Its Springtime and the Garden is Happy....

Everywhere looks good Sue. I am like you, my garden is my exercise. Is it bad atheritis you have?
2 years today when my lovely Rick died, so went to our favourite cafe on the sea front with friends and family.
Still have weepy days. How are you now?
Take care and don't overdo it!

Hello Rose, Osteopenia is now showing up in my spine, causing me problems, already have Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid but now I'm in constant pain, have to live with it I'm afraid, still doing my garden though as you can see, its a case of adapting to how I do things....Dereks anniversary is May 5th, sometimes it feels like a long time and others only a few weeks but I still feel lost without him and yes I do have crying jags, often its silly things that set me off, I'm luckier than you though as I do have Sherryl living here and Juliet, Jason and Lizzie (granddaughter) around the corner from us....

I am so sorry about that Sue. I have a friend who has the same symptoms as you and she is in constant pain too.
You do well looking after your garden.
I know exactly how you feel after I lost Rick , I felt part of me had gone with him and the same as you, can burst into tears at the least little thing.
We have to just remember the happy memories we had with them.
Thinking of you. xx

Your garden looks lovely Lincslass. Sorry to hear about your problems but I have some similar troubles as well. Getting old and loosing mobility.

Your garden is beautiful Linclass. So sorry about your health problems, it must be awful to be in pain so much. I’m glad you are able to still do a bit out there & that you find it a comfort. Sounds as though you need to get some help with the grass mowing or any heavy jobs that crop up
in house or garden. Any chance of doing so? Best wishes.

All looks lovely Lincs, we've been taking advantage of the weather and getting plenty done, glad your able to do a bit and enjoy it :-))

Your garden looks great Lincs! Same here...I find my brain is sitting upon a rusting scaffolding of ever increasing biomechanical problems that keep me busy trying to find ways to get from point A to point B without too many diversions. The advantage to being retired is that I no longer have to " live for the weekend" and make a mad dash to get things done before Monday comes. I find that doing a little bit in the garden every day accomplishes much without too much impact and strain on myself aside from taking my two little dogs for their walks ....either they are getting stronger or I am getting weaker...its the latter I'm afraid. In this lousy cold wet windy spring I am doing a total remake of my garden to make things easier for myself. I will try to do a blog on it but for some reason I am having great difficulty loading photos at present. In your body aches and heart aches I hope you find a little happiness in knowing the pleasant thoughts I have of you :) x!

Klahanie, Fever and Daylily, thankyou for your comments, I know I answered you but for some unknown reason my comments to Rose are the only ones that have stayed put,
also I 've tried commenting on some other blogs but not getting anywhere, this such a weird site isn't it, hoping this comment stays put ....
L'strife its so good to hear from you, I'm pleased you are still gardening even though like me at a slower pace, I've managed to get some stronger painkillers from my doctor now so I dose myself up and do what I enjoy the most and thats my garden, we've just been through weeks of no rain so I'm celebrating the fact that its pouring down... Take care L'strife, I'll keep checking in to see if you can get your blog on....xxx

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Sue, I'm on 'catch-up' yet again and am very sad to hear you're having so much pain. Let's hope the stronger meds. will reduce it for you.

I love your Photinia's shape and may try to get the same effect, little by little though as I really have to slow down on the gardening, much to my regret!

This morning Michael cut the grass but that's tired him out as he's still got the cough and cold bug, silly so-and-so should have left it. I edged it with my long-handled edging shears and that's about it for me today. So frustrating to have to stop.

You take care and enjoy your garden, either out there or from the comfort of your sitting room!