Well, I have reached day 50 of this blog! Not bad. 315 days to go – living as consciously and as present as possible while ticking off ‘bag list’ goals. A daring and mighty pursuit. The aim; to live in the now and make every day count. I don’t think I have ever learned as much or felt as self aware as I do while being committed to this purpose.
Today I got back into the garden. It’s been a while and I remembered how much I loved it. The sun was shining – the perfect day to get started. A professional gardening friend popped over yesterday to help me with a plan of attack. He instructed me on what needed doing immediately and he will pop back in early May to work on stage 2 with me. So, today I armed myself with a saw and started cutting back! I loved it and boy did the garden need it. Got rid of loads of dead wood and couldn’t help but link the process to areas of my life just now. Incredibly therapeutic and empowering.
Next weekend I will get Finn to help me spread mulch over the garden and together we will plan what flowers, herbs and veg we want to grow. It will be a lovely project to work on together. I can’t wait.
“If gardening doesn’t teach us anything else it should teach us faith. All the time we are shivering and complaining nature is working miracles underground. I die a hundred deaths until I see all my friends coming back to greet me, but I needn’t worry; nearly always they come through safe and sound, but I never feel completely safe till I see those thrusting shoots of pink or green or grey.”
Margery Fish, ‘A Flower for Every Day’
* I took the pic above 2 summers ago, when we had a great summer. Bring it on this year. PLEASE!
