It was a full week and next week will be more of the same so today I am just taking a deep breath and planning on spending some time today knitting on my Marsa Alam, because I don’t think there will be many knitting moments this weekend – the yard is fairly screaming for some attention and the Yard Work Fairies have yet to show up, darn it all!
But all that aside, it was such a good week!
Thinking about –
Gardening… it is that time of the year! I stumbled across this article about a garden that is still thriving…six decades after the death of the gardener! This makes me think about my yard and garden beds in different ways – ways that are more long term and lasting. I am also reminded of our visit last year to Fallingwater and all the rhododendrons that were planted all over the grounds – the forethought of this truly impacts the beauty of the grounds today. Gardening with purpose is something I always want to do, but I don’t always achieve that. These are good reminders as we begin a new season.
Grateful for –
My library. Truly. It is a place beyond measure. A place to gather with friends, a place for stirring conversation, a place with unending books ready to take you away…and this morning I saw this! This sparks all kinds of joy inside me! I am adding “nurturer of crafting” to the list of things my library does!
Inspired by –
Courtney, as always – and the timeliness of her messages. How does she know? Her words of wisdom about how to deal with being busy – even too busy – are just what I needed this week. I have been thinking about the things I spend my time on – and have been paring some things back. At first these things were hard to “give up” – but after a couple of days I found I did not miss the constant scrolling I was doing on IG – I check it, but only at the end of the day. Am I missing things? Yes, I am quite certain I am. But if you don’t know you are missing something, are you really missing it? I am also not spending hours each day “surfing the net” with much the same results – at first, it was so hard to get up and walk away from my pc! But like the IG phenomenon, after a few days it was not hard to get up at all. In fact, each day it is easier and some mornings I have had to make myself go and sit at the pc! What am I doing with all this extra time? Well, for one thing – my meditation time has really improved since cutting back on my screen time! And that is absolutely inspiring!
Fun –
This weekend Steve and I are heading into the “wilds” of our yard to tame the overgrown bushes. Is this going to be fun – oh, hell no! But!! I am going into it with the following mindset – I am going to be quiet no matter how much Steve yells (and he will be yelling, oh my! lol) I am going to be patient no matter how much I want to be doing something else – my mantra will be, “this too shall pass”, and I am going to be cheerful even when I don’t want to be (because it is hard to yell at a cheerful person right?) Wish me luck!!
And, there you have it! I wish you all a wonderful weekend – full of every little thing you want! See you all back here next week!
That article about Frida Kahlo is interesting. John is gardening in MD this year, which means that the garden here in NJ will lie fallow for at least a couple of years. This makes me a little sad, but we’ll eventually come back to it and see what we can make of it. Good luck venturing into the wilds of your backyard!
Thank you for sharing that awesome news about CLP and CreativeBug! I’m so going to take advantage of that!
As to the yard work, good luck! It is supposed to be rainy for most of the day on Sunday, so perhaps you’ll get some knitting time in this weekend after all.
IG is a time sucker. I try to post a few times a week- but once there it’s a slippery slope of time missing. Twitter scrolling over fast developing news is also a time sucker for me, I’m less there now and I’m less angry about the country as well. (head in the sand? maintaining my sanity?).
I’m trying to make sure not to waste my time and have a really great day each and every day. Have fun doing the gardening!!
I really enjoyed the article on Frida Kahlo’s garden (monkeys!!). Good luck with all your weekend plans. Hopefully there will be some down time for sipping a beverage and maybe even picking up your knitting (weather can be fickle you know). Enjoy!!
I hear you on Instagram. I love it but it’s hard to keep up with and I know I’m missing out but really – on what? Good luck with the yard work today!
Gardening sure takes up a lot of time, doesn’t it? We have our front yard pretty well taken care of, but oh my! The backyard still is waiting……We’ve been sidelined at the moment with rainy, chilly weather but know full well the sun will be out one of these days and the backyard will be screaming for attention. At the moment I am reading The Worst Hard Time and learning a lot about the dust bowl and the Depression.
I’m paring way back on my IG, too … it definitely sends me down a few rabbit holes and I figure I can count on my real friends to be sure I’m not missing out anything important!