Yesterday I saw Jackie to do a last few things together and say goodbye for now. We dropped some things in to the charity shop and went to collect her train ticket to the Isle of Wight.
This time it’s a one way ticket but she will be back in a couple of weeks to sign some papers and we will meet up again then. She will come and see my new girls and we hope to go and visit her girls at Debbie’s. Debbie has sent Jackie some photos of her girls and says that they have settled in really well.
Last week I took a few photos of Jackie’s garden. She had had the chicken run taken down and was filling her second skip.
Jackie’s patio was in chaos
The chicken run has been taken down
Yesterday I took a few last photos in Jackie’s garden.
The garden is now almost cleared
The chicken run area is bare
I had given Jackie a little chicken broach as a going away gift and Jackie gave me three plants in terracotta pots from her garden which are now on our patio.
I said I wouldn’t cry but when Jackie hugged me and thanked me for being a good friend I couldn’t speak for the lump in the my throat and I had tears streaming down my face on the drive home. I couldn’t say thank you to Jackie for being a good friend too, because I couldn’t speak, but I am saying it now.
We will always be good friends and we will stay in touch but I will miss Jackie so much. From the beginning of my chicken keeping Jackie has become my closest friend.
I wish her all the luck and happiness in the world for her new adventure and I know we will always be there for each other in any way that we can.
Click here to see the history of my flock.
The beauty of the Internet ..we met on a chicken forum “Down the lane ” after answering a few queries about chickens we realised we lived 5 minutes by car away from each other , and the rest is history as they say . Two people who are so different and yet so similar . Two things in common chickens and red wine!
We have been good friends for a few years now and Carol has helped me through a few dodgy moments in my life and I hope I have helped her in a few of hers …both of ours too numerous to mention …usually saying goodbye to chickens.
We will always be friends and I will be back every so often .when I get my next house with a garden chickens will be on the list as I miss mine more than I thought I would .
Good friends never go away . X
You sum it up perfectly. Chickens and red wine, the same taste in books and we agree on most subjects. We have transported chickens back and forth together over the last few years.
As you say, good friends never really go away. x
So bitter sweet, you have made me cry.
Ah … you are as soft as I am.
And as soft as me X
Ah … we are all soft and there is nothing wrong with that.