So! We've been back in Blighty for about a year and three quarters now... One year and three quarters, four birthdays, one winter, two summers, five
festivals, thousands of bins painted, the first year of a nutrition diploma, buckets of
veg grown, new friendships made and old ones rekindled... and now here we are - little more than moments away form our departure for Latin America!
Why???...
For the most indisputable reason there is of-course... Why not?!
To be honest it would be easy rite now not to bother. We are the happiest we've been, we are settled with a beautiful house, beautiful garden and allotment, beautiful friends. We have both found strong callings in life. Jaimie in her nutrition and I in horticulture and permaculture and Bristol is undoubtedly as good as anywhere in the world for those vocations. But ironically it feels far more appropriate to be leaving when we are so comfortable. Compared with the opposite, to be leaving when your sick of where you are, both geographically and in life generally. When we left for Australia for instance - both exhausted, fed up and desperate for change. Better to leave on a high! and that's what it feels like we're doing, going because we're excited about the future, about what's around the corner, because we don't really know what we're gonna do in this life but we can't wait to find out!
As autumn and winter creep unwillingly into the senses, much like the talk of marriage and babies do in our social group. As quiet, traitorous plans are made for the next summer and this one slips gently into the past-tense. Yes now is as good a time as any.
And for a new journey a new blog! So If you want to follow our travels from time to time, see what we're up to or where we are now and then, or if you want to live through us as surrogates to a brighter world through the dark months... feel free here - beanomine.com
Why???...
For the most indisputable reason there is of-course... Why not?!
To be honest it would be easy rite now not to bother. We are the happiest we've been, we are settled with a beautiful house, beautiful garden and allotment, beautiful friends. We have both found strong callings in life. Jaimie in her nutrition and I in horticulture and permaculture and Bristol is undoubtedly as good as anywhere in the world for those vocations. But ironically it feels far more appropriate to be leaving when we are so comfortable. Compared with the opposite, to be leaving when your sick of where you are, both geographically and in life generally. When we left for Australia for instance - both exhausted, fed up and desperate for change. Better to leave on a high! and that's what it feels like we're doing, going because we're excited about the future, about what's around the corner, because we don't really know what we're gonna do in this life but we can't wait to find out!
As autumn and winter creep unwillingly into the senses, much like the talk of marriage and babies do in our social group. As quiet, traitorous plans are made for the next summer and this one slips gently into the past-tense. Yes now is as good a time as any.
And for a new journey a new blog! So If you want to follow our travels from time to time, see what we're up to or where we are now and then, or if you want to live through us as surrogates to a brighter world through the dark months... feel free here - beanomine.com