The Garden

This week began with a vision of creating a garden...a retreat center...a place where I can go and take some time for myself. Well that was the fun part of the idea and now on the hottest weekend of the year...I am seeing that this exciting new DIY project is so far away from that vision. That vision I had of myself sitting by a small table drinking ice tea and reading a new book! Yea, instead I am at Lowes buying sandpaper and wood seals. Even though this project was nicer to dream up than it is taking to get done...I have to say...I am enjoying the experience.

So far I have been getting the area ready and getting the needed materials. We are working on pulling weeds...gathering pots...buying a small table and moving around shelving, pots and boxes that I have gathered. All of this is the goal for the weekend and I am hoping that we are successful! :) My parents have been a big help with their advise and insights on how to get some of this done. Of course it is great that I am inheriting their old pots, shelves, chairs and garden boxes...saving me big time on cost! I did buy the small table....I scored at the Goodwill...only 14 bucks!! Now I need to sand it...and that is where Nick comes in...and while he sands I'll be pulling weeds.

This has been a joint effort and it has been so nice. I really feel that the process of how this garden is being created is going to help create the energy of the space. So far it's been a labor of love and learning and I'm hoping that will stay...inspire...and make this space the retreat center I hope it becomes. I feel that I'm at a point in my life where I need a place like this. I'm not sure what to call it or even know how to describe it, other than I am sensing some change coming my way. I don't have a negative or positive feeling towards this inclination, but there is a sense of calm, which for me is unusual when it comes to change. So before this gets much deeper than an, "I am building a garden space and this is how I did it!" blog, which is for sure the intent of this, I'm just trying to say I'm in a good place right now...I have my family in my life more than I ever have in my whole life...I have wonderful, amazing, inspiring and great friends...I am getting ready for a new journey in my career and education...and well it's almost summer time...so LIFE IS GRAND and this garden may just be an outward expression of how good I feel these days!  

Today Sounds Like:

 Learnalilgivinanlovin - Gotye

Time of the Season - The Zombies

 Garden - Pearl Jam

Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles

One Love - Bob Marley