As we move into our celebrations of
Freedom this weekend I hope we can
all remember that word specifically.
Freedom...within and without. Not
giving a voice to being safe, which I
had been saying until I listened to a
meditation earlier which reminded me
that our focus should be instead on
Freedom...that we need to connect
that with our core essence instead of
living in that 'safe' mode. It is when
we step outside of our comfort zones
and live in our Freedom that we truly
find out who we are and the courage
that we find when we do so. That is
truly Independence.
I am off and running today as I've a
million things to accomplish before
the heat returns to my neck of the
woods this weekend. I've been
spending lots of time outdoors
with my Daughter and Grandaughter,
getting the weeding and trimming
done for another period of time, watering
from the rain water I've been collecting,
and watching all of the things I have
growing in my 'garden of sorts.' I put
everything in big pots this year to make
it easier for me to garden as I am not
ready to give that up just yet, lol.
Everything seems to be doing exceedingly
well and I am so happy about that! :)
So let's see...I should be picking my first
crop of Cherokee Wax Beans this weekend.
The Swiss Chard is about 3 inches tall...I
got that planted later this year but it is
coming right along. The cucumbers are
flowering so I should be seeing those
little babies coming in soon. I have lots
of tomato blossoms as well as tomatoes
that are getting quite big and I cannot
wait to pick the first one and sit there
with a salt shaker and take my first,
big juicy bite! I put in more beans last
week and they are already up. With all
the rain and heat we've been having this
summer everything is doing very well.
I usually have everything in by Mother's
Day each year but this year it was
several weeks past that before we could
plant as we were still having killing frosts
at night.
I have many different colors of Daylilly and
I have been taking pictures of them in the
early mornings and after the rains...they
smell so sweet and fresh and bring me
much pleasure. I have a new geranium I
bought from a woman last year at her
rummage sale that is a purplish blue and
has the most delicate little flowers on it.
It spreads, so it is creeping through the
flower bed this year and looks so pretty.
I divided up my Bleeding Hearts this year
so now I've two very big bushes of that
and I see they have now seeded under
my deck so in the fall I will transplant
those and put them somewhere too.
The picture below is the first year I had
lived here and doesn't even look like it
does now...we are minus the broken
windmill out in the middle of the yard
and everything is much more defined
and culled out with more new plantings,
but you can get the general idea.
Along the fencelines out back I've
culled out lots too and have begun
planting ferns and some different types
of grasses. It had been neglected quite
badly back there and will take me a few
more years of planting new things and
making it more pleasing to the eye and
spirit.
Firekeeper gave me a raspberry bush he
planted at school last year and it is really
doing well. The cane is nice and strong
and shooting right up there. In a few
more years I will have nice raspberries
to make jam with, and I love them in
a bowl of cream with a little sugar
sprinkled on them. My Grandmother
used to serve berries that way to us
when we were young and it was the
best treat ever after being out picking
in the hot sun all day. Even after we'd
eaten just as much as we picked?
So...I am off and running to get my day
started...I do hope you all have a great
weekend celebrating Independence Day
with your loved ones or however you
choose to celebrate the many wonderful
Freedoms we have in our country. We
truly are a blessed people living here.
We enjoy so much more than other
people in other countries and I never
lose sight of that.
Don't forget to keep sending up your
prayers for the waters, all the creatures,
each other and a getting a fix to the
bleeding gash of our Beloved Mother
Earth. WE All have to do Our Part.
There is a beautiful prayer over at
Spirituality and Practice by Medica
that I just found if you'd like to take
a peek and pray it...here is the link,
just click on it:
http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/quotes/quotes.php?id=19960
Until next time I wish for you a day
of happiness and joy in whatever you
endeavor and peace along the way.
Happy 4th of July!
Akasa
