So, firstly, I should tell you that we have molto molto blackberries here. Both local and invasive types busy taking over our land! So we planned to pick a lot of the blackberries this year (slows down the seed from spreading if we eat them!). The deer of course help eat the blackberries too –…
Category: Daily Life
Day 102 – August 22nd 2008
Snakes Alive! So, this is our little chap (well he's about 2ft long actually) who lives in the (what will be a) flowerbed just outside the house. We call him Pliskin (after Snake Pliskin in Escape from New York). Dexter has tried to snaffle him a few times and Starsky has also had a go. But…
Day 99 – August 19th 2008
Tree Frog Invasion! OK, so it was only one. But it was very exciting – the first Western Pacific Tree Frog I have SEEN this year! Somehow, it made it into our bathroom… Perhaps he needed a wash. See how sticky it's little feet are is it climbs the wall! We heard lots of the…
Day 91 – August 11th 2008
Just put it on my tab… OK, we actually get to say that here! It's fun! We bought windows to finish the extension – and they weren't cheap. 4 weeks later they were delivered and we haven't paid a dime yet. In fact they're on our Windsor Plywood account… Pretty much everything here seems to get…
Wherever you go, there you are.
Letting Go – Part 1 (of many I would imagine)
I forget who said "Wherever you go, there you are." – I think it was Jon Kabat-Zinn.
Because people keep asking "How's it going on Salt Spring?" And of course it's fanTASTic. I LOVE it here. I LOVE the potential this place has, the peace & quiet, the space, I LOVE walking the dog and getting out in nature and strolling along the beach in the evening, I LOVE taking it easier, I LOVE checking the veg garden and seeing what is coming up – have the tomato flowers been pollinated? Are the tomatoes coming yet? I LOVE making my favourite foods – French Onion Soup (with the cheese/bread topping), Cornish Pasties, Shortbread, Strawberry Jam etc.
And yet, I often wake up and feel a sense of mild panic. MILD panic, but panic nonetheless. I never ask "What have we done?", it's more "What happens if this doesn't work out?".
Well, (I hope Duncan will excuse me for paraphrasing him here – I've probably summarised it wrong) Duncan is worried how he will feel if he has to go back to a "normal job" and work/commute in 2 years time (we've given ourselves 2 years to make this work).
Of course my worries and fears are MORE ridiculous. I'm worried where we'll be in 30 years – what happens when we retire/get old? If we enjoy ourselves and live this lifestyle for the next 30 years will we run out of money and be homeless on the streets?