I'm back!!

[Twospot Ladybird]

Not been active on here for over a year now but missed everyone so had to come back!  ;D

Hello to everyone I know from the past:

Heldi, Plocket, Greenwizard, Lord Steve, Lorna (was known as lady gardener on the beeb forum), Obelixx, ACE, Derekthefox, Palustris, EJ - Emma Jane, Georgie, I know I've forgotten lots of other people but I'm sure I will remember you if we chat in the future. If you remember me and I've not mentioned you (lots of you, I know  :-[ and hello anyway) please don't hesitate to reply to this thread.

Lots of new faces too so hello to everyone that has registered in the past year that I haven't met yet.

Why did I disappear for a while?

It was quiet on here wintertime end of 2005 and I was doing other things but looking in occasionally anxiously waiting for spring but spring never arrived. Without spring, I just couldn't get motivated. The weeding was neglected (strangely there wasn't many weeds anyway) had to force myself to mow the lawn, didn't plant any seeds, baskets still had winter stuff in them and didn't need anything done to them. Then suddenly, it was summer but because of the lack of spring, I still found it difficult to get back into the swing of things.

Mid to late summer, I finally felt that the year was more normal, I was back to working hard in the garden and then I slipped and fell in my local Supermarket. I landed heavily on my right knee and injured it. I could barely walk for a couple of weeks, I had to take my daughter to nursery by bus for weeks (daughter's nursery is about a mile walk up hill from my house) and worst of all, I couldn't do the garden :'(.

Seven months on I still can't kneel to do the weeding (I do this by hand) so I bought myself a kneeler stool and use it upside down (I sit on the side you kneel on) so that I'm close enough to the ground to do my weeding. That does'nt answer why I stopped visiting here though but this is the best way that I can put it:

No motivation to do the garden = no motivation to talk about the garden.

Maybe if I'd tried talking to all my friends on here about it, it would have been a help and I would have still been a regular. I'm back now though and I'm glad to be back  ;D

I'm looking forwards to catching up with everyone and making more friends  :)

[Twospot Ladybird]

[cookie]

Glad that you feel able to come back! Sometimes it helps to chat :)

[Palustris]

Welcome back. We missed you.

[Twospot Ladybird]

Thankyou for your kind words Cookie and thanks for the welcome Palustris.

I'm seeing more names that I recognise so I think I'll start adding them here as I come across them that's assuming that they are the same people that I knew before  ;D

Hello also to:

Honeybee, Marianne, MagpieDi and Telboy.

[Grandma]

Welcome back, TSL!  :) This is just the BEST place to be - especially when you don't quite feel up to doing real gardening. There are lots of us here with bits falling off/not working right  ;D ;D ;D Hope the knee is better soon!  :)

[nippie]

Hello twospots, I don't think we have spoken before, but I'm glad you feel able to come back. It is such a friendly bunch on here and it is good to talk.
As grandma says there are a lot of us with dodgy parts, but I really hope your knee is better soon  :)

[Carol]

Welcome back  two spot,  I remember you as well.  Hope all goes well for you this summer, bit of a bummer with a dodgy knee.   :D :D

[theothermarg]

hello don,t think we have met before but welcome back :) down with broken ankle and trying to keep positive at the moment. and yes it,s such hard work just getting around when a bit of you isn,t working isn,t it. bet this lot are fed up with my ankle already but i,m suffering it so why shouldn,t everyone ;D
look forward seeing you again marg

[Blue Bird]

Hi I do not think I have spoke to you either but welcome back and hopefully things will start to improve and you can get out in the summer

Know what it is like to have a dickey knee mine plays up but try to get on with it.  Does not help when I know that I am very over weight but am trying to lose weight and exercise more

any way Hi  ;D :D ;)

[rosebud]

hello Twospot you forgot me :'( :'( :'(.pleased to see you back hope you are very well, just the right time of year for you  to come back and say hello please stay awhile EH!!.

[Hyacinth]

Hello! I don't really remember you :-[ but it sounds as though you've had a really rough time, so pleased you're back and feel like joining in again 8)...

You remember ACE, eh? That figures....a hard act to forget - and an even harder one to follow ;D ;D ;D

Cheers! Lishka

[Twospot Ladybird]

Hello Carol, Rosebud and Alishka.

Sorry Rosebud, didn't mean to forget you  :-[. Although your name is one of the first I saw yesterday and one I remember from being here before, I had an early senior moment (I'm not even 40 yet) when I started this thread today  :-[.

Alishka, don't think we spoke much back then but I definately remember you  :) (your name that is). If I remember correctly, you're one of the more knowledgable members but please correct me if I'm wrong  ;D

Hello also to Grandma, nippie, theothermarg and blue bird.

[Mrs Ava]

Hiya 2spot, and welcome back.  I don't know if it is flattering that you remember me or no.....just shows what a chatterbox I am!  ;D   Glad you have stopped by again - you know you can always off load on a4all!  ;D ;D ;D

[emmy1978]

Hello, nice to meet you and welcome back. Sorry to hear you've had a rotten time, but spring has definately sprung so hope this year is a better one for you. x

[Amazin]

Sorry to hear about your knee 2spot - it can be a real pain (literally) when bits break down, but somehow, we adapt.

Still, as the great Greek philosopher and cynic once said:

"Call me Dodgyknees!"

;D

[ellkebe]

Sounds like a rotten year  :( - hope this one makes up for it, and the knee's on the mend soon.

[GREENWIZARD]

back........i was wondering what that smell was ;) ;)

[busy_lizzie]

Welcome back two spot!  It is good to see you here, though I am sorry you have had a bit of a low time of it. Hope your knee improves rapidly.  Hope we will hear lots more from you in the future. love busy_lizzie  :-*

[norfolklass]

hello Twospot
we haven't met before, I only joined A4A a few months ago, but welcome back!
like everyone else, I'm very sorry to hear that you've been a bit down and felt unable to do garden things :(
I hope your knee gets better quickly and that you carry on gardening now that the sun is out and things are a bit more cheerful :)
don't forget, a very important but often neglected bit of gardening is just sitting still and enjoying ;D

[sutton girl]

Hi dont think we have spoke yet as one of the newbies to the site but welcome back.