My Garden

Know how I thought about writing up a Garden Series of posts? See how much I've written about it?

Yeah. Nice.

Anyways, this is my garden:

My garden really is my baby. Every year it extends further and further, as we take out lawn to add more plants, or add vining plants that will grow up our poles and fences (and hence extend our garden without taking up ground space). Love, love, love my garden.

A Garden Series Intro

day lilies, circa 2007

I think a lot about my garden. Cause I love it. And it's pretty.

And I think about how a garden is such a good analogy for our lives. I know this is an overused analogy (and I mean SO overused), but there's a reason for that: it works. Consider with me, quickly, these things and how they apply to our lives:

* Gardens are living, growing things. They have a pulse, so to speak.

* They are a long-term project. Anyone growing a garden expecting to see every desired result tomorrow is going to be greatly disappointed.

*Lots of things that we try in a garden fail. But lots of things work. And sometimes it surprises us which is which.

*Gardens take work, sustained effort, patience, an admiration of beauty, and a little bit of a sense of humor.

There are more things I've thought of. And there are more things I think of all the time. So, I'd like to introduce my newest (as in, I just thought of this idea 2 minutes ago) series: A Garden Series. Where I re-say lots of lovely trite things that someone else has already said, I'm sure. But it could be fun.