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Sometimes life can be wonderful...
Friday, 2 October 2009
My husband received an email out of the blue the other day.
The email was from a lady who now lives in the house we sold in Melbourne.
She had tracked us (Googled us) down over some letters that she was still receiving addressed to us.
I'd often wondered how my beautiful little garden, and my old home was faring.
I wondered whether it had found its way into loving hands.
And now I know. The garden lives.
In her letter to me, she said,
- I love the garden...yes it took a bit of a beating last summer and I thought we lost the ferns...I treated them with sugared water in the middle and lo and behold they are once again beautiful and all new leaves. The violets are flourishing underneath and the rest of the garden has survive wonderfully...
Last summer a beautiful little wren, the really tiny ones, nested in the ferns and had her family...You can rest assured that the house and the garden will be looked after with tender loving care and that I will be there as long as I possibly can.
Not only did this lady take the time to find us and now she is forwarding any mail of importance to family in Melbourne, but it looks like fate has found a caring person for a home and garden that was much loved.
Yes, sometimes life can be wonderful.
You can read about our old home and garden here:
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Cluttercut - Be the change
9 comments:
Sometimes we all need reminding there are some great people in this world, thats a great story!
What a beautiful story, and what a beautiful spirit that lady is.
God bless,
Kate
That's really wonderful, and very nice of her to reassure you. I've wondered the same thing about old houses we've had and done a lot of work to, but the best we can do is drive by and see how the yard looks. Actually, by looking at Google Earth, we found that someone did extensive landscaping on a house we had in Phoenix. Sadly, they ripped out all the pine trees in the front yard. We'd been told the pine trees were planted by the previous - original - owner from their annual live Christmas trees so we also planted a couple while there. It's sad to know that was not appreciated and the trees were removed.
That's so lovely! I have fond memories of your garden, not just the working bee to get it into shape ;)
There are good people out there. It's nice to be reminded every so often.
Hi Molly, Kate - It *is* a great story, isn't it. And it's true! It made my week, which has really been quite horrible up until now.
Sometimes blessings can come from unexpected places :-)
Hi Chile - I've often wondered what happened to the house I grew up in, in Adelaide. I've Googled it, and it looks like the backyard, which had a pool and apricot trees when I was a kid, is now just a desert.
Maybe it is better that I don't know.
I know what you mean about trees - they get into your soul, and to see them chopped down can be devastating.
Hi Pyrrha - Being reminded that there are great people in the world is such a good thing. The lady just seems to have found the right place for her. I hope she is as happy there as we were!
She wants to buy it if she wins the lotto - I really hope her numbers come up! :-)
awww, what a fantastic story. I totally needed to hear that. :)
And you are right- I LOVE your idea of renting from the library and sending money his way, or even donating a percentage to research with climate change. :)
Oh, how truly lovely!
Hi Eco Yogini - I know. I like the idea of paying people for their work, even if you don't buy their product (the book). It's a fair thing to do :-)
I'm working through the book No Impact Man and will email him and ask him what he'd like me to do, and how he'd like me to pay for my library-loaned copy - whether he wants me to pay him, or donate to a charity, or 50/50, or whatever.
BTW, it's a great book. Get it out the library, and read it, if you want a good one! :-)
Hi Danika - I know :-) It makes me feel so much better to know there's a good person in our old home!
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