St. Mary: August 2009

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

BYE BYE GARDEN

OKAY ........why has blogger changed stuff - right when I don't have time to figure it out ????HELP

SO I spent the summer in the garden and visiting friends - remember this arbor I was building? It is so loaded I am afraid it will tip over with the first wind. so I am saying goodbye to my garden and to you - for a bit......I am leaving in the morning for three weeks in South Africa...I would love to have you come along: http://www.theafricanqueens,blogspot.com/

see you in a few ....behave yourselves while I'm gone !!

The Project

I saved the church and the church saved me. This wonderful renovation project began in August '06 with an attempted act of terrorism. I was to return to So. California from Wisconsin on the day that crazed people with explosives in their shampoo bottles were busted in London and the whole world stood still. I took the option of re-booking my flight a week later and set out to find an interesting place to make my new home. I drove to the country to see a lovely Victorian farmhouse and passed an old church with a simple "For Sale" sign - and the rest is history. Actually, it wasn't all that simple. My offer was accepted in September the same week I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Everyone insisted I cancel the offer....I was too sick - there was too much to do - the job was too big - I had to stay in California - blahblahblah. I told them it would give me something else to think about - a reason to get up every morning - it would save my life.

And it did.