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5 April: Ten Things of Thankful

In no particular order:

I’m thankful that endings lead to new beginnings

The hypnotic bliss of deadheading daffodils

A warm day and a barbecue—the scent of summer coming.

Extreme surrealism and Borges’s The Aleph.

The privilege of being at my friend’s side as her beloved dog died.

Peter Gundry’s music

To waltz around the kitchen, but never alone.

This one I’ll keep to myself, but I am ever-so-ever-so thankful.

A really efficient new accountant.

That I chose Lando.

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30 responses to “5 April: Ten Things of Thankful”

  1. Dorothy's New Vintage Kitchen avatar
    Dorothy’s New Vintage Kitchen

    All good things for which to be thankful.

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    1. Misky avatar
      Misky

      And the weather is warming up, too!

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      1. Dorothy's New Vintage Kitchen avatar
        Dorothy’s New Vintage Kitchen

        Off and on here!

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        1. Misky avatar
          Misky

          Have you sown seeds yet?

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      2. Dorothy's New Vintage Kitchen avatar
        Dorothy’s New Vintage Kitchen

        Just my peas, two weeks ago. Next planting tomorrow. You?

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        1. Misky avatar
          Misky

          Tomatoes; cucumbers; chilli peppers; tons of annuals … plus my herb garden which needs reseeding almost every year (except of the rosemary and sage).

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          1. Dorothy's New Vintage Kitchen avatar
            Dorothy’s New Vintage Kitchen

            What growing zone are you in?

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            1. Misky avatar
              Misky

              I’m in the UK but I googled it and the USDA number is 9a. We have a greenhouse which means we can start earlier than people who are sowing directly into the ground.

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              1. Dorothy's New Vintage Kitchen avatar
                Dorothy’s New Vintage Kitchen

                We’re in USDA 5a, so it’s only just begun.

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              2. barbara_e_young avatar
                barbara_e_young

                No way you could be in 9–that’s like Florida. Even with the Gulf Stream… I’m in 7 or 7b, and last frost is April 15, which looks to be about right even though it was around 88 yesterday.

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                1. Misky avatar
                  Misky

                  If you google growing zone Crawley West Sussex UK it says 9. And then there’s https://www.gardenia.net/guide/hardiness-zones-in-the-united-kingdom

                  So I don’t know. 🤷🏼‍♀️

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                  1. barbara_e_young avatar
                    barbara_e_young

                    I had to look. You really are “Florida” in terms of Winter lows! I had no idea. It’s so much more extreme here, skews my world view (not just politically).

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                    1. Misky avatar
                      Misky

                      Happily we don’t have Florida type heat in the summer. I’d not cope—no houses have air-conditioning in the UK, and although it can be added after the fact (something we’ve looked into with climate changing), planning permission makes it next to impossible because of “noise“. For FFS we live about 10-miles from an airport, and the council approved building permission for houses under the flight path, and they think an air conditioner is subject to restrictive control??! So we bought a little portable one that can be moved from one room to another, and although not perfect, I hope it will keep me from toppling over like last summer.

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    Spira

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    1. Misky avatar
      Misky

      Verstappen on pole, but Lando 2nd. I’m going to hit the record timer myself (harrumph) before going to bed to be sure that I see it all.

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    Anonymous

    Serendipity took me to this piece right after yours. Thought you might like it, too.

    Instead of ug-ug-ugly code

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    1. barbara_e_young avatar
      barbara_e_young

      Anonymous is me

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      1. Misky avatar
        Misky

        Silly WordPress!

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    2. Misky avatar
      Misky

      🥰

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  4. The Mindful Migraine Blog avatar
    The Mindful Migraine Blog

    love a good kitchen-waltz… great list! Linda xx

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    1. Misky avatar
      Misky

      Thanks, Linda!

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      1. The Mindful Migraine Blog avatar
        The Mindful Migraine Blog

        My pleasure, L xx

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  5. messymimi's meanderings avatar
    messymimi’s meanderings

    My condolences to your friend for her loss. Your presence was a blessing, I’m sure.

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    1. Misky avatar
      Misky

      It is a heavy ache for her right now.

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  6. clark avatar
    clark

    the loss, shared with a friend, is made more manageable

    excellent layout!

    we’re totally like nouvelle when it comes to list presentationing

    good job

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    1. Misky avatar
      Misky

      Thanks, Clark. Being that it was nearly April Fool’s Day, I was thinking of changing the font colour to white (but obviously didn’t).

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      1. clark avatar
        clark

        thank you for not… (ayyiee!! what is the antonym for blindness!! quick spell it out) lol

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        1. Misky avatar
          Misky

          The antonym of amaurosis (blindness) is euopsia.

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  7. Lisa Tomey-Zonneveld avatar
    Lisa Tomey-Zonneveld

    Such a poetic gratitude list 🙂

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    1. Misky avatar
      Misky

      Thank you, Lisa. ❤️

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