Gardening friends are the best

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A little while ago, when I still had my flower shop a lady called Maureen used to come in quite regularly. She didn’t always buy something, but she was always ready to have a laugh and a chat.
Since I closed my shop, I continued to visit her usually once a week and we have become really good friends. In fact she jokes she is my adopted ‘Mum’.
One of the things we most have in common is a shared interest and enjoyment in gardening. We have done all manor of swaps and cuttings for each other and shared lots of happy times inspecting each others gardens.
She has a lovely garden full of flowers but one thing I couldn’t understand was why she didn’t sit out in it. Whenever she made a cup of tea, I would hotfoot it out in the garden but she had nowhere to sit. Only a old rickety bench that could not be trusted to take the weight of a sparrow let alone us! So in passing I asked her where she sat when she wanted to enjoy the garden. Wouldn’t a little arbour look lovely in front of the shed? I ventured……
Two weeks later she had decided and we put one on order via the internet. A bit of a wait later and this is what arrived.

Now if I can just get these screws in!

China is supervising from a distance

and at last it has all come together! Yippeee

and here she is, in the finished product. Now where’s that cup of tea???

If you were wondering what that thing behind her head is – its her little wreath. She bought it when we went to the Kent Show

and little ‘Polly’ scarecrow is just around the corner in the greenhouse.

I just hope we get some nice weather, so we can have a few cream teas next year.

2 Oct, 2011
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Stickitoffee

what a lovely story and i love the seat, and the colour.

2 Oct, 2011

Lilcrawford

Very sweet!

2 Oct, 2011

Libet

Och! That's lovely for her to sit in, and very kind of you to build it for her, and I'm sure she's thrilled with it, it's lovely!!

2 Oct, 2011

Poppylover99

thanks Sticki and Lil. I love a good tale!

2 Oct, 2011

Poppylover99

I think she's very pleased Libet. She keeps inviting people around and she's now asked me to print some photos for her so she can send to her friends a bit further away. Bless her!!

2 Oct, 2011

Costas1

I love you both Poppylover. Gives me hope. Nice people still around and you are two of them.

3 Oct, 2011

Paulsgarden

Lovely - agree gardening friends are great - we're full of creative ideas :))) Love the bench and the colour reminds me of the seaside - strange as it may sound. Nice you kept in touch with her. Love the scarecrow - it is sweet too with its pigtails :D

3 Oct, 2011

Hywel

That's wonderful :o) There's nothing better than sharing our gardens...

3 Oct, 2011

Poppylover99

Yes Hywel and Paul
It really adds to the enjoyment. It also saves my non gardening friends from being bored to death, with my gardening chat...I can save it for Maureen and Goyers!

3 Oct, 2011

Poppylover99

Awww thanks Costas...I really believe what goes around comes around!

3 Oct, 2011

Cazcat

its lovely, well done, i made one very similar from b & q, lovely to sit on.

3 Oct, 2011

Poppylover99

I spoke to her on the phone today Ml. She said she spent all yesterday afternoon sitting out in the garden doing her knitting!! Really unusual for her.
Thanks everyone for your kind comments. I think she will get a lot of pleasure from it.

3 Oct, 2011

Clarice

What a lovely blog really enjoyed it.

3 Oct, 2011

Poppylover99

Thanks Clarice, glad you enjoyed it. All she needs now is some cushions. Oh well, I will add that to my list of things to do!

3 Oct, 2011

Poppylover99

It is nice Ml. I take her out now and again to gardens or garden centres. She always gets chatting to someone , although she says she is really shy....lol - shy my eye!!!

3 Oct, 2011

Sheilabub

That was such a generous gesture, Poppy, and what a lovely friendship. My Mum always told me that "to have a friend, you have to BE a friend" . . . good advice!

5 Oct, 2011

Poppylover99

Thanks Sheilabub. Her friendship is very special to me.:o)))))

6 Oct, 2011

Youngdaisydee

What a lovely story, she looks well chuffed in that pic and sitting out knitting, aww brought a lump to my throat :) if you need a cushion B&Q had there bench cushions (small) reduced to 4 or 5 pound :)))

Sorry to hear about your friend Meadowlands, So sad..

6 Oct, 2011

Lincslass

Nothing nicer than relaxing in ones own garden, your friend looks well pleased, you did well there Poppy...

6 Oct, 2011

Bornagain

Lovely blog Pl, I think you are both very lucky to have each other...and isn't your friends garden pretty:-)

18 Feb, 2012

Poppylover99

Thanks Ba - I will tell her that. She does well for age 76 doesnt she??

19 Feb, 2012

Bornagain

I'll say...maybe you can get her to join GOY too if she has a computer?:-)

19 Feb, 2012

Poppylover99

Coouugh, splutter...... You dont know how funny that is Ba!!! She's one of the old school - unfortunately!!!! - Computers are not to be trusted!!! Shame though because I think she would really enjoy it on Goy. I just tell her what Ive put on.

20 Feb, 2012

Bornagain

What a shame:-)

20 Feb, 2012

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