your magical mountain - and kisses to dear Mrs. Rose xx<br />Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16023748614942747415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404847464369238465.post-90400529596572784212015-09-20T12:27:04.661+10:002015-09-20T12:27:04.661+10:00Vicki, your gardens were beautiful. Yes, a part o...Vicki, your gardens were beautiful. Yes, a part of you will always be there but I have a strong feeling that you'll go on to create gardens just as beautiful somewhere else. My heart wept when I read that the people who lived there after you cut down that beautiful old apple tree. I don't know how some people can be so heedless of other beings right to live! I'm glad that you found such a healing place, even if, eventually, you did have to leave, and I'm sending blessings for you to find another beautiful, healing place. <br /><br />Blessings, <br /><br />VictoriaVictoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10851516387194415387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404847464369238465.post-77381813870364124592015-09-20T11:11:28.759+10:002015-09-20T11:11:28.759+10:00It's so lovely to read that your Graham Thomas...It's so lovely to read that your Graham Thomas was relocated to a loving home and that you can still enjoy his beauty, Charlene.<br />His generous golden blooms are such a joy.<br />That's one of the reasons I love about roses, they are such tough plants and can easily withstand a good hard pruning and transplanting, as long as they are cared for, which yours is :)Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16023748614942747415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404847464369238465.post-44680525619968798852015-09-20T01:31:47.469+10:002015-09-20T01:31:47.469+10:00Poignant and done with such eloquence…...
To see t...Poignant and done with such eloquence…...<br />To see the David Austin's Graham Thomas brought to mine my own. I could not leave it at the city house and I could not take it to the coast as the deer would have found it a delightful snack. So this last winter I pruned it back, burlap the root and gifted to my daughter-in-law. It now resides beside their hundred year old Craftsman-style cottage in the Oakland Hills. When I go over to see it I will think of you, Vicki. And the emotive beauty you brought into my life today.Charlene Doiron Reinharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06645689953689581574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404847464369238465.post-64456909408789352562015-09-19T16:40:39.707+10:002015-09-19T16:40:39.707+10:00And, thank you for your lovely comment dinahmow, i...And, thank you for your lovely comment dinahmow, it is appreciated.<br />In more ways than one, gardens get, not only under our nails, but under our skin too.<br />And in our hearts. It's why we continue to do what we do, I think :)Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16023748614942747415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404847464369238465.post-79939213285522201182015-09-19T16:36:52.101+10:002015-09-19T16:36:52.101+10:00Thank you, Tessa.
It was a very special period in ...Thank you, Tessa.<br />It was a very special period in my life. The years flew by too fast though. As they do...<br />I'm glad to have shared this special time here.<br />xxVickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16023748614942747415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404847464369238465.post-33580547421861081032015-09-19T16:34:51.534+10:002015-09-19T16:34:51.534+10:00Thank you for the hugs EC. ♥
Your own beautiful ga...Thank you for the hugs EC. ♥<br />Your own beautiful garden plays an important part in your life, and images of it gives those of us who read your blog as much joy as it does you. The hard work you put into it is a great reward.<br />Nature has such rich rewards for those who care to nurture her :)Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16023748614942747415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404847464369238465.post-45157840069477682852015-09-19T16:23:44.072+10:002015-09-19T16:23:44.072+10:00I like that you work in a lovely garden shop Trace...I like that you work in a lovely garden shop Tracey, and are an important part in the nurturing of other people's gardens.<br /><br />The separation from those, and that, which we love is so hard isn't it? But, as you say, "we find new paths to heal and grow". That's so very important.<br />You too, are an amazing mother - you must be, because your girl is a beautiful human being in every way.<br />We're very proud parents aren't we? :)<br />xxVickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16023748614942747415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404847464369238465.post-47485001930297600212015-09-19T16:07:35.921+10:002015-09-19T16:07:35.921+10:00So true, Tam, I was "born there". And, a...So true, Tam, I was "born there". And, as I've said to Cindi, I'll most likely haunt the place one day :)<br />Yes, nature, whether it be wild or cultivated, is truly a great healer. Plants give so much to us. They vibrate healing energies, respond to our care, receive our deep sighs and return precious oxygen for our lungs. How awesome.<br />I am indeed grateful for my boys. They are saints, in that they put up with me, lol.<br />And, you are a kindred spirit. An ocean apart, but closer in spirit. That's very special.<br />Furever ♥Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16023748614942747415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404847464369238465.post-44419306471739185132015-09-19T15:55:24.378+10:002015-09-19T15:55:24.378+10:00I teared up (once again) when I read your comment,...I teared up (once again) when I read your comment, Cindi. You’ve tuned in perfectly.<br />And, you understand where I’m coming from, as you feel the same about your own place.<br />The reason to leave our property was a difficult one. And a sacrifice on my part, for the benefit of better schooling for our teenage son and employment for hubby – both required city destinations.<br />Had it not been necessary, I would still be living in my Secret Hollow. And, I’m sure I will haunt it when I die :)<br />Even today, I feel the pull of it and I miss it so, so much. It had an aura about it that I’ve never felt anywhere else since.<br />Yes, you’re right, we will be moving again sometime in the next year. The search for a small property to grow veggies/herbs/roses will be on in earnest.<br />Problem is, land is so expensive here, that anything “good” is snapped up fast. I hope the Universe will be looking upon us favourably when the time comes…<br /><br />You have similar questions of your own. Perhaps my post here was meant to be written for you too?<br />Food for thought…<br /><br />A book? I wish I were that good, truly. I’m not.<br />But, thank you so much for saying that :)<br />XXX<br />Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16023748614942747415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404847464369238465.post-57646785636195031182015-09-19T13:41:34.797+10:002015-09-19T13:41:34.797+10:00I'm blinking back the tears.
It's not my p...I'm blinking back the tears.<br />It's not my place to ask but I know there must have been a very good reason to leave.<br />Still, I feel my heart break as I read your lovely words and look at the photos...<br />I feel like you have a question in your heart?<br />A question on what to do next? Are you thinking of moving again?<br />Or.. maybe that's just me. Maybe I'm transferring my thoughts onto you?<br />My little house, I've lived here 23 years and I know every square inch of it.<br />Truly.<br />And my yard, the hours and hours of digging and planting, Oh nothing as amazing as your gardens but...<br />I know that feeling of coming home and feeling HOME.<br />Feeling safe from all the crap out in the world.<br />I love pulling into my drive, seeing the yellow roses and finally exhaling.<br />And on the practical side, I could never find a place to live so cheaply and yet so safely and close to things.<br />BUT....<br />The street I live on is a long one that runs almost the length of my town.<br />At one end is the old hospital (now a nursing home) where I was born and the other end is the cemetery where my parents rest.<br />And.... the other direction, the avenue...is actually the same avenue that I grew up on.<br />Yep, walk ten blocks and there's my childhood home.<br />What the Hell?!<br />Am I to never go further than this?<br />But is Happiness truly location?<br />I wish I had the answer.<br />But this post tells me that your heart was broken, leaving that home<br />and that you yearn for another special place,<br />or maybe just that place?<br />But feeling that sadness in your words, scares me to death.<br />I don't want to leave here and then wish for it back.<br />I know that, like you, I need to have a place to garden and have my pets<br />and then, when I saw the horse, it took my breathe away.<br />I wonder if that could be part of the answer to my question?<br />I hope you find what you need my friend.<br />That you learn what you need to learn<br />but know that you are giving so much already.<br />You have given me more than you will ever know<br />and every time I read your words, whether it is here in a post<br />or a comment over on my blog, I find myself reading those words over and over again.<br />I wish you realized what an amazing writer you are and I think, no... I know,<br />that there's more than one book waiting to be written by you.<br />xoxoxo<br /><br />Cindi Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01475347748831862659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404847464369238465.post-69689817263311422652015-09-19T12:58:35.618+10:002015-09-19T12:58:35.618+10:00i am sitting here. words don't come very easi...i am sitting here. words don't come very easily. the pictures i've lingered over more than once.<br />i read in awe.<br />in awe of what you overcame and what you've become. i knew bits and pieces. but this. this is a tour de force of what surviving is about.<br />i've heard always that nature is the healer of all wounds.<br />and that those gardens simply burst with life for you is proof enough to know it's true. <br />you were born there i think.<br />and that little lad no bigger than a watering can . . . oh that he could be a gift too. and that you ever dared to wonder that you would be a good mother!<br />i don't know a more loving sensitive spirit on this earth. you are a mystical being. i've felt that from the beginning.<br />thank GOD and the universe for sending you tim. and your son lewis. protected and loved by two fine men. and another boy ... blue jack.<br />i'm privileged to know you and call you sister.<br />love across the blue.<br />xoxo♥<br />furever.tammy jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16568939993585811311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404847464369238465.post-78833411324506506582015-09-19T09:20:47.815+10:002015-09-19T09:20:47.815+10:00I worked all day at my little local garden shop, h...I worked all day at my little local garden shop, helping customers much like you described yourself. Moms coming in with a baby on their hip, dads with small ones helping them pick out seeds, buying trees to plant.... so much nurturing. <br />I really don't know how you were able to ever leave such a beautiful place, but we leave beloved places and separate from our children and we find new paths to heal and to grow. I know all about that missed childhood, and found I got to have mine while my daughter was young, I lived it through her very special childhood days with much joy.<br />Lovely post, nice to read after a long day at work<br />xoTracey Broomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14560971496423789576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404847464369238465.post-52107634363823268742015-09-19T08:45:58.097+10:002015-09-19T08:45:58.097+10:00A truly beautiful post. Which has left me misty-e...A truly beautiful post. Which has left me misty-eyed.<br />Love your garden. Healing and beauty. Both of which take work.<br />Heartfelt hugs and oceans of caring are flowing your way.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404847464369238465.post-61043197509535693812015-09-19T06:52:09.008+10:002015-09-19T06:52:09.008+10:00Oh what a beautiful, beautiful post. Complete wi...Oh what a beautiful, beautiful post. Complete with beautiful, beautiful photos. <br /><br />I am so happy, that you had this place and time, in your life. To heal. As you nourished your son and your land. And thus, your inner child.<br /><br />Thank you for sharing it with us.<br /><br />Gentle hugs,<br />TessaTessa~ Here there be musinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13661988938395877761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404847464369238465.post-23676737647181785622015-09-19T05:31:15.697+10:002015-09-19T05:31:15.697+10:00This was beautiful to read. I don't ache for f...This was beautiful to read. I don't ache for former gardens; no longer mine, their current occupants may do as they wish (however bull-headed and wrong that may be!), but I do often think of them, the planning, the mistakes, the triumphs. Thank you for showing us a part of you.dinahmowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00052642938090553088noreply@blogger.com