Wild & Windy Wednesday!

Rather blustery here on the coast!  We've not had much rain at all and more sun than most I think, but the wind!! 

Again, I see that it's been a bit of time since my last post which seems to be the norm as of late :(    I noticed it this morning, only by chance and have been mulling whys about in my mind during the day.  I think I've got the answer!  lol   This may tend to ramble a bit, but if you can, stay with me till the end . . . I'd love to hear your thoughts and those about your own posting trends.

I have about 15 blogs that I visit regularly, but I don't see these blogs as "Blogs", I see them (and, possibly weirdly) refer to them as people.  No, no don't run away!  LOL   What I mean is, as an example, that one of those blogs is Kim's ~ Love from Peapods ~ and I tend to visit whenever there is a new post.  I don't GO to Love from Peapods . . . I go to "Kim's" and see what she's been up to.   Does that make sense to you?  :)

I feel that the blogs I visit and the people who visit mine regularly are a community.  If this little community were real, on a lovely wooded land space, I think that I would be pretty much the same in person as what you 'get on the net' so to speak.  What I mean is that this (blog) is a good and truthful representation of me, I believe, and the not so regular posting reinforces that. 

If we were in a little real-world community, I would be one of the quiet ones and one who tended to spend time on their own probably as much or more than with the community.  I am, without doubt, an introvert.  That said, I am an introvert who shuns the words sometimes used to describe those like myself such as shy, timid or self-absorbed.  I suppose introspective may be a better word. . . just, lol.  Deep thinker suits me well, but implies a sort of scholarly height I've not achieved :)

In any case, and moving on, I would happily participate in our real-world community, contribute, help, assist and take charge where needed.  But . . . were you to need me for something you would be most likely to find me on my own little patch, doing my own thing, to the beat of my own drummer ;)

Some of my blogging community blog daily, sometimes more than once in a day.  Some blog every couple of weeks or so and some once a month or less.  Then there are those like myself who tend to blog erratically.  One month a blog post shows up every couple of days, the next month only 2 in total.  For me, it is a continuation of real life, a life full of ebbs and flows much like the natural world.  

What it all boils down to is this:  SS~WW is an extension of myself and part of an online community.  SS~WW participates in this community as I would in a real-life situation *more or less*, some periods are more chatty and involved whilst some are quieter, more withdrawn and introspective.  So, what you see/read and how often at SS~WW is really what you *would* get (if you lived next door!).

There, I feel better now I've sorted it all out, you? 

~ On A Bank Holiday Weekend ~

First let me express a very warm welcome to newest followers AstarteMoon and Ellis.  Grab a seat by the hearth, drinks on the way!  Ooo, then there's Laoi too - not new to SS~WW, but now a confirmed follower and she can consider herself duly chastised for not clicking the "Follow" button sooner!  *tsk, tsk tsk and much shaking of head*

Where does the time go, eh?  A belated but heartfelt Beltane blessings wish to you all :)  

 

I suppose I've lost my blogging mojo for a bit, I'd even go so far as to say that I've had an aversion to t'internet as of late!  I've not been online much and mostly just visiting the few forums that I am a member of.  Not sure what that's all about, quite unlike me, who has had to schedule Essence Weekends because of too much time online and needing time away.  Dunno.  I'll simply go with the flow and see what develops!  There is that well known urge to have a bit of a bloggy tidy-up, slight re-do niggling away in the background though . . .

But, I am leaving the laptop open and running today as I go about my hearthwife duties and will drop by yours if a new post pops up in the course, but first a bit of bookish time out the back in the glorious May sunshine that is currently gracing our presence here on the coast.

I'll leave you with a giggle and be on my way!

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Prepare To Sniffle

The text of this was sent to me in an email from the lurvely Debs, and then last week I saw it on FB as it is here.  *sniff*

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Green Beginnings

As promised . . . I do try :)

This (below) doesn't look much at the moment, but BH has added a 'bed' to the fence that separates our largest veggie plot from the front garden and in time it will be filled with bee friendly flowers.  We also have a short/low fence that surrounds the outer bit of the front garden towards the road and this year we are adding a large bed all around the inside of that, somewhere around 40-50 feet in total, so we shall be very, very colourful!  Makes a nice change from using only pots too.

The newest gardening toy, the silvery bit is flexible but stiff ~ IYSWIM ~ so that it can be laid down with the spray directed where you like.  Won't probably make a blind bit o'difference to how the garden pans out this year, but it is fun, lol.

 

 So, how does your garden grow?

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Here!

....and today I'm finally getting out with the camera for some of those veg patch/greenhouse photos that were promised a while back.   Knew you'd be waiting with bated breath, yes?  lol

In other news, the dreaded sciatica has nearly left me again.  It's always there, a twinge running down my leg or a dull pain near my hip, and I've become accustomed to it but this last bout was a fairly full on episode.  Never mind, done now and just in time for Spring to spring it seems.  Yeeaaayyyy!!  :)

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