Planting Flowers and More

Hi there! I’m so excited you’re here with me, Bear With Me Please if I get distracted or go down a rabbit hole. Which makes me wonder, why do we have those sayings? Where do they come from? But that is for another day and another blog post. Today I want to talk about planting… more than flowers.

I look out at my back yard and I can picture flowers, plants, yard ornaments, bird baths, all those fun summer artifacts that catch your eye and sing to you. Being surrounded by nature is just such a peaceful place to be. I can picture it now, I can imagine the beauty and get excited in the thought of it. We just moved into this house in October and there is no established garden…yet.

There are two ways to look at this:

It’s too bad I couldn’t just switch stuff out for what I like.
I’m so happy I can design the entire garden!

Either way, I have a lot of wonderful space to sow and grow what I want, I just need to figure out what my planting plan will entail. What plants/flowers will bring smiles, butterflies, and bees? How do I want everything to flow? How do I set up the drip-line to ensure all plants are watered? Do I want to fill the entire space or just areas? I have the entire length of the fence line to work with and I’m so excited about that, but do I need to or should I fill up all the available space? Should I leave extra space for new plants that I absolutely love can’t live without (insert wink here), or even a little space for the original plants to branch out?

It makes me pause and wonder if that’s what I do all the time to myself. Am I happy just having time where there isn’t anything planned, anything specifically on my to-do list (and yes, I love making lists). What if there really isn’t anything I have to be doing, what then? Can I be quiet and be ok with that? It’s a peaceful feeling to be in the quiet sometimes. My garden can be that for me, the peace, the quiet and relaxing time, reading or enjoying the sunny summer days. I really enjoy grabbing a cup of coffee, standing in our day room and just gazing out all the windows that stretch across the back of the house. No noise, no traffic, no people, nothing but my cat’s meow sometimes. I guess it’s kind of a reset for me. I am an always-on-the-go person, and I know that sometimes I just need to stop. I need to plant myself where I find joy and be amazed at the beauty that surrounds me, feel the quiet, feel the peace, and breathe it in.

Oddly enough over the years I have found that I kinda like me and I kinda like hanging out with me. Never really thought I would or maybe I just never stopped long enough to figure that out. If all I do is go, I don’t have time to enjoy peaceful serenity. Going and doing and noise can be so overwhelming. Sometimes being in the quiet, as loud as that can be, is just the place I needed to plant myself.

What are your thoughts on planting yourself? Taking time to just be you, to enjoy life and breathe it in? Stopping to “smell the roses”. I would love it if you left me a comment, sent me an email, or even subscribed so you can get notices when new blog posts are up!

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