Spring Yard Work

Well this afternoon after church and lunch Jim and I decided to do some Spring yard work. Rake leaves and debris, clean the flower beds and what not, we may not have a lot of property but it seems like so much yard work. The weather was perfect for it 55 degrees and a nice slow breeze it all seemed to be perfect for what we were doing.

The neighbors across the street are redoing part of their yard with treated railroad ties and discarding their old bricks, which they GAVE use no strings attached. So all the flower beds will now have bricks lining them to help keep the grass and weeds out and easier to try to keep up with. So far today I bet I have moved close to 60 bricks.

The flower bed by the garage got them first to finish off what my brother and I did last year. The the small strawberry patch we have got some and I am adding this year a separated Herb Garden. I am thinking Chives, Cilantro, Lavender, Lemon Grass, Parsley, Oregano and anything else I can get my hands on.

So the small garden is being extended into the one that borders the side of our property as well and I am hoping we have enough bricks to do that one as well. I still have last years Tiki Torches which I would love to get more this year and I need to get the fuel for them but other than that we have talked a small vegetable garden as well. Tomatoes , peppers, cucumbers mainly.

My hands yearned to feel life itself today

The ground holds so many silent sacred secrets

Millions of years,

Endless lives have walked upon it

The journey they lead,

The stories the earth could yield.

I could hear those voices today

As my hands entered the sacred dirt,

Their voices being freed

The silence broken

All I had to do was listen

To the earth in my hands.

Voices of anger and rage

Voices of sadness and grief

Voices of hope and peace

The cold damp earth slid through my fingers

Became one with my skin

My soul united with them.

Thank you Mother Earth for thy gift to me.