Denise has a super challenge for us today for Tickle a Teapotter. It's National Grass is Browner Day, and we are sharing reasons why the grass is actually greener on our own side of the fence. Check out the Teapot Tuesday challenge forum for all the details. And the sentiment - it's the little things that are really what there has been to enjoy, when for much of the year we have been limited to staying very close to home. The birds - we had extra visitors over a few snowy days: one day on his regular afternoon walk DH spotted a hedgehog, and came to get me: a freezer diary - I should have started one of those years ago!!!
Greener on this side of the fence...well, you might remember I featured cycling through the park to work, and the changing seasons, in another Tickle a Teapotter card last October. After 12 years of not cycling, I have enjoyed getting back to it, and even though at the start it was a choice of cycle to work or don't work, I will definitely keep it up even when I can resume using public transport again. There have been brown patches alright - not so much fun in the ice and snow, and it's mostly uphill coming home which isn't much fun on the windier days, but it's one of the greens of the last year. Along with the fact that I did still have a job.
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Tue, Mar 30, 2021 @ 2:31 PM
What a happy looking hedgehog, and a beautiful hinged gate-fold card. I say kudos to you for riding your bike to and from work. That's ambitious, and great exercise.
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Tue, Mar 30, 2021 @ 3:17 PM
Kudos to you for peddling to work and back, esp the “back” part where you describe an uphill ride home after a day of work. (It really is good exercise and you’ll never regret the conditioning!). Very cute card inside with the hedgie smiling and cycling away.
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Your little hedgie is simply precious, Sabrina (your card and the real one!). You might not appreciate the adult opossums as much (they kind of look like cat-sized rats - my brother and DH do not like them at all). Ooops, sorry, I got sidetracked again - so now, I'm imagining you cycling to work everyday, through wind and rain and sleet and snow? WOW, that is amazing! You've probably built up your stamina over the past months - which is definitely green! Fabulous card and backstory!
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Tue, Mar 30, 2021 @ 10:12 PM
Oh so perfect and particularly as I know how much you have been enjoying your cycling to work. Awesome card. TFS Happy day
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Wed, Mar 31, 2021 @ 5:47 AM
I think it is just awesome that you were able to take up cycling again and while the uphill bits may be a bit of a struggle, the slower pace does give you a chance to let your cares fall away and see the beauty in nature twice a day. You have created an enchanting little scene inside that gives us a special peek into your life. Wonderful job on those billowy bg clouds.
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Wed, Mar 31, 2021 @ 9:29 AM
Such a beautiful card Sabrina! I admire your perseverance in cycling to work every day, even in nasty weather! It did allow you see and admire so much of the world around you! Good for you! Keep going girl!
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Wed, Mar 31, 2021 @ 1:31 PM
I like the sentiment and how you've played it with the hedgie and umbrella, but I love the inside commemorating your ride to work. I imagine biking through an Irish winter has its challenges, so it's wonderful you can find the "green" in it.