You, Me And Raintree

My heart is with nature and I am at my best when surrounded by trees in a forest or even a single tree I can see from a window. With all the changes in my life I have decided to adopt a name of something I admire - A Tree. Strong firm roots that are unshakeable, branches reaching for the sky, flexible and adaptable to the winds...

Rain is essential to life,life giving, life enhancing. Not always seen as a positive by many "Oh no its raining again" but without some rain we would suffer. Water is amazing in all its forms when giving life. So thats the Rain part of it.

 I am gradually adopting the name Raintree for use and my trade name over the Web. However personally and online in chat, some of you may also know me as Jasmine Ann Marie, Ann Marie, Ann or Annie or another combination!  I answer to pretty much anything!! My parents always called me Ann. My Hubby calls me Ann Marie.This is now my fave name :)  

 .....and You? Well I am writing any pages here for you to read and enjoy so I would love your comments and feedback.

Gentle Hugs

Raintree

Life has its ups and downs no doubt. Most of the time we just trot along living each day. Each day is special and precious. Sometimes there are events which shape our lives for the better or the worse. Ride the storms and enjoy the good times.

I am very happily married to a wonderful man for the last  21 years and still don't feel married. He is the love of my life and I know I am lucky to have found that. We have so much fun and love together and have faced a lot together. We treasure the moments and strive to live in the now and look forward to whatever is next! We live in a comfortable home on the outskirts of a town in Yorkshire UK.

We used to share this with our gorgeous Golden retriever boy until we lost him to cancer and we still love him and miss him. I have written a page about him and am in the process of writing his blog too.

I have also been through the sad and distressing process of losing all our parents. I have a small section here about them. They were a huge and good influence in my life and I love them so very much

I have had back and sciatic issues as part of my life for many years and spent a long time looking for my solution. Having severe debilitating pain taught me lot about who I am and how I cope.Luckily and due to hard work,  I do not get regular pain anymore and live my life and concentrate on what I can do :) ....which is a lot!!!

We loved to travel and have explored many countries which we enjoyed, learned a lot and had so much fun. We love our home and garden and learned new things together. We plan to explore the UK more now and will probably be on the move in a few years.

For over 20 years I worked with and on behalf of young people with special needs until the role was axed in government cuts. I embraced new opportunities in writing and photography which I love and took courses in Reiki and Meditation which have proved very interesting.

Life is exciting and challenging and a blessing. So  I seek new opportunities and new ways of working and living. I am so grateful for what I have. My husband and I stand side by side to face any new challenges.

I love gardening, flowers and plants and I love wildlife, so when I garden I have to take all the native wildlife and birds into account.

Diary Of A Wild Country Garden

Here I explore my garden and visit other gardens throughout the seasons. I hope you enjoy it. 

A reflection of our life with our gorgeous Golden Retriever boy. He was my heart dog and I love to remember all his fun and joy of life and how he changed our life for the better. 

Paws In The Sand -Goldie

My husband and I love countryside walks and exploring new places. I am passionate about nurturing nature, birds and animals. If we do not create a home and look after nature we may not have any nature in the future. We NEED to look after nature NOW.

I love gardening -flowers and vegetables- and have recently made a veg plot which is doing better than I could have hoped. We had our first mini harvest recently and I was so proud!

I have a new found love of photography and especially of taking photographs of nature, flowers, animals and nature scenes. I use my photos for my Zazzle Store Raintree Designs.

I have studied Reiki to second degree and am studying Meditation which I am finding very interesting. I hope to be able to help people and animals in the future.

Although I rarely watch TV much,  I am a bit of a Star Trek fan! I particularly like The Next Generation and Voyager. I do like "Strictly Come Dancing" and "Call The Midwife" . Hubby is very informed about films and we watch some good ones from time to time. 

On the other hand I love period dramas and the Jane Austen adaptations. I also love reading a variety of books from Jane Austen to George Orwell to James Herriot and many more. 

We also seem to enjoy our decorating and doing up our home! We usually have a lot of fun doing that!

The environment i live in is very important to me and that includes having a warm, safe, beautiful bedroom. I created this page to look at gorgeous throws and blankets, beautiful bedding and other home decor ideas for the bedroom.

Your Beautiful Bedroom For Restful Sleep

Simply Hearts And Crafts is a blog to explore the crafts and especially anything heart shaped or related.

Simply Hearts And Crafts

Sciatica Sleep Solutions
Considering solutions to sleeping with sciatica.

My Pet Back
Considering back pain issues and solutions.

Life With My Pet Back Blog
Living life with sciatica and back issues.

Sleep Tips For Sciatic Pain
Sleeping with Sciatica can be difficult. This page offers some sleep tips for sciatic and back pain to help you. If you have back pain and sciatica symptoms a good nights sleep or indeed any adequate sleep may well feel like a distant dream.....

Driving With Sciatica
Driving with sciatica can be so painful and difficult. If you live with Sciatica, coping with driving your car can be a challenge to say the least. After struggling to find what helped when driving with sciatic pain I want to share some hints and tips to help you driving with sciatica or back pain.

Back Pain Quotes
Back, neck and sciatic pain really is a pain! Sometimes it helps to try to have a laugh at it,or to gain some inspiration from others or just to know that you are not the only one. Here is a collection of quotes I have come across that either relate directly to neck and back pain or can be applied to any of us who need to deal with back issues.