Nurture your creative side, a festival fortune teller advised. Practicing law takes creativity, and I garden, I responded. Does that count? When I sit gazing out at my garden, with its purple, orange and yellow flowers contrasted against the dark greens of the arugula, the reds of the leaf lettuce and vibrant greens of the corn stalks, I think, I have painted this picture. It may be transitory and temporary -- I need to take more photos to capture the creation -- but it is still a feast for the eyes and the stomach.
I think raising children is creative too. Just as with the veggies and flowers, I lay the groundwork, nurture the children, leave them to grow on their own, and take great pride and joy in their progress. Thankfully, we don't feast on our children, but the time with them also is transitory and temporary. They still are beautiful.
My lettuce will be with me for only a season, my children only for so many years. Soon they will be on their own, living their own lives -- I need to take more photos to capture the creation -- but they are still a feast for my soul.
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Bunny is caught
Our bunny, trapped in the yard but outside of the veggie garden would perch on the fence and stare longingly at the food on the other side. We finally caught him and released him to the warren area of the open space. However, my veggies are still being eaten. Hmmmm.
The weather is not cooperating. It is the end of May and the temperature is in the low 60's instead of the 79's or 80's where it should be. Everything is growing, but not at the comfortable rate they would in warm weather.
Have eaten lots of lettuce already . I don't notice any special taste with the leaf lettuce, but the arugula and mesclun is very spicy. Nothing else it far enough along to share with the lettuce on our plates, but I am thrilled with the lettuce.
The garden also looks beautiful, with all the flowers and greens mixing together. Now if we can just get some heat.
The weather is not cooperating. It is the end of May and the temperature is in the low 60's instead of the 79's or 80's where it should be. Everything is growing, but not at the comfortable rate they would in warm weather.
Have eaten lots of lettuce already . I don't notice any special taste with the leaf lettuce, but the arugula and mesclun is very spicy. Nothing else it far enough along to share with the lettuce on our plates, but I am thrilled with the lettuce.
The garden also looks beautiful, with all the flowers and greens mixing together. Now if we can just get some heat.
Sunday, May 9, 2010
If you plant it, it will grow
Life gets in the way of tending the garden. I have the best of intentions, I plan the garden, set goals for planting and tending to it, create projects to improve it, and dream of how it will turn out. But, alas, my plan goes by the wayside, my goals don't match the financial budget, my time for tending and new projects gets sidetracked by personal and work obligations, and the insects and rodents have plans of their own. Sounds somewhat like how life seems to go in any given month.
But still, when I walk through the garden and take in the progress, even with the leaves chewed down, and ripening strawberries stolen away, it remains a wonder. The flowers are blooming and adding such lovely color against the shades of green from the thriving lettuce. The herbs are growing heartily, except for the basil (is that like doing well at everything except math?)
I had so much to do for wedding showers, birthdays, holiday celebrations that I hardly had time to check on the garden. But when I did, it was still standing, still growing, still working hard to become all it can. I am grateful that even when I falter and get distracted, things continues to flourish. It may not look or act like I planned, but it is lovely just the same.
But still, when I walk through the garden and take in the progress, even with the leaves chewed down, and ripening strawberries stolen away, it remains a wonder. The flowers are blooming and adding such lovely color against the shades of green from the thriving lettuce. The herbs are growing heartily, except for the basil (is that like doing well at everything except math?)
I had so much to do for wedding showers, birthdays, holiday celebrations that I hardly had time to check on the garden. But when I did, it was still standing, still growing, still working hard to become all it can. I am grateful that even when I falter and get distracted, things continues to flourish. It may not look or act like I planned, but it is lovely just the same.
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