where i live it is usually some shade of grey outside, sometimes throw some fog in for good measure, or rain. so after 9 months of grey the sun has finally shown up to do it's thing. and it's hard to not feel down-right high on the blue skies. this is the first year i've gotten caught up in gardening, i have dabbled in it here and there, but this year i am actually interested in it. growing food and herbs...mmm...
it all started with setting up a privacy screen in our backyard, we couldn't afford a fence so my dad built a frame and we hung fabric (think kinda like curtains)... anyways, it's cute, and now we can hang out in our tiny backyard and feel like we are in OUR yard, not our neighbors ;)...
then my friend gave me some herbs and tomato plants.... and well, it grew from there...
now i'm having these day-dreams of staining the cement pad terracotta, and building a small fountain or pond... really therapeutic, has me thinking i was meant to live somewhere warm...
for the next three months, i get to be warm, my body feeling good, my kids feeling cheerful and happy to play outdoors, all of us in bare feet... i think that's how it was meant to be, bare feet-feeling the earth....
one awesome side effect of this beautiful sun is that it makes it easier to go with the flow...
to be more patient as my son struggles to "do-it-himself"... or to accept being late getting some place... to move slower... to overlook the mess and play outside instead... for all of us to stay up, until we fall asleep... to eat popsicles before lunch... to visit the water park in our play clothes...to just BE......
it would be amazing if this flow could carry over to the rest of the year... maybe it can...
.... looking forward to time spent in the back, creating music with friends.... cant think of anything more groovy than that feeling.... connecting with sound, with rhythm.... past the beginning stages when everyone is conscious of their voices.... deep into the freedom of creating....
think i might do some of that today....
okay, I seriously love the fish!! at first I just thought they were cute, moving around. then I tried to click and found out that it creates "fish food". Too cool!! Where did you find that??
ReplyDeleteAs for the writing: i enjoy. your privacy screen sounds like a great solution and I can see that this would make for a positive effect on how you feel about and use your yard.
I also often think I would like to be somewhere warmer, where one can just feel good in their skin and free from cumbersome, inhibiting, bulky clothing. and to feel freer and more wanting of being out enjoying our wondrous world.
and...
I've just been reading a book loaned to me by a friend called "For the sake of our children" by Leandre Bergeron (you would love it, if you already don't) where he tells about his experience as a father promoting an ideal environment for his three unschooling daughters in Quebec and he described at one point about how they loved to be outside, snow and all, and couldn't understand when people commented about it being a "bad day" when lots of snow was forecasted. It gave me a different perspective that I am still integrating.
the fish, the fish... i will get back to you on where i got them... i was just clicking around and stumbled on them fluky-like...
ReplyDeleteas for the writing: i'm glad you enjoy. i enjoy yours too!
as for the book, it sounds awesome! i'll have to remember to look for it.... i wouldnt mind the snow and cold except that it affects my body so much- the cold makes me hurt! :( remember being a kid and thinking the snow was awesome? unschooling friends of our have a rule that everyone has to get outside everyday- rain, snow or shine! ~Aspen mama