Vernal Equinox

I read a new blog today. I was idly thinking of the fact that it is the Vernal Equinox and that I wasn't celebrating with any fanfare this year-- mostly because the boys have occupied all of my thinking, planning and scheming this week ...I had a quiet moment so I went snooping through blogs to find some small way in which to honor the beginning of this new, fresh season. I came across a blog entitled Living in Season with an interesting post. Apparently, the writer is on retreat at a small place in the country. They get to write all day long in silence (or whatever) and then join the other 6 writers for an evening meal.... Sounds like heaven doesn't it? But living alone means I can take the space I need and I don't necessarily need to go somewhere-- I just need to be still.

This is a wonderful time to look at the intentions from the New Year and see how I'm doing. What needs tweaking. What needs to be discarded and what needs to be implemented. What comes to mind quickly, is that I need to get back to walking. I haven't gone walking this week with the boys here and I can feel it. So tomorrow morning perhaps I'll drive out to Pfluger Lake and walk around it as a way to celebrate the Spring. It's a long walk (about 3 miles, I think I was told) and I'll have plenty of time to clear my head after these past weeks. I've got a lot going on and I need to be clear on things.

One thing that I don't think I included in my New Year intentions is time in the garden... and it's spring. Today I actually raked up the yard by the tree house since the kids "cleaned it out". It felt good to be able to rake and organize.... to feel the cool breeze on my skin with the sun peeking through the leaves on the crepe myrtle making patterns around me like fairies dancing... and I remembered all over again how important it is for me to be outside.

My garden has been sadly neglected this winter. It used to be beautiful and lush but due to focusing too much on work, it has become a thistle patch with not much beauty about it at all.... But the roses are blooming as is the Bridal Wreath and oxalis so there is hope. I'd like to move one of the rose bushes to disguise the rain barrel a bit ... and I saw plans for a lovely garden bench that looks easy to build...and I'd like to put in an herb garden this year....

One of my New Year's intentions was to come home earlier from work. Perhaps the call of my lonely garden will inspire me to leave and spend time in the earth....