Separation and Death – (Week 14 – Year 2)
11th May – 17th May 2009
Where do I start to write of this week…. a lot of happening and specially those of sad feeling involve…..
Separation
Monday, my neighbour finally decided to start the ball rolling; a sale sign now in front of their house. Their 47 years of marriage really come to end with their house sale finale. A sad couples….. reference to my blog post Week 42-Year 1…. I still not believing that happen and really open my eyes…
Rest In Peace
On Friday morning, when I popped down to the allotment to collect some spring onion, Hazel came up and told me our wonderful allotment mentor Mervin has passed away overnight at the plot, his body was discovered by Sheila this morning.
Obviously a shock to Hazel when she saw the ambulance and police at the plot, and from what I learnt later was Mervin went to his plot during the evening before, after he had locked up the shed, somehow he had a stroke or something happen and he fell down…. There was no one at the plot and no help there and he just passed away there.
We all feel very very sad and shock… he was such a friendly guy and full of planting knowledge, like our live librarian at the plot, he was very generous too as he gave out lots of his produces to others. I did pair him up as my idol Geoff Hamilton in life. How sad that both have the sudden call from up above to tend the garden there instead here.
We agreed that Mervin would be happy to choose the allotment to pass on as he has a true love to the allotment, a place he likes most, his ideal place to have his last touch. I remembered that he once said that the allotment is like home to him, the place gives him a sense of peace… wish him now rest in peace and wish him get a allotment in heaven and continue to work on his favourite…
My offer to you… Mervin – dear friend…
Spring Hero……
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How sad for the loss of Mervin we all shall miss him and his gardening ‘know how’ very much.
I checked my compost bin on Sunday and you will be pleased to hear that there was a large slow worm in residence.
Bill
Bill, thanks for the comments and the cheerful matter on the procress of the slow worm, after all the down news recently. Bernard said he will definately pay a visit to your lodger.
I know it’s been some time since Mervyn died, but not too late to put a word or two here.
The last I heard Mervyn say, when I overheard him in conversation to someone at the site, was that he, ‘Wanted the best’, and that he ‘was getting it’. That really summed up his time and huge effort at the site, didn’t it? It was only a couple of days later that he died.
I don’t walk past his plots to the water trough without thinking of that.
Laterrrrrr.