Our garden greeted us with a few new splashes of color as we pulled into our neighborhood after being away for 12 days. First to catch my eye in the newly created flowerbed in the front yard was a little group of purple columbine happily dancing in the breeze.
I have been re-reading Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations this week. I remember reading it many moons ago when I was in junior high school. As a teen, I struggled with getting into the story. Truth be told, I didn’t put much effort into reading for comprehension and enjoyment. Well, I’m thoroughly into it this time through. Though it has absolutely nothing to do with gardening, I just love the title of the book and have found myself viewing my garden through the lens of great expectations.
Nothing show-stopping happening in my garden this week, but the snow has melted and there are definitely some great expectations and emerging signs of beauty to come…and a whole lot of grunt work needed to tidy up the flowerbeds.
Continue reading “Garden ‘Great Expectations’”Notes on Seeing, Reading & Writing, Living & Loving in The North
All things come. All things go.
Behaviour Support Specialist • Emotion-focused Care Strategies
Low Carb Diet & Lifestyle
CONNECTING HEARTS THROUGH WORDS
thoughts on the spiritual journey
the joy of creativity
The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary. - Isaiah 50:4
A retrospective of the photographs from my last garden plus a few meanderings based on my own experience and a love of all things Asiatic.
Connecting the Americas, Bridging Cultures Supergringa in Spain: A Travel Memoir
Travelling is my joy of living. Sit back relax and come with me.
Barefoot Lily Lady 