Saturday at the Gardens

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Volunteers at Abbey Gardens
Originally uploaded by olliefern

I returned to that community garden yesterday after a two-week break. It's amazing how much can change in that time: flower stalks twice as high; petals twice as shiny; lemons and strawberries ready for plucking; beautiful lettuce heads we can harvest (the first time I took something from the Gardens home.)

I sowed some Leaf Beets and trimmed flowers off sweet peas. One of the volunteers, a woman that always shows up in dresses, black church shoes and pearl necklaces, introduced herself as Thérèse before asking me where I was from. When I found out she was from Cameroon, I asked if she spoke french; from then on, it was all ça va, oui and au revoir. I'm very happy to now have someone to practice my broken french every Saturday!

Today, I dropped by Blanche to feed her and worked on my CV (successfully managed to get it down to 2 pages.) I was about to start working on a job application for the Southbank Centre when I saw minuting as one of the job descriptions... and all the joy drained out of me. I must remind myself that this is not the age to be picky about what's going to pay for my bills.

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Thank you!