lonely girl

If you are a stay-at -home, you can pursue a lot of hobbies that are typically home occupations. Some of them are only for women-I have never seen a man knitting, crocheting or sewing, for example, neither have I seen a woman hammering away-others are for men, for instance do-it-yourself.My hobby is reading, gardening and cooking. Every year I can't wait to perform the first jobs in the garden at around the end of February. Part of our garden is a lawn. On its two sides there are thuyas and hedges and there is a barbecue in the middle. In the orchard I have a cherry, an apple, a plum, an apricot tree and three peach trees. In the front garden I have some different, beautiful flowers, mainly tulips (what is my favourit flower), roses, carnations, narcissus, lilies of the valley, daisies and pansies. I am really proud of my garden, it's one of the nicest garden in my village!

I live in the country and I don't think it is a privilege to live in a town. I wouldn't move to one for all the tea in China.The place where I live is a long way off from the capital, it is a remote, out-of the way village whose population is about 800.The people here are very friendly(except, my neighbour) and are close to nature.I appreciate the gentle pace of living and clean atmosphere.In the town people lose touch with nature, they rush to work in the morning and come home dead tired in the evening.I admit there are more shops in a town but we are on very friendly terms with the shopkeepers and they always sell us fresh food and meat. We grow our vegetables ourselves and gardening is another relaxing form of entertainment. The nearest town is about 50 kilometres away and if we need some other kinds of entertainment we can easily reach it by auto. In fact some of my friends work there and are very unhappy about having to commute. Of course, there are  disadvantages of village life too. Services are less efficient and we have only got one school and one general practitioner. Our streets are not all tarmacked and on a rainy day one can easily get stuck  in the mud.At the same time the people here are much healthier than town people. If I were offered a flat in a town I would refuse to move there. Nothing can be compared with the sight of green trees and pastures, the sound of twittering birds and silent nights when the cock crow is the first sound that disturbs serenity. All this can work wonders for people's mental and physical well-being, while in a town there is crowd, noise and pollution.

I think large families are happy families.The children in a large family naturally learn how to be considerate with others and that they are not the centre of the universe.For them family is a large unit in which every single member stands by the other whatever happens.They can share their sorrows and they can share their joys.They have the advantage of never feeling lonely...A child brought up in a large family wouldn't dream of sending an elderly relative to an old people's home.They know it is the family's duty to look after an old parent.