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in the spirit of skipping,

it occured to me that i can do ANYTHING  at all ~  i can change Everything. 

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this was where the frame of the 12 foot X 22 foot hoop house greenhouse was put up and then taken down.  these are the pallets that i dragged over to create an alternative small greenhouse that would be attached to the side of the Albatros (the shed/garage/giant building).

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this is the "inside yard" that is actually like just another room to my home, but doesn't have walls and a roof.  it occured to me that i can bring some of those big landscape pots over here.  place them between the clusters of iris,  NOT plant herbs there this year (don't know where they will go instead yet)  and create my dye plant garden here.  close.  easily watered in the pots and where i sit in the evenings.  so we would be together.

a lot of this rearrangement in my mind and in my heart has to do with the fact that this is the first year in going on 16 that i will not Add More.   i am on Pause, in a certain way, with the possibility of leaving.  but also, Cloth is in my life.   there is always the pull now between the two…work outside or sew.  this may resolve that some.   may allow me to find some good rhythm back and forth.

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

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6 responses to “in the spirit of skipping,”

  1. judy keathley Avatar
    judy keathley

    hey grace —your first sentence flips me out–because i KNOW it is the TRUTH.
    it must be –well–not emotionally simple —to be changing things by not adding—
    & since we never really know anyway what tomorrow will bring , maybe that pause is also a big truth—a being here now thing.
    i look at those pallets that you dragged & think about your sciatic nerve –& trust that you will be careful as you do your moving of pots & such.
    skipping. i remember loving to skip as a kid. a couple of weeks ago i was on a walk & something made me think about skipping so i started doing it. unfortunately its a bit high impact on the joints so i didn’t keep it up for long —but i remembered the joy –& a very precious sense of freedom that comes with that movement of ones body. just a wee bit like flying…

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  2. Herm Avatar
    Herm

    i have an idea – work outside in the morning to about 2 pm and then go sew, sew and sew til the wee hours of the night!!! – do you need red fabrics for hearts?

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  3. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    i love that thought, Judy…that it’s a bit like flying.
    i skipped some today, to remember. and yes. there is
    that joyous airborne feeling to skipping that running
    doesn’t have. running is intent. skipping is joyful
    and just for itself. how amazing to me that a Skipper
    was born into my family. he is something.
    i am mindful now, with the work. i apply the Tai Chi
    precepts to what i am doing. both feet on the earth,
    weight shifting right to left, but the balance…
    i felt really great. usually i am uhhhhh, hell bent.
    this day, very different. and maybe that was what it
    might have been all along???? but that is what life is
    for, i am thinking. doing whatever, seeing if it works,
    and if it doesn’t seem to work well…look for another
    way.
    such a many feeling’d day. tonight Wind is here and
    blowing blessing over all in his desert way.
    much love,

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  4. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    herm, this is desert. so till 2 is well into Siesta
    time…HOT and direct SUN.
    but you are right in a certain way…to break the day up.
    am thinking about that.
    today was very very good. some of Everything.

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  5. handstories Avatar
    handstories

    grace, the more i learn about you, the stronger braver you become. doing & changing. yeah, you.
    skipping! i remember skipping & galloping in a big gym in 1st grade…round & round we went, it did feel like flying. soon after i dreamt i was skipping down a hill with friends & my legs lifted up & i was flying, it felt so real! for years i thought it had really happened. even now i’m not quite sure in my heart.

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  6. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    sometimes those uncertainties are important
    stronger/braver no. i just do things. have always
    been that way and i look back and there are those
    uncertainties
    but then you can never know.

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