Being Boring

Brilliant!

The poem echoes my thoughts entirely, so thanks for it.

I've had lots of excitement and disappointments so the quiet life in my home and garden is the peace I need now.

My garden is full of change, plants blossoming, seeding, green growth and life and colour. Wildlife in my little plot - a frog now and then, a hedgehog, bees, butterflies, birds and a fox who basks in the sun sometimes....love it all. Not boring.

My garden gets 30 minutes of my attention per week.

Today I have been absorbed in the minutiae of Deprivation of assets by those on means-tested benefits, and the rules on Deeds of Variation of a will. Never a dull moment.

I too have had lots of excitement in the past - and most of it has been the wrong kind. How wonderful to live peacefully, quietly, and without the stress and anxieties of previous years. Gratitude doesn't even begin to describe it.

I prefer a balance in life. Being a writer, even of that kind of ditty from Wendy Cope or Pam Ayres, can't be without its stresses. My SiL is an author and her life is high stress a lot of the time.

That sums up my life including the yesteryear. I have recently been subjected to some really toxic behaviour by a family member who for some years I was estranged from. I just sat there thinking, "I just don't need this bullshit." I will be taking a step backwards and this poem reminds me of exactly why. Now, I am just going to get my gardening gloves on!

I love Wendy Cope.

I live my life to be boring! All I want is a quiet, predictable, non-eventful life. Painting, reading, puzzling, photographing, walking and crafting as and when I feel like it. I live alone (apart from my ancient pooch), and can't think of anything better. In fact, I absolutely detest it when I have to attend an event. My DS lives in Australia, and we message often, but he must get so tired of reading, 'Oh, everything is much of a muchness", whenever he asks me what I've been up to! Lol!

Exactly - just sailing along on calm waters, these days. That peaceful feeling of being content and watching the world go by - is so precious.

Thanks Merlotgran. After the last 18 months, I love a boring day

I've just screen shotted the poem so I can keep it. Its so me!