Sacred Life Sunday: Springtime

 

When I got up this morning, my little dogwood tree was in full bloom. What a beauty! I love my garden. I love taking care of it. I didn't plant it, previous owners did, and I am grateful to them every single day! It's filled with good soil, chives, sage, lavender bushes, parsley, fennel, day lilies, tulips, daffodils, yellow lilies, black irises, roses, a dogwood tree, a lilac bush, lupines (which I'm going to get rid of, I don't like them), daisies, hostas and lilies of the valley. And weeds . . .which I do my best to keep up with. All that just in this little curvy area!

What I love most is how different things bloom throughout the year. It'll look different even in another couple months. I'm also grateful they put a wire fence around it, which keeps my dogs out. Silas likes to "accidentally" push a ball through the fence, then barks at me to rescue it!

I could make all sorts of analogies between life and spring and seasons and such, but honestly I'm still not feeling all that deep or wordy. Just living a quiet season, trying to make peace with fear. In other news...

• I hired a new workerbee I absolutely adore named Max.
• My dog Elliott, God and a bassett hound named Louie teamed up to give me an amazing, funny Mother's Day present.
• Dating in my 40s (and sober!) bears zippo resemblance to dating in previous decades. Which frankly sort of baffles me at this point.
• Season 2 of The Tudors is in full swing and I am LOVING IT! The acting (especially Jonathan Rhys Meyers as King Henry VIII and Natalie Dormer as Anne Boleyn), the writing, the costumes . . . without question the best series ever produced. I want to visit England to see the real Tudor historical sites in person.
• I've seen heaps of powerful 5-star movies lately: Atonement, Possession, Firelight, The Namesake, The Kite Runner and Lars and the Real Girl. I also just watched a documentary on The Ramones which made me happy I saw them in the 90s (with Blondie!) before everyone died. Man, if I was a decade older, I would've loved living in New York City in the 70s!

I keep reminding myself this year is about ease and enjoyment. Serenity and emotional stability are precisely what I need. Less isolating and more fun wouldn't hurt either. :) Gonna work on that this week!

Visit more Sacred Life Sunday participants here. (I'm sorry the list still isn't current. I suck, but I will update soon!) Blessings to all.

Comments

[Rebecca]

It sounds like you are able to find gratitude, even in fear. I so admire that! Blessings to you in this season of renewal and new growth!

[Monique]

I LOVE the story of your gift of dog love! And thank you so much for the beautiful photo from your garden (I just love your yard too!)

And just for the record.....You SO do NOT suck! ;)

Blessings

[Bob]

I love my dogwood! Favorite tree, ever.

[Bob]

I love my dogwood! Favorite tree, ever.

[Rebecca]

Such a wonderful variety of flowers!

I've been enjoying participating in Sacred Life Sunday.

And I've been enjoying your blog, even if I rarely comment.