My postie has just arrived while I was on line with a parcel from England. I am totally choked and for once completely lost for words but I will try..
Some of you may remember several weeks ago I was asking for help with a new trowel, you all sent me some great ideas and among them was a link to a company that sold copper ones..oh to die for.. I ummed and aaghed and finally decided no.. it was an indulgence.
Today I opened the parcel and inside is a copper trowel with a matching fork, no name of sender, it came straight from the company with a note that said..
To Jeannine and John
We know you love to give,but thought it would be lovely for you to receive
From all your squash-loving friends on A4A,
With love ,enjoy X
I don't know what to say, they are of course beautiful and unlikely will ever get dirty, John wants to hang them on the wall.
I don't know who organised this and truly am choked.. but thank you and thank you a million times more
The caring and generosity of the folks on A4A never ceases to amaze me. This a wonderful gift and made especially good as it is one of those things that one rarely justifies buying for ones self.
Words are not enough, suffice to say you have touched my heart in a big way and I shall treasure them always.
Bless your heart..
Thank you
XX Jeannine
What a lovely gift Jeanine. :)
Jeannine, what a lovely thing to do, I only wish I had thought of it too, you are the most deserving person on A4A to recieve something like that as you give so much, I am really pleased for you xxxxx
What a lovely present Jeannine. I agree with Tulipa that you are most deserving of such a gift as you are always there to help anyone out with your kind thoughts and concern for others.
I think with all the goodness that you give out to people, you deserve some back tenfold
Kxxxxxxx
oh how lovely! just reading that brought a tear to my eye! thats such an amazing gift,even more so as it was anonymous,well done to you and the lovely folk that sent it x
wow how lovely!
Jeannine , i am so pleased for you you sound so happy about the gift you received. You deserve it my love you are kindness itself.
How very kind of the person who sent it to you.
Such lovely people here on A4A.
Always ready with a word of comfort & of course immense generosity.
Use it Jeannine so the person who sent it will be as thrilled as you are.
Take care Love, Mary ;D ;D :-* :-*
Fantastic :D
it is lovely and you are very well thought of.
What a great gift. :D
It shows that you are well thought of Jeannine.
I agree with Rosebud that you should use them.
MP.
What a lovely suprise for you. :)
I think you should use them. One of my friends doesn't believe in best china, cutlery or glass. Shes uses her best for everyday use. She always says she cant use it when she is ten foot under. She wants to use it now. :)
Duke
You must use them, copper tools are supposed to be the ultimate. Being non magnetic they are supposed to aid the natural earth energies.
Jeannine, you MUST use them, I think the people that sent you these, sent them to you for you to use.
Kxxxx
Well reading this post made me well up ! so definietly use them - you can always get John to polish them clean ;)
1066 :)
Jeannine, it's just YOUR caring and generosity that people have responded to.
Enjoy your trowel and fork in any way you want to. ;D
:D :D :D :D :D
What a lovely suprise, the Um and Ah fairies must have been listening to you, yes do use them ;D
Have fun using them, as they say what comes around goes around in life and you send so much love out you deserve loads of love back :D
If you use them please let us know how you get on. Bob Flowerdew loves his copper trowel so it would be nice to hear what an everyday experienced gardener like you thinks of them. You do deserve them.
Jeannine, I'm only a "newbie" but reading some of your posts the help and guidance you have given to so many it sounds like you really deserve these and should enjoy them. :)
Even i know you're a lovely person who is deserving of a surprise present and I'm not on here much.
You should definitely use them - they'll only get dusty on the wall!
Enjoy :-*
Jeannine, you must use them. The person who lovingly sent them to you would want you to I'm sure.
A lovely gift and well done to the person that sent them to you.
Sinbad
Sweetie just do with them what you will!
Gifts are for the gifted!!! ;-)))))
:) how wonderful........how kind.........restores ones faith in mankind.... ;)
Hi, gosh thank you for all your kind replies. I think I will use them but not till next Spring when we get a new start.
You know.. I have always been a giver and am glad about that but I don't do accepting very well, I don't know why it is silly, so when something like this happens I get really choked up and it hard because I can't send anything in return except my thanks and good wishes.
They had a little polish this morning..fingerprints from handling..ooh..
XX Jeannine
The peole that sent them to you meant them to be to used
Enjoy your gift xxx
Jeannine- all will become clear very soon..................
Ooooooooooooooh. The plot thickens ;).
;D
Ok folks I know who you are, the beautiful greeting card that Hilary made arrived this morning and had all your 22 names on it and by chance I think you all got squash seeds off me in my last purge..
Everthing I said still applies you are all super people and it was a wonderful gesture of kindess, it is OK you can all own up now, so I can thank you personally, or not of you prefer to br anonymous.
Thank you, I feel so blessed to have so many friends.
Hugs XX Jeannine
They have gone to an engraver to have names engraved on, you will be all there digging with me, and Grannyjanny you did a wonderful job you naughty girl..this is addition to the PM I sent yesterday,thank you again.
They are going to be shown off at every chance.. I am giving a couple of squash talks in the spring at garden centres and will take them with me to demostrate how deep to plant.. cough cough. Stop laughing I have to have something to lift the soil into the pots. Watcha bet they get admired.
Thank you for all the very kind PMs I have received too.
XX Jeannine
So lovely to hear we will all be gardening with you ;D
I feel lucky, one, to have received seeds from you Jeannine, which I'm sooooo looking forward to sowing next year
two, to have been able to join together with so many others to send a small gift and a huge thank you from us all. Just shows how well you are thought of and how many friends you have here.
and thirdly to read this thread and all the lovely thoughts and messages, really makes me smile to see all these super A4A's,
What a wonderful forum Thank you all
That will be lovely, to all be with you in name. I do hope you will talk to us as you are gardening ;).
I really enjoyed doing it for such a lovely person, quite a challenge with my computer skills. Thank you Jayb for your help even though you weren't really up to it :). Jeannine everyone jumped at the chance to join in & lovely comments were made to me about you. I am so happy that you like them.
A4A is a wonderful community & I sing it's praises at every opportunity.
Thank you those who also enclosed seeds, a lovely bonus which I shall enjoy next year.
Hi all,
Don't say much anymore, but just wanted to say it is wonderful to see people from the site come together like this to show such generosity.
After some of the things I have to deal with this restores my faith and reminds me why I set Allotments4All up all those years ago!
Enjoy your gift Jeannine (nothing to do with me!), you have obviously made a great impression on many people.
Dan
I a glad that you are so pleased with the tools, i would like to say a big thank you to Janet for arranging this i know that she put a lot of effort into arranging this and Jeannine, i think that we all agree it is not hard to find people that have been recipients of your generosity and we jumped at the chance of being able to say thank you in such a positiive way.
Kxxxxx
And a big thanks to grannyjanny - the brains behind the outfit :D 8) :D
Oh and Jeannine, don't save them till Spring - get out there and use them today ;D
Really glad you like them Jeannine ;D
I haven't forgoten your generousity to me not long after you joined A4A, sending me some squash plants. You truely are an exceptional woman and was glad to have an oppertunity to thank you.
Also, thanks to grannyjanny, who arranged it all so well.
Take care
Corinne :-*
Corinne I remember sending squash plants all over the place one year.. most of them made it too.It seems like forever ago.Thank you.
Lottie dolly, seeds belong to God really, we are just savers and sharers, so it a blessing on me to give them.Thank you, the tools will have a very great meaning to me. Mind you I shall probably bawl everytime I use them and folks will think my cheese has finally slipped of my cracker..
Hastings, I am so proud of Janet, all that work it must have taken her forever, and how it didn't slip,out is beyond me..you are good secret keepers too. What a shame if anyone blew the whistle too soon.
It must have been very hard to keep it quiet.Thank you again.
I have decided I might just hang around here a bit longer, home really is where the hearts are. ;D ;D
XX Jeannine
What a beautiful thread :)
Jeannine you so clearly deserve the generosity of A4 folk 'wish I'd joined in .
I'm a great believer in "what goes around comes around" and it's come around to you ...enjoy ! :)
Thank you Macmac, your kind words and support you have often shown me are very important too, and I agree what goes around comes around, another reason why it is not always necessary to swap seeds as such. I think on here we all freely share.. I have received many seeds too all sent without expectation of gain.. Sometimes I think you lot could support the Royal Mail all by yourselves
XX Jeannine
What a wonderful place this forum is,to share friendship and gardening around the world is splendid . :)Speaking as someone who doesn't travel much it's a gift :)