This time last year I wrote about losing the bit of garden I’d cultivated for many years. I’d decided then to keep my gardening blog going but with broader horizons, and accordingly renewed the patiopatch site. The time has now come wherein it feels too much like hanging on in there instead of just burying the past.
I’ve been clearing the computer disc of the many, not-so-good floral images I’ve collected over this time and before trashing some of them, created a pixel-exploding collage. With this final flourish I thank everyone who has stopped by with encouraging comments, tips and knowledge, and inspiration from your own gardens. There is no doubt I will miss our mutual exchanges but the blogosphere is not a vacuum and inevitably our paths will cross as we all press on with ventures old and new.
Where to Find Me:
My wordpress photography blog – ELJAYGEE
Not much of a tweeter but I do sometimes twit @LauraBloomsbury
I will be sad to see the patio patch grow over but will move with you to ELJAYGEE … and keep up with your new ventures when they arise. Stunning final image xxx
Catherine-Jayne read my post..15 Benefits of Yoga for Teenagers
yes the weeds will grow and the site will become available for others to tend. Moving on together
Ah Laura, what a year it has been. Sorry again that you lost your patch, your muse, and that embracing the greater landscape has not been enough to tether you here. I shall miss your carefully crafted posts, and words of encouragement. Thanks for sharing yourself with us through thick and thin. Hope that, like the collage you leave behind, you go on to bigger brighter things, and here’s to crossing paths.
Sara x
hillwards read my post..Flaming October
so kind and thoughtful Sara – will be following you via my WP reader
Your collage is so very clever I wouldnt know where to start doing something like that. I hope we met again in the virtual world and that your new interests are just as rewarding as your much missed patch was
Helen
Helen read my post..Autumnal Asters: A Garden Visit
the collage is a Smart Photo Editor effect. Thank you for your good wishes – no doubt we will stumble upon each other in wordpress
I’m sorry to see you leaving the PatioPatch blog. Sometimes life throws us curves, and all we can do is follow them. I hope your new path is rewarding and fulfilling.
HolleyGarden read my post..Wow! Look at All the Roses!
following the curve Holley – hope our paths cross
Sorry the gate to PatioPatch blog is being closed and padlocked, but will move to your new blog with you.
Rosemary read my post..Architectural Quiz
thanks for the follow over Rosemary – you are a great photographer
Oh Laura I will miss your most well written, informed and thoughtful posts on ‘Patiopatch’ as well as your lovely gentle wit. Your ABC Wednesday posts have not been forgotten
You are certainly bowing out in style with that most creative collage. Hope to stay in touch xxx
Anna read my post..‘The Magic Apple Tree’
Miss you too Anna – look out for me at ABC!
Darn! I will miss you at Patiopatch! But I’ll look you up on Twitter and your photography blog. Best wishes always, and good luck in your new adventures and paths, Laura.
PlantPostings read my post..Plant of the month: Sedum kamtschaticum
Lovely way of putting it Beth – thank you for your wishes
Oh you just reached the end ahead of us, we will get there eventually. Thanks for enriching our lives, take care and God bless.
Andrea read my post..Filipino Heritage Houses
Endings are hardest for garden bloggers because there is always next year
thank you Andrea
A brave decision, Laura, for nothing is as sad as the remnants of a cyberlife floating in the ether…
I have enjoyed your blog and your intelligent and interesting contribution to garden blogging. I too am approaching, as you have no doubt noticed, my blogging less as a social forum and more and more as a work-related tool.
We will meet again on your other sites!
‘Hamba Gashle’ we say in South Africa – Go well. Jack
Jack read my post..FIT FOR A BRIDE!
Lovely words from you Jack. Your garden is a beautiful haven for visitors but as you say, it’s a business. Will stop by to watch your seasons turn in opposite ways to here.
I know what you mean, blogging can become an obsession.
All the best – I am off to ELJAYGEE.
Duncan Darbishire read my post..BOG, FROGS, LOGS and THINGS
somewhat anxious since you are such a superb photographer as well as gardener, Duncan
It is a stunning collage, and a befitting exit to your great blog.
I do understand you, though I am also a bit saddened. I’ve added ELJAYGEE to my WP reader, so I look forward to seeing where this will take you.
Flâneur Gardener read my post..Messing About In Boats
another WPer! thank you for your good wishes too
Loving the collage. A perfectly understandable decision but I’m pleased to see I can still follow you over on ELJAYGEE. Will be adding to reader and look forward to seeing you there.
wellywoman read my post..Manure Envy and a Leaky Welly
please do WW as I shall certainly add you to my blogroll over there as would miss your writing too
sad to see your blog go. I do enjoy photos, but I’m a – picture is worth a 1,000 words, and I’d rather have skilled words, with my pictures. I see familiar names among your commenters, so I’m sure I’ll find you if you one day return to blogging.
Elephant’s Eye read my post..October’s choice in Dozen for Diana
I share this sentiment to some extent as I love the written word but for now have no outlet for it. Hope our paths cross again Diana
Oh no….I will miss your blog here so very much…I know it has been a melancholy journey since losing your patch… your talents are many and so incredible as this photo shows and this has not been an easy decision. I have grown to love visiting your photography blog and will keep in touch there. I hope you will drop my blog to say hi now and then. You know I will be visiting ELJAYGEE regularly!
Donna@Gardens Eye View read my post..Simply The Best-October
Dear Donna – definiteley popping in to see your garden and I thank you so much for your regular stops at eljaygee
Dear Laura, I am saddened that you are leaving Patio Patch, though I understand why. Your wit and wisdom will be sorely missed. Thank you for supporting my humble efforts over the years. Blessings. P. x
Pam’s English Garden read my post..Cherry Tree
Dear Pam – will stop by your litle bit of England sometimes
Laura, I enjoyed having a virtual friend in London, but I understand how the search for blog topics can get old even when you still have your garden. I am not nearly as enthusiastic as I was a year ago. Good luck with all your future endeavors. Carolyn
Carolyn @ Carolyns Shade Gardens read my post..Your Most Precious Garden Resource
And I have enjoyed your shade garden so much – especially with your calendar counting down the days all this year.
Laura, I am sorry you are bringing Patio Patch to an end but I see you have gone out with a bang
Thanks for all the past comments you have made on my blog – and best wishes for the future.
easygardener read my post..A touch of the exotic to banish thoughts of winter
am going out ‘not with a whimper’ but a veritable explosion! Be seeing you EG and thank you
Laura – I’ll miss your PatioPatch (and you!) but also understand your decision. Thanks for saying Good-Bye in style rather than just fading away. Your ELJAYGEE blog is in my reader so I’ll be checking to see what you’re up to.
b-a-g read my post..Lavender (27 OCT 2012)
nice words b-a-g and thank you for following in the reader. Will drop by and see how your garden grows from time to time
Aw, I am really going to miss you, but wish you well for the future and thanks for all your visits to my site. Alistair
Alistair read my post..Japanese painted fern Athyrium nipponicum pictum
and thank you Alistair for your constant support of my blog patch
I’m going to tell myself that this is just a pause. I can’t envision you not blogging about gardens, or plants. I expect that sometime in the near future inspiration will strike, and you’ll return to your patch once again. Thank you so much for all of your support, and in the meantime I can say that your posts will be sorely missed. Until we cross paths again… ~Clare
Curbstone Valley Farm read my post..Fearful Fowloween Fowl
Dear Clare – it is hard to let go especially as I love writing. Have to find another topic but meanwhile I shall never forget Curbstone Valley and tales from the livestock as I have you in my RSS feeds! I do hope we cross paths – maybe even literally
Laura x
I am very sorry to see you stopping blogging as yours was a distinctive voice. You always taught me something or widened my horizons or made me smile. I will go and have a look at the photography blog but I am a words person really! Hope you will find another subject which makes you pick up your pen.