tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post9200872013136798173..comments2023-05-02T12:33:58.182+01:00Comments on Perpetually In Transit: Free at last!Perpetuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-65493768982527275172013-04-14T22:55:20.456+01:002013-04-14T22:55:20.456+01:00It was indeed, Penny. This winter will certainly j...It was indeed, Penny. This winter will certainly join the select list of winters we won't easily forget. It's been raining hard this weekend which has melted almost all the remaining snow and now there are huge puddles everywhere. There are primroses in the garden and under the hedgerows, but the trees and bushes aren't showing even a hint of green as yet. As you say, a very unusual April. I do hope your warmth and sun continue for a while.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-458019565484638092013-04-14T20:19:41.270+01:002013-04-14T20:19:41.270+01:00Such a relief, Perpetua, to finally hear the rappi...Such a relief, Perpetua, to finally hear the rapping at your door and be able to navigate once more. You will long remember this winter, and, I suspect, spring, which is sure to be wet and mud, mud, mud for a bit. Soon, you will posting your marvelous trees in bloom and daffodils. <br /><br />Today, we have sun and warm temperatures for a change! A most unusual April in a most unusual year. Penny O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14665025558373015362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-73731276423121415762013-04-14T13:05:28.390+01:002013-04-14T13:05:28.390+01:00Thanks, Janice. Interestingly, I'm not sure we...Thanks, Janice. Interestingly, I'm not sure we'd got to the point of true cabin fever, though we were anxious to get more supplies when the milk ran out. Once we were fully stocked again, we would happily have sat it out until the drifts melted, but thanks to our wonderful neighbour we didn't need to. We're off out this afternoon, despite the wet and windy weather. :-)Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-43864331151448598702013-04-14T11:35:29.984+01:002013-04-14T11:35:29.984+01:00I was so glad to see the heading for this post. Yo...I was so glad to see the heading for this post. You must really know what cabin fever feels like by now. I am sure it has been an interesting experience, and one you may look back on remembering the plus side rather than any negatives....however, an expereience probably best avoided again .Welcome back. JxJanicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05449652020751269674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-27611437133706910922013-04-14T10:00:23.719+01:002013-04-14T10:00:23.719+01:00So were we. :-) It felt so good to drive the car u...So were we. :-) It felt so good to drive the car up the lane and off into the outside world. I'm now about to make a cake to take with me to that tea.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-83193428195757100472013-04-14T01:43:29.764+01:002013-04-14T01:43:29.764+01:00OH at LAST! Praise be! I'm so glad that the th...OH at LAST! Praise be! I'm so glad that the thaw and the neighbours came good in the end. Enjoy your tea out in the big wide world!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-82142453842947893332013-04-13T21:45:56.144+01:002013-04-13T21:45:56.144+01:00I knew you would understand about the interconnect...I knew you would understand about the interconnectedness of a small rural community, Sian. :-) We wouldn't have asked, because they have both been so very busy with their own work in these difficult circumstances, but guessed that when time and conditions allowed one or other would oblige. As for Tesco, where willingness to deliver is concerned, I won't hear a word against them. ;-)<br /><br />Interestingly, DH and I are real homebodies and don't go out a great deal, but it's knowing that we can if we want to that really matters. We're off out to tea tomorrow. :-)Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-74758776123540766062013-04-13T20:51:38.942+01:002013-04-13T20:51:38.942+01:00OOoh glad to hear you have been "released&quo...OOoh glad to hear you have been "released"!! Knowing how small communities work I had wondered why a neighbouring farmer hasn't been to "dig you out" yet - but the frozen snow explains it. Also glad you got a delivery of necessary "supplies" from Tesco - we may bemoan the large supermarkets but they have their uses! I can empathise with "escape" - I love living on my island but I do need to feel I can "escape" when I need to..... may you now be able to venture forth whenever you wish!Sianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15086990153239265950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-41299696271800295452013-04-13T12:10:46.623+01:002013-04-13T12:10:46.623+01:00Thanks, MM. They are indeed. Welsh hill farmers, b...Thanks, MM. They are indeed. Welsh hill farmers, both still living in the houses in which they were born, each having taken over their family farm. There's still a great tradition of mutual help in these hills.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-10359794838963712012013-04-13T12:07:45.516+01:002013-04-13T12:07:45.516+01:00They're worth their weight in gold and this is...They're worth their weight in gold and this is the second time this neighbour has dug us out since we moved back when I retired 6 years ago. Before that we'd hardly seen more than a couple of inches of snow at a time for many years. The Internet has been a great distraction over the past 3 weeks, but you're right that there's no substitute for actually talking to people face to face. :-)<br /><br />So you don't now have TV? I approve. :-) We didn't have TV at all until our children were in their mid-teens, by which time they were so good at occupying themselves that neither has since developed much of a TV habit, even when the sun isn't shining. In fact DD recently gave up their TV licence so her boys don't have TV either.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-55735207292934696182013-04-13T12:00:38.623+01:002013-04-13T12:00:38.623+01:00It's a great relief and we're very gratefu...It's a great relief and we're very grateful indeed to our lovely neighbours. We've all known each other for a very long time now.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-17155948950578727792013-04-13T11:59:18.367+01:002013-04-13T11:59:18.367+01:00My sentiments exactly! I'm afraid the same wea...My sentiments exactly! I'm afraid the same weather pattern that kept us trapped for so long is responsible for all the rain you've been getting in France. All those nice, moist westerlies which usually give us our spring weather have been pushed south by the high pressure to give you your recent rain. We're getting rain now too and it's gradually melting the piles of snow at the side of the lane. <br /><br />Enjoy your walk, whatever the weather....Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-76232317658122557762013-04-13T11:54:41.619+01:002013-04-13T11:54:41.619+01:00We're thoroughly enjoying ourselves, Patricia,...We're thoroughly enjoying ourselves, Patricia, and are looking forward to tea with my youngest sister tomorrow. :-) After almost 40 years here, we know from experience to stay well-stocked with food in the winter, as we can never tell what the weather may throw at us. Only a couple of little primulas and the daffodils visible so far, but it's so lovely to see them.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-20535987931843482002013-04-13T11:51:34.204+01:002013-04-13T11:51:34.204+01:00It was lovely, thanks. An interesting speaker and ...It was lovely, thanks. An interesting speaker and a good natter over a cup of tea with old friends. :-)Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-19832233427465743592013-04-13T10:57:41.493+01:002013-04-13T10:57:41.493+01:00At last!!!! Enjoy your freedom. It sounds like you...At last!!!! Enjoy your freedom. It sounds like you neighbours are real diamonds.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-57043129057642191892013-04-13T09:49:14.665+01:002013-04-13T09:49:14.665+01:00What lovely neighbours - and handy that one of the...What lovely neighbours - and handy that one of them has a tractor with a bucket to lower! Glad to hear you are able to get out and about again. Three weeks is a very long time to be holed up - I'm sure you've had some lovely moments and a great deal of peace. Whilst I'm sure this is the norm in the P household, I can just imagine the joy of getting out and interacting with other live beings again. <br /><br />We're just delighted that almost three weeks on, the children don't seem to have noticed that we don't have television! But then, we're not stuck inside and the sun is shining down...makes a big difference.<br /><br />Love,<br />AxxxArtyZenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12628693178003940118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-6687010827321111102013-04-13T07:54:09.300+01:002013-04-13T07:54:09.300+01:00Pleased to hear you can at last get out and about....Pleased to hear you can at last get out and about. Thank goodness for kind neighbours.Ayakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16903896106779269050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-33503485736359060872013-04-13T07:49:52.989+01:002013-04-13T07:49:52.989+01:00Thank goodness!
I was feeling sorry for myself bec...Thank goodness!<br />I was feeling sorry for myself because it has rained so much on our holiday until I read this!<br />When we spoke to my father two days ago he said the last pile of our shovelled snow had just melted from our drive at home.<br />I'll just go and shake out the umbrella and take the dog for a walk up to the chateau......Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-4758123945208986142013-04-13T07:25:26.748+01:002013-04-13T07:25:26.748+01:00Wonderful news, that you are out and about once ag...Wonderful news, that you are out and about once again, Perpetua. Three weeks is a long haul, and obviously you were well-prepared for it. The spring flowers sound delightful, and I look forward to future posts on them. What a lovely helpful neighbour you have.Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11685403215601517267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-68568171831966974892013-04-13T01:20:01.641+01:002013-04-13T01:20:01.641+01:00Great news! Hope you enjoyed your fast getaway!Great news! Hope you enjoyed your fast getaway!Penelopepiscopalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14110169815273159849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-63495200954681865432013-04-12T23:27:58.622+01:002013-04-12T23:27:58.622+01:00Callooh! Callay, Annie! I've been chortling fo...Callooh! Callay, Annie! I've been chortling for joy ever since. :-)Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-62774533983258937722013-04-12T23:03:13.960+01:002013-04-12T23:03:13.960+01:00Hurrah! Frabjous day! And likewise expressions of ...Hurrah! Frabjous day! And likewise expressions of joy. Annie Cholewahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17608057589525908147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-81862771464419743402013-04-12T22:44:23.149+01:002013-04-12T22:44:23.149+01:00You must know all about cabin fever after your ver...You must know all about cabin fever after your very prolonged winter, Bonnie. Yes, we were very grateful to a kind young man for taking time out of his busy life to help us out.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-46750111759969479572013-04-12T22:42:57.589+01:002013-04-12T22:42:57.589+01:00It was a lovely surprise, especially as we didn...It was a lovely surprise, especially as we didn't hear the tractor and knew nothing until her came to tell us we were free!Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-20910711920861788702013-04-12T22:42:00.935+01:002013-04-12T22:42:00.935+01:00Yes, Tesco brought our groceries to the top of the...Yes, Tesco brought our groceries to the top of the lane and we trundled them across the field to the house in wheelbarrows. :-) But it's good to be able to get out and about again.<br /><br />Glad you think you've solved your blogging problems and I hope they don't recur. I'm always happy to to try to help out if required Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.com