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My Torch Calls

   After spending yesterday in the garden with my trusty hoe and fitting the netting over some of the raised beds, it's back to my torch today and by the looks of it, my torch is going to be the best place. The skies are yet again dark with rain here and it seems like we are in for another wet day here in the fens.
   Once again our hopes of the weather changing for the better are dashed and the sunshine of yesterday was only a treat, not the start of summer as some thought or should I say wished for.
   I'm happy to say I managed to get so much done in the kitchen garden yesterday and boy is it starting to look good, so many crops already looking strong and after a few hours with my hoe most of the beds are looking neat and tidy again, when people mention the fact that the rich soil we get here will grow anything, they also fail to mention this means weeds too, what they should really say is that we can grow many many weeds and if your lucky and put in some hard work you'll be able to grow a lot of good veg too !
   So, today it's back to my torch and bead making for me, tho I'm sure I'll manage an hour in the greenhouse later this afternoon and if the rain clears up I may get more kale plants set in one of the netted beds.
   On the bead side of things, well to be honest it's very very slow and I'm beginning to wonder how long we can carry on like this, sales are few and far between and even tho we have cut our outgoings to the bone here I'm really not sure how many more months we can get through, but you know me and I'll fight all the way, I'm a stubborn old git at the best of times and if there is a way of getting through this period then I'll try my best to find it. I have a feeling the next month or two is going to be hard but if we look on the brighter side of things, we have a nice quiet place to work, we enjoy our job and we can carry on working without too much expense and with hard work and just a little luck we might make it, fingers crossed.
   Today I'm taking the time to try out a few bead ideas that I've been thinking about, my feelings are if things are so slow then I'm not risking anything by trying some rather strange ideas, plus you know how I enjoy playing around with ideas, I would find nothing more enjoyable than being locked away in the barn for a few days experimenting, so why not give it a go, god only knows what I'll come up with but just maybe there will be the odd success, touch wood !
   Now, for my health, well I'm not shouting it from the roof tops yet but again today I'm feeling so much better, the second day running that I'm feeling like the old Rob, no gluten as passed my lips and the way I feel right now it never will again, as I stated before I'm just amazed at the results I'm getting from not eating it and how in just a matter of a few days my world is coming back to normal, I so wish I had found this out months ago, in fact years ago but we have now and I hope it means a brighter and more comfortable future.
   It was getting me down I admit that and those who know me knew it was, I guess when you wake each morning hoping you will feel normal only to find you face another day unwell it's going to get to you, there is only so long you can carry on pretending and now at last I don't have to, yesterday after seeing some jewellery made by a friend and customer I even found myself smiling haha now that hasn't happened much in the last few months. So now lets get bead sales sorted and this bead maker will be the happiest person in the world !