Flowers are Magical
05/07/2018
"Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful. They are sunshine, food, and medicine for the soul."
--- Luther Burbank
Now that SPRING has decided to show up around here (thank you!), I'm scrambling out in the garden. There is so much to do out there . . . that sometimes I just spin around, not knowing where to begin.
But then I just begin.
Clipping and pulling and raking and digging. (And sometimes shaking my head . . . as in where did that come from???)
After three big days in the garden . . . my nails are crap, my arms are totally scratched up, and my back is tired.
BUT. I'm also better, happier, and more helpful!
Flowers are magical -- and gardens, indeed, are medicine for the soul.
My nails and hands also look like crap, but my flower beds and the vegetables in the garden are looking much better!
Posted by: Bonny | 05/07/2018 at 08:34 AM
YAY for Spring and for (finally) getting out to play/work in the dirt!!
Posted by: Vera | 05/07/2018 at 09:06 AM
I need a new pair of gardening gloves. Or, I at least need to remember to WEAR gardening gloves! I'm glad to hear you pull things, too. I always feel a little guilty yanking the violets but if I don't yank them now they take over and spread everywhere!
Posted by: Carole | 05/07/2018 at 09:11 AM
That is so true! And, it is the best feeling in all the world!
Posted by: AsKatKnits | 05/07/2018 at 09:19 AM
I love pulling! And you're right...there really is no better feeling than digging around in that dirt.
Posted by: Patty | 05/07/2018 at 09:34 AM
I try wearing gardening gloves but they just don't give me the satisfaction that getting my hands in the soil does. Nature is truly the balm of life and the joy of growing flowers (or vegetables) is magical.
Posted by: margene | 05/07/2018 at 09:43 AM
The lilacs are blooming— time to join you in planting!
Posted by: Jo | 05/07/2018 at 11:23 AM
So very satisfying!! And beautiful. ;)
Posted by: Vicki | 05/07/2018 at 01:52 PM
My Mother’s day gift from my daughter are a beautiful pair of gardening gloves. I’m going to be so styling! For reasons I can’t explain most of my gardens are gone. I do have a few samples that coming up in what I call the holding garden but I’m pretty much starting my perennial garden from scratch. Only thing blooming are my tulips from Amsterdam and a few daffodils. One resilient soul came up in the new lawn!
Posted by: Geri | 05/07/2018 at 02:09 PM
Tell us more about your "new red shoes"...they look wonderful! Keens, Merrels? details woman, details!!!
:)
Posted by: Susanne | 05/07/2018 at 02:35 PM
oh YAY for Spring! #flowersaremagical indeed!
Posted by: Mary | 05/08/2018 at 06:16 PM
So delighted that you are able, at last, to get out and dig in the soil! Enjoy! Enjoy!
Cheers~
Posted by: Honore´ | 05/11/2018 at 11:09 AM