No books on the Walk
There are no books to tell you how to Walk the Walk. It is a most solitary journey as your path is your own and no one can walk it for you. A book on such a topic would be short, I suspect, and, if you really stop and think about it, you aren't 'there' if you are still looking in a book. I will have to ponder this as it is such a unique area of inquiry.
I have gone from enjoying the sunsets, the sunrises, the view, to thinking of those wide sights, those vistas, as possibilities. There are points in my weekly rounds where I look out through the windshield and just want to keep on driving, to see what is so far, far away. Just get in the car and drive until I know I am, where? I don't know but I want to go. The wanderlust has hit but it is temporary and I never deviate much from the usual way I am going.
Back in the garden area....yes, I know there is snow out there still....I took inventory of my seeds and made a list of what I need. I have a good collection of seeds leftover from last year so there won't be much to buy this early in the season. I moved the potting mix inside and will start pansies and some herbs very soon. I am thinking of expanding next to the blueberry enclosure and trying to grow potatoes again. I know, they are inexpensive to buy, but they are fun to grow, assuming you don't mind some manual bug control. On the down side: I took a walk out to the raspberry patch and most of the canes have been eaten down to a foot tall, about how deep the snow was. The spiny blackberry is still standing tall but most of the rest look pretty poor. [sigh] Guess more fencing is in order - the blueberries have none of this problem. One winter the critters gnawed off all the forsythia along one side of the house so I guess this year was the turn of my raspberries.
A personal note: no, I haven't been on much. I have found an MMO to waste lots of time playing and otherwise have been doing house things, sewing and working. I have two retirement parties to attend in the coming weeks....makes me think, first, that I must be getting old and, second, makes me wistful.....I so much want to quit chasing that paycheck.
I have gone from enjoying the sunsets, the sunrises, the view, to thinking of those wide sights, those vistas, as possibilities. There are points in my weekly rounds where I look out through the windshield and just want to keep on driving, to see what is so far, far away. Just get in the car and drive until I know I am, where? I don't know but I want to go. The wanderlust has hit but it is temporary and I never deviate much from the usual way I am going.
Back in the garden area....yes, I know there is snow out there still....I took inventory of my seeds and made a list of what I need. I have a good collection of seeds leftover from last year so there won't be much to buy this early in the season. I moved the potting mix inside and will start pansies and some herbs very soon. I am thinking of expanding next to the blueberry enclosure and trying to grow potatoes again. I know, they are inexpensive to buy, but they are fun to grow, assuming you don't mind some manual bug control. On the down side: I took a walk out to the raspberry patch and most of the canes have been eaten down to a foot tall, about how deep the snow was. The spiny blackberry is still standing tall but most of the rest look pretty poor. [sigh] Guess more fencing is in order - the blueberries have none of this problem. One winter the critters gnawed off all the forsythia along one side of the house so I guess this year was the turn of my raspberries.
A personal note: no, I haven't been on much. I have found an MMO to waste lots of time playing and otherwise have been doing house things, sewing and working. I have two retirement parties to attend in the coming weeks....makes me think, first, that I must be getting old and, second, makes me wistful.....I so much want to quit chasing that paycheck.