Looking Back (Another blog repeated from my old page)

What a lovely blog and a beautiful garden.I can see how much love and hard work went into it,and understand how you miss being there.You were lucky to have Fluffy for so many years,did you have Blodyn at the same time,or did she come along later?.Your garden at your present home is lovely too,and you have your wonderful memories to look back on..Thanks for putting this on,as I haven't seen them before...:o))

Thank you .
I got Blodyn a few months after Fluffy died.

I really enjoyed your Blog Hywel :) Your Old Cottage looked Wonderful & Fluffy was Gorgeous :)

Oh, Hywel you sound so sad, look at all these lovely Memories; What a wonderful Cottage idyllic.....just how a cottage garden should be.
All those lovely climbers on Trellises, your own little seat you can admire
it from, and your old cat who was adorable. You are so lucky to have had
such wonderful Memories!!! Thanks for sharing them with us!

A wonderful garden, Hywel...
..and nice pics of you and Fluffy the cat. :o)
Yes, there are times when we have to move on....
Your new garden is pretty.. Blodyn is beautiful... and you have fantastic hillside views from your current home.. :o)

Thanks Jacque :o) x
I'm not sad at all Fresiaperson :o) Thanks for your comments
Thank you TT :o) x

Glad your not sad Hywel,We all have nostalgia to look back on,which is good.
It would be worse if we didn't have memories of our life....:o))) We will all be much happier though,when we get some decent weather ..roll on!..can't be long now,surely,then busy,busy,outside.I like your painting of your old cottage,
very pretty.:o))

Nice memories Hywel and a lovely garden :-))

Why would I be sad ? I don't know why people would think I am sad ..... I never said anything of the sort.

Thank you Annella :o)

Thanks for telling us about you old garden it looked lovely, and loved your cottage, as for Fluff she did really well to live 22yrs, did you have her from a baby Hywel x.

Fluffy was 3 or 4 yrs old when she came to me Carol. Before that she lived with a neighbour, but they got another 2 cats and Fluffy wouldn't go back there. So I took her in :o)

lovely blog and loved your cottage and gardens hywel so pretty, all those happy memories to keep with you, fluffy was a beautifull cat to :o))

She was'nt daft when she came to you, she must have known you would look after her well, and she would get spoilt. x

Thanks Sandra :o)

Yes Carol, Fluffy knew she was on to a good thing. Mind you I didn't try to send her away either lol.

:o)))lol x

That garden looked so WARM and welcoming! I know exactly what you mean Hywel, I was 20 years in my last place too and still think back very fondly. I also agree that it's right to move on when the time comes. The bird issue is similar for me too! In my last garden i had many different ones, but here, being a new estate, we seem to have not so many. We do get a lot of greenfinches and they are lovely but boy do they make a mess...I'm going to be pulling thistle seedlings all summer! The watercolour is lovely...a lovely memory. Thanks for the blog!

Great to see this once more, Hywel. :-))

I remember these from before Hywel , it's nice to have your memories :o)

lovely blog Hywel and a lovely garden......what a great age Fluffy was..... lovely painting of the cottage...

I hadn't seen this before, Hywel, so it was very interesting. It was a lovely garden and you obviously worked very hard to create it. Did you have to start your new garden from scratch too? It was good to see Fluffy too, what a great age she lived to. How lovely to have a talent for painting so that you could bring the cottage with you, it's lovely.

Thanks for all your comments :o))
Gee yes I started my present garden from scratch. There was nothing here at all. I will be puting a blog about it in the summer when I've done a bit more to it (hopefully lol)

What a lovely cottage garden you created Hywel your hard work shines through to reward you on every picture, cherish all your lovely memories of your time spent there with Fluffy and yes it happens to us all at some stage of our lives we know when its time to move on and a new book opens, thanks for sharing this special time with us.

lovely cottage and beautiful garden hywel,real chocolate box scenes,bit of an artist to eh ,you have lots of photos to look back on, :o)

While it must have been a heart-breaking wrench for you to leave that beautiful garden it would have been even worse for you to watch it deteriorate when you could no longer cope with it. You have lovely memories, lovely photographs and a lovely new garden - and some lovely views too! Nearly forgot the lovely Blodyn there, LOL.

That must have been very hard for you to leave such a lovely place. Love your watercolour of the cottage.

What a lovely garden you've created, Hywel! And Fluffy was very beautiful...nice memories...now you have one more garden (I don't want to say 'another') and Blodyn is so pretty and she is beside you!

Lovely blog Hywel,
I can sympathise cos I was a little sorry to leave our last house and garden to set up with my mother as well. Lovely memories of Fluffy too.

But hey we always do this when we move on dont we? Its nice to leave a good garden behind you. I guess you must have missed all those buildings/ outhouses etc!

I look forward to a blog from you in due course re the new garden! I hope you had some decent soil in the new garden!

Lovely garden you had Hywel I can understand you remembering it fondly, mind you I really love your present garden and your views, your painting of your old cottage is lovely you have a talent there Hywel do you paint often?
Lovely blog thankyou for sharing :o))

Thanks to everyone for reading my blog and all the coments.

I must say I was really glad to leave the cottage because the garden was too big and steep for me to manage.
It was also on a busy main road with lots of lorries. It was a relief to get away from there.

However I'm glad I have heppy memories of it and sometimes I get a bit nostalgic lol (but only until I remember why I came from there )
:o)

I like to paint and draw as often as I can Neellan but I never seem to finish anytrhing lol

You had the perfect cottage garden Hywel, you must have worked so hard to get it as lovely as that, you must have the fondest memories of the garden despite the busy road. Your watercolour is lovely, I wish I could paint like that. :o)

Oh yes, Fluffy was a really beautiful cat, such a gorgeous colour. :o)

What a lovely garden so full of happy memories to look back on Hywel and what a gorgeous cat.

I remember this blog - but it was good to see it back again, Hywel. :-))

ohhh hywel it is so lovely ,dont no how u left it hun so pretty . glad u pointed it out to me wud love to c more pics of it .

I had to leave - it was too big and too steep, and also on a busy road with lots of lorries. It had become rather unpleasant to live there so I moved.

I don't have more photos. I didn't have a camera in those days, only an old one I borrowed off my dad sometimes.

Fantastic blog Hywel and excellent pics. You had a stunning home & garden and always a shame to leave. Your Fluffy is like my Molly apart from Fluffy had a slightly darker face and lighter coat. Lovely looking cat!! RIP Fluffy

Thank you.
Yes Fluffy had a black face, and in the sun her coat looked quite ginger. She was 22 yrs old and very playful right up to the end. She's buried here in this garden.

Awww bless her. Become big part of family don't they!!

They certainly do :o)