Showing posts with label gardening. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gardening. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 17, 2020

Things We'll Keep (2) - Gardening

Things We'll Keep explanation is here

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Sunday morning goes something like this:

5:45 am - I wake up in the early quiet house. I put up the shades and walk down the stairs. I notice the kitchen table has already been set and I remember that our brunch is coming soon. Ahhhh.

6:00 am - 7:00 am is my workout and quiet time with the Lord. Sometimes my workout is that whole hour - I'm always happy when my I've scheduled my workout to be shorter on Sunday so I can have my quiet time.

7:00 am - Scott and I go outside for our early Sunday morning date. It's a date in our gardens. Now, I don't have a huge yard. I live in a town that has streets with rows of houses, neighborhoods. I dream of someday having a home with a loooooong winding driveway far away from other houses. But where we live now is convenient and there could be a whole long post on why we live in the diverse, wonderful town we live in, but that's not for now. But I still call them my 'gardens' because it feels so much more lovely to me.

7:00 am - 8:30 am - Scott and I work in the garden. We've been working on our yard so much since we first had to stay home starting in mid March. It's been lovely to see spring and now almost early summer. It's been wonderful to have the time to spend in our yard. We've transplanted trees, planted perennials. We've mulched, and pulled weeds. It's so different this year with time and whole lot of love.

At 7:00 am our neighborhood is so quiet. There are a few runners that go down the street - it kind of feels like we have the whole world to ourselves. So we spend out time out there while the girls are still sleeping, just working away in the gardens. We do a lot of physical work but also plan out what our garden dreams will be - what we will plant in the fall, what we want to change or plant next year. And yes, we've had these Sunday morning dates every Sunday since March.

It's so so lovely. And of course we'll have to find another way to have our date when winter comes along but I'm hoping that we continue long into the late fall, just working away on our yard.

By 7:00 am the sun is already up we it still casts it's early morning glow on our fence and grass. I look forward to working in the garden all week. Just Scott and I.

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Saturday, June 6, 2020

Lilacs

I've updated again this post to include the CNN Sesame Street Town Hall. We watched it as a family to and I cried through it how beautiful it was. I would love to tell my favorite parts but I just wouldn't do it justice. You'll have to watch. Thank you Sesame Street for explaining it so well. Thank you Sesame Street for talking about how "I just don't see color" is wrong (which is what I wrote in my post last week, well before this aired). Thank you Sesame Street for talking about how Asian Americans have been targeted in a racist way because of the pandemic. There is just so much there. Please watch it if you can. Watch the whole hour and then watch it again.





Our Lilac tree gave us the most beautiful blooms this spring. And armloads of flowers.

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I filled every watering can, every vase, and even things not usually vases in our home to bring the beauty in.

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Every room was fragrant.

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Every bathroom. I just spent the morning pruning and cutting back all of the blooms so she can bloom for us again next year.



Monday, May 25, 2020

End of May Weekending

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Decorating

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Sunrise swinging

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Planting

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7 AM Sunday Morning

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Togethering

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Enjoying

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Smelling

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From the dining room window viewing

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While they are still in their spring blooming - loving

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Tending

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Can't get enough - ing

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We started a few of our summer traditions early this year (summer is not for a long while here) - right after lunch - reading

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An old childhood reread for fun - loving

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Something new - trying

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And for me another reread - smiling

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Sunset in the backyard - observing

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Right after live Mass from our church - brunching

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I set the table on Saturday night late and decided on a vintage yellow and cherry tablecloth - vintage plates and bone china mugs that make me happy.

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In preparation for our brunch Sunday morning, now on Saturday night there is always baking.

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And I think we'll end with ummmmm - ing!

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