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A Garden of Thoughts and Deeds
May. 27th, 2008 05:59 pmYesterday I wrote as part of my weekend post: At one point Marian and Brianna picked some dandelions and wove them, eventually creating a crown for Brianna
Just a short sentence because so much happened this weekend, but really it deserves a bit more. Grandmother and granddaughter, picking dandelions in the hay field on a beautiful sunny day. Then retiring to the shade of the chair swing, where Marian taught Brianna how to weave them together. I loved glancing over from time to time and seeing them sitting together, chatting companionably about this and that, with a new generation learning a fun and also useful skill. Learning to use what is available, and that not all treasures are bought in a store.
Other treasures of the weekend:
- working together to refurbish the picnic table with family.
- chatting and laughing with friends.
- a good choir practice, both nourishing the spirit and accomplishing much with a new piece of music.
- seeing a community come together to observe and pay respect to those who serve or served our country, the interest in being more involved not just for one day but perhaps for other times as well.
- seeing how the children were included (both in the parade and also they got to take little bouquets of lilacs to the each of the soldiers' graves in the cemetery).
- as always, spending time with my sweetie
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Managed to plant sunflower seeds, yesterday I think. Put some mulch down. Also did some watering in case it didn't rain much at night (which it didn't). Practiced on the flute a bit, stopped when my wrist got too tired.
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More mulching today, and removing some of the clods of grass around the edge of the garden (L kindly took the cart of clods over to the compost pile for me, and got one of my loads of mulch too).
***
Got in a nap today.
***
More mulching, stopped when I figured I wouldn't be able to bring the cart back to the barn again (have to go uphill to get there). Yesterday I didn't do that, and had to leave the cart near the bottom of the wharfen for L to put away for me.
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There's still plenty more to do, but I don't have as much energy as I'd like still. And there are other things that need doing this week, before I leave for CA, which means some garden stuff won't happen until I get back. In case anyone reading this thinks I get a lot done even when I'm under the weather, there's a price to pay for doing the work... yesterday I was like a zombie half the day, and many times in the past week or so I've not done a bunch of other things that need doing, I had to take naps, etc. I say this not because I'm looking for pity or whatever, but so that folks who don't have experience with gardening but are thinking about doing it (or doing more of it) realize that I'm no superhero, just another human doing the best she can. (And thank goodness I get help!)
Sometimes the amount of work to be done can seem overwhelming, and sometimes plans have to be changed to adapt to what is actually possible. Although I worry about getting some particular things done in a timely fashion, as long as one is prepared to possibly give up doing some things, a lot can still be accomplished. The tiring part is when, on occasion, a bunch of necessary things really do have to be done all at the same time :D
Just a short sentence because so much happened this weekend, but really it deserves a bit more. Grandmother and granddaughter, picking dandelions in the hay field on a beautiful sunny day. Then retiring to the shade of the chair swing, where Marian taught Brianna how to weave them together. I loved glancing over from time to time and seeing them sitting together, chatting companionably about this and that, with a new generation learning a fun and also useful skill. Learning to use what is available, and that not all treasures are bought in a store.
Other treasures of the weekend:
- working together to refurbish the picnic table with family.
- chatting and laughing with friends.
- a good choir practice, both nourishing the spirit and accomplishing much with a new piece of music.
- seeing a community come together to observe and pay respect to those who serve or served our country, the interest in being more involved not just for one day but perhaps for other times as well.
- seeing how the children were included (both in the parade and also they got to take little bouquets of lilacs to the each of the soldiers' graves in the cemetery).
- as always, spending time with my sweetie
***
Managed to plant sunflower seeds, yesterday I think. Put some mulch down. Also did some watering in case it didn't rain much at night (which it didn't). Practiced on the flute a bit, stopped when my wrist got too tired.
***
More mulching today, and removing some of the clods of grass around the edge of the garden (L kindly took the cart of clods over to the compost pile for me, and got one of my loads of mulch too).
***
Got in a nap today.
***
More mulching, stopped when I figured I wouldn't be able to bring the cart back to the barn again (have to go uphill to get there). Yesterday I didn't do that, and had to leave the cart near the bottom of the wharfen for L to put away for me.
***
There's still plenty more to do, but I don't have as much energy as I'd like still. And there are other things that need doing this week, before I leave for CA, which means some garden stuff won't happen until I get back. In case anyone reading this thinks I get a lot done even when I'm under the weather, there's a price to pay for doing the work... yesterday I was like a zombie half the day, and many times in the past week or so I've not done a bunch of other things that need doing, I had to take naps, etc. I say this not because I'm looking for pity or whatever, but so that folks who don't have experience with gardening but are thinking about doing it (or doing more of it) realize that I'm no superhero, just another human doing the best she can. (And thank goodness I get help!)
Sometimes the amount of work to be done can seem overwhelming, and sometimes plans have to be changed to adapt to what is actually possible. Although I worry about getting some particular things done in a timely fashion, as long as one is prepared to possibly give up doing some things, a lot can still be accomplished. The tiring part is when, on occasion, a bunch of necessary things really do have to be done all at the same time :D
