Wednesday, 22 August 2012

Awry

When we got back from Vancouver Island the first thing we had to deal with was a semi dead tree. I'm not sure if it was wind damage or if it has caught the disease from  the neighbour's yard. In any case a half dead tree in your backyard is not a selling feature. Being independent types we chose to remove the limb ourselves. The tree now looks a tiny bit lop sided but you can hardly notice. I mean you would tell me, wouldn't you?



A synonym for lop sided is awry meaning, "away from the appropriate or right course."  A word that could well describe me as our house is now SOLD. I feel as if I am living in a stranger's house where I must be careful not to damage anything. At least I can put the family photos back up. Oh how I missed not being able to glance at much loved faces. And I can't seem to shake super clean and tidy mode, a completely alien state I was forced to adopt during the selling process. I've started to tidy friends' houses and even rearrange store displays.

One thing I've learned is a nice garden is not always a bonus. Some people were put off, feeling it would be a lot of work. Well folks, it would be your garden and if you wanted to pour cement over the whole thing you could. Not that I wouldn't come back and at the very least deflate your tires or something.

Fortunately the purchasers love the garden. So for the time being the roses


                                                                             

                                                                             
                
and Heliopsis and Monkshood

                                                                              
are safe.
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15 comments:

  1. GRACE PETERSON22 August 2012 at 10:54

    And then there's "askew". Sometimes, I'll get it confused with "eschew" but since the meanings are vastly different, I'm getting better at remembering which is which.

    See? I can even use it in a sentence: I won't "eschew" you since I really like your blog and your sense of humor.

    I'm glad you sold your house. I dread the day I have to keep mine tidy for the lookers. I'm glad the newbies like your garden. I'd hate to see you get arrested for tired deflation.

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    1. Susan25 August 2012 at 21:41

      I agree, getting arrested would be a bit awkward.

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  2. GRACE PETERSON22 August 2012 at 10:57

    PS Thank you for the kind comment you left on my writing blog. The support has been amazing. I could hug you!

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  3. Jane22 August 2012 at 11:54

    Oh it would break my heart if anyone changed our garden if we ever moved out. I think I'd dig it all up and take it with me. At least you're SOLD...great news xx

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    1. Susan23 August 2012 at 12:00

      I think because I have been planning (daydreaming) my new garden all year, it is easier to let this one go.

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  4. Casa Mariposa22 August 2012 at 17:51

    You're in clean and tidy mode? Come to my house, asap!! Did you buy the house with the amazing views? What is the name of the rose with the ruffly peachy flower? So pretty!!

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    1. Susan23 August 2012 at 11:56

      Thx for the invite. I suspect cleaning someone's house without permission is a bit of a no-no. The rose is Morden Sunrise-Zone 3-8. It survives our hot dry summers and -30c winters so I think it should do well almost anywhere.

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  5. Anonymous23 August 2012 at 04:04

    I know what you mean about living in someone else's house once the SOLD sign goes up! I also cleaned like a maniac... much to my husbands amazement! I also love the ruffled peach rose - take a cutting quick!!

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    1. Susan23 August 2012 at 11:49

      My husband actually said,"You can stop now."

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  6. sensiblegardening25 August 2012 at 10:49

    Yes, a garden is only truly loved by it's creator. Our last home had a gorgeous half acre garden and before long the new owners has completely torn everything down to create a new building lot 10 feet from the original house. Quite ugly at this point.

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    1. Susan25 August 2012 at 21:38

      How awful! We will be able to peek at our old garden from a friend's house where we will be visiting a couple of times a year. The key is to let go, I think, but easier said than done.

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  7. Wife, Mother, Gardener25 August 2012 at 18:30

    Susan,
    I am glad that you are looking forward to your new garden! Moving always has its surprises but I hope yours are good ones :) And I think the tree looks fine... plants that have character are more welcome then blank spaces in my mind.

    Thanks for your visit and comment at WMG. I will be working on another garden journal post sometime soon. Thanks for reading!
    ~Julie

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    1. Susan25 August 2012 at 21:35

      Your blog is full of really good info. I will be checking in often.

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  8. Mary Oxendale Spensley25 August 2012 at 21:04

    Hi Susan,

    Congrats on selling the house. I thought I posted something about Nelson, BC on this posting. Maybe it is somewhere else in your blog. Anyway, I've just given you the Liebster Award. Check it out at http://cardamombliss.blogspot.ca/2012/08/the-liebster-award.html

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    1. Susan25 August 2012 at 21:34

      Thx so much! I will look out for the Nelson comment. We spent a blistering hot day there once, doing the movie walk.

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