so,  i gave it the name of Boundaries and Self Discipline.  Close enough.  and what i am being able to Find is a rhythm.  It's good,  two days now.  It FEELS very good.   Everyone's comments also were all so useful to getting Clear about the commotion…that i intellectually Know is not outer Imposed, but Inner.  So OK.   The most important thing is that i created boundaries of  Time Spaces…when i was working on the Rock Rooms,  it occured to me that i might make some Time Rooms.  So i did.  The agreement with self is to be OutSide at 8:30 a.m.   no list making for What i will Do,  but just to be Out.  Once Out,  things just flow.  There is that altered state of Doing,  one thing after another moving some from thing to thing,  it doesn't matter at all.  ALL of it needs doing,  so ALL of it is good.  And to agree with self that till noon is enough.   So, noon,  IN.  Cloth Time.  till 5.  Then, back Out till dusk.  As the days lengthen this will leave even more time.  Coming in at Noon will give a break for the heat of the day.   Yesterday and Today felt really just Fine.   Things got planted and mulched.  The kochia was worked on and heavy mulch in some areas with the bales of sunflower stalks that are scrap.  Tays small dug holes filled in and 3 new tomato cages built. 

I know these details are dull,  but  need to be here to Mark the Happenings for this May.  

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This.  Far enough to get a feeling for it.  The pieces on the bottom might not stay at all…i am just liking to pin things there and look at the contradictions.   The two pieces at the top Might stay.  I think they are enough to signify …SKY.    And THIS felt really good.  

So,  a Rhythm.  I needed a Rhythm.  OK.

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Happiness…..what might have been an unwanted something else is NOT.  It IS a shoot of the Native Plum for sure!!!!   YES!!!!!  So…all four made it.   This one so small in comparison,  but because it came up this way,  it will be Strong.  Am so happy about it i almost feel like giving it a Name.

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figured out where i can plant these carrots.  I don't usually do carrots,  but in response to really good marketing in the Seeds of Change Catalog,  i bought it.  Dragon Carrots.  The photograph in the catalog..more purple and orange…and the words…the words were the Hook: " A strikingly beautiful and refined carrot with deep reddish purple skin, orange interior,  and yellow core that looks great sliced up and arranged on the plate or shredded into salads.  The complex, slightly spicy and sweet flavor is especially good cooked or roasted."  Roasted carrots are where it's at.  So, i'll make a row in the compost bed.  somewhere along the long side where they will be safe from the dogs until they actually are established.  Plan.  ok.

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and a Complete Surprise….blooms on the just so new Honeysuckle.  It never would have occured to me to look,  but when giving water…there they were waving in the WIND…and their SCENT…  for the Bees.

so today,  i lived with Ease.  

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR EXCELLENT THOUGHTS 

 

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17 responses to “Rhythm”

  1. Michelle in NYC Avatar

    More blooming in the mind, the heart, the cloth, the soil. The abundance of it just delicious.

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  2. grace Avatar

    it really IS, isn’t it…when we LET IT BE…….

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  3. Mo Crow Avatar

    I love honeysuckle!

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  4. Michelle in NYC Avatar

    …and who doesn’t need ‘refined’ carrots that slice showing two different colors and deliver a slightly spicy sweet taste!

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  5. Marti Avatar
    Marti

    Honeysuckle brings back such sweet memories. We had a whole hedge of it in our backyard and my Dad showed me and my sister how to turn the blossoms upside down and pretend that they were ladies dancing…
    grace, you titled this post Rhythm and that is what I have been trying to find since the news came that my sister died on Tues. As prepared as I have been, the raw emotions that have welled up have been unexpected and have disrupted the quiet flow of my days…for someone such as myself who loves to use words, I have needed to be silent, to let thoughts flow in and out and my heart adjust to this new rhythm.

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  6. Bev Avatar

    Funny that things can get confusing until you make a plan. Not that it’s written in stone but things fall in place. I like plans because they are like a guide, stuff just happens the right way in the right time and the plan can be adjusted over and over again.
    I love honeysuckle.

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  7. Dana Avatar

    Oh Marti, I’m so sorry for your loss.

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  8. Dana Avatar

    Establishing a rough rhythm helps to keep the balance between control and serendipity. I know I am happier when my days have shape, although sometimes they get pretty bent. I can smell your honeysuckle from here.

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  9. grace Avatar

    yes…how things well up.
    there’s nothing to do but let the days go by.
    My love to you as you grieve.

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  10. beth Avatar

    ((( Marti )))

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  11. beth Avatar

    The image you are going for in this cloth feels so very familiar to me. I think I’ve seen that drawing before on your blog. But also, maybe something else? I don’t know.
    And I just have to say it again… I am so filled with love for the gathering that goes on here. May you all live with ease.

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  12. Bev Avatar

    gentle peace be with you in your grief Marti.

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  13. saskia Avatar

    these rectangular eyes are very good; funny as I was doodling in the office yesterday they appeared in my drawing…and i sat staring absentmindedly and then the sudden realization: Grace’s goat eyes are staring up at me, ha

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  14. grace Avatar

    yes…adjusted. over and over again.
    i like that this is about ROOMS of Time…what is in the Room
    can change. but the room makes a clear space for whatever it is.
    Honeysuckle…there was wild honeysuckle down by the creek when
    i was a kid

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  15. grace Avatar

    shape/space
    really, there is no Control possible here…just the NEED for
    things to happen, however it is they can…………

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  16. grace Avatar

    i did. i put it here, once before, i don’t know when, so yes…
    and another Yes. May we All live with ease.

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  17. grace Avatar

    those amazing rectangle pupils that can cover the periphery, so critical to
    prey animals

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