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June 20, 2008

Neighbourly relations...

Well, we've been in our home here for 5.5yrs. In that time we have not gotten to *really* know our neighbours on either side. I've had little chit chats with the woman on one side of us over the fence at various times and she became inspired to plant out a garden last spring.

Our neighbour on the other side unfortunately has been a rough ride and most recently ended in him verbally abusing my dog with language that really was not appropriate for my children's ears since we were doing some gardening at the time behind our hedge. I called him out on the language (much to his surprise I'm sure since he couldn't see me) and received a bit of mocking in exchange which I did not get drawn into - but felt really stink over the whole incident.

A few weeks later he approached Simon at his work and asked to purchase some of our old roofing iron off us - I took this as an olive branch.

Since that time I haven't seen him, so no chance to say hi or wave (previously I've been outright ignored).

BUT, tonight, as I was sitting here reading over Casaubon's Book 100 Things you Can do For Peak Oil list (slightly different to previously posted lists) I had the idea to raise some extra seedlings in Spring and take each of my neighbours a little pot of various plants. I'm not into baking or cooking, and I felt that this would be one way to achieve several objectives by getting their gardens started off for the new season - and a means of trying to mend any remaining rifts that might be there.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Lovely thought Nikki :) Have a lovely day today!

Anonymous said...

Great Karma! I have been following your site for a while now and admire your values and hard work. I have a good income (hubby and I are teachers)but have been yearning to reconnect to simple, sustainable values.I was largely Steiner educated and can still 'feel' the warm golden glow of their philosophies. These need to re-emerge in my life. I do hope to share this enthusiasm with you and encourage like minded people with our musings and shared tips. As yet I don't have a blog site and not sure if I will. Something else to ponder!

Nik said...

Thanks guys!

Hi Ingrid, thanks for stopping by - maybe by commenting here you have just turned the cog a little more to make that return to the sustainable ways you yearn for.