Reader, it has been a while

I have fallen hard off of the writing bandwagon. I'm not even writing in my personal journals or responding to mail. This past bit has been... well, it has been something. I feel that I have grown a lot and also not at all. I want to write, I just can't force myself. I need …

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Season One | a potting shelf 🪴

Since around 2016 I have been interested in growing things. I have wanted to dirty my hands and get to business. I started small, with a few herbs here and there around the house. And then when I realized that I couldn't manage it with a busy work schedule, maintaining a social life, and being …

Season One | Hydrangeas 🌸

Many moments of my childhood were spent gazing out my bedroom window at the beautiful pink and blue flowers that, I believed, had been planted just for me. They were my escape. I daydreamed constantly about a village of Little People living inside the shrub. Now that I'm older, I know that my flowers were …

Season One | Lightning & Roses

This evening was one for what I call the almost garden. I think perhaps I need a better name for it. It, meaning the idea that isn't quite an actual thing just yet. I think, for now, I may name the garden project lightning. It is storming as I write this. A beautiful, cooling spring …

deadheading and a potential new friend

I've heard that removing the wilted flowers from a plant will provoke the growing of fresh flowers. I believe the process of culling the old blooms is called deadheading. As I have just planted some new flowers in our front garden, I decided to test this practice. So, at 9 am I made my way …

musings on a backyard

I have a deep appreciation for naps. The other day, I had two of them. Two whole naps in which I snoozed so hard I forgot what day it was. It was pure bliss. I have found myself waking up at a decent time, and still remaining exhausted. I know that it is the effects …

a winter garden

Lately, I've fallen down the research rabbit hole and landed somewhere between container gardens and homesteading. I think it'd be a (really, really) awesome project to start a small vegetable garden. Y'know, tomatoes, potatoes, cucumbers, broccoli, brussels sprouts, and the like. And, while I've been researching mostly during this frigid winter, I've been itching to …

how to remember a gate

Today, I need to remind myself that it is just a fence. That installing a new one would be updating the house. It would make the back yard more yard-like. More private. That we would enjoy having a new fence. We need more privacy. I also can't stop thinking about the old fence. After a …

A Summer Garden

I haven't been seeing much of the birds lately. Earlier this summer, they were everywhere. In recent months, I haven't wanted to go outside of my house - even to the back yard. Because it just... didn't feel right. But, I've wanted to recently. And, I think outdoor projects are a good way to start. …