Yesterday the first wave of packing was done...they moved like white lightening and befre you knew it our house transformed into a sea of boxes. They worked so hard..I think if I had not stayed out of their way I would now be residing in a cardboard box!
So after they left I went online to chitchat with my friend a little. One of my friends is moving into a new place also..and mentioned how she would be looking forward to gardening. I laughingly replied that I was looking forward to NOT gardening and shared this photo of our new back yard
LOL..not a lot of weeding there. Then she asked what my current garden looked like and I sent this photo:
and then the tears started to flow again. It's all so stupid. I am excited to leave this home and start off again building a 'home' in our beautiful new house. Yet I looked at the picture of the garden in the Summer and I sobbed. We have had amazing parties and gatherings in this garden and it is a little bit of magic here in the city. I'm going to have to work hard on the pots for the new patio!!!
I am sure there will be more tears as the move happens. Sad ones and happy ones. Saying goodbye to the neighbours is the hardest part of all. We have been blessed with the very best.
You will always have the memories of this house, and you can look forward to all the new memories you'll make in the new house. {hugs}
Posted by: leslie (crookedstamper) | 01/15/2011 at 09:10 AM
Hi Sue,
Your garden in the old home is so beautiful! I can imagine that it was a lot of work to maintain it, but I can almost feel it how hard it will be to leave even if you are looking forward to a low maintenance terrace.
Thanks for popping into my virtual place from Sarah's Beach Cottage. It's funny, during my almost 22 years in Canada, I never had a chance to visit the West. Well, I do hope to be back from time to time, I am leaving a lot of good friends in Canada, so maybe one of these days I will finally see Vancouver and the Rockies.
Good luck with your move!
From one moving blogger to another :-).
Posted by: Zosia | 01/19/2011 at 03:43 PM
Moving is always so bittersweet... leaving wonderful memories to build new ones!
But is that a hot tube I spy in the background of the new house? AWESOME!
Posted by: AVinNYC | 01/20/2011 at 01:08 PM
wow.za. that is a beautiful garden for sure!! but i'm sure you'll have great parties & be able to recreate some of the magic at the new place.
Posted by: Chelle | 02/25/2011 at 10:51 PM