Food is not going so well either. Have fallen into old habits and need to refocus on cooking. I hope to have my first community building dinner party soon. Details forthcoming.
In other news, I am still aware of my promise to engage with nature. Because when you look at your window and see this:
or go for a walk and see this:
You need some help. Behind my bedroom I have a tiny little porch, and since the weather has been cooling off, I have tentatively started building my back porch garden.
I swept it out today and planted some basil. I will monitor and display the progress here. I have also been cloning indoor plants, and my first one went into dirt today:
I hope to have some photos of the indoor plants soon. They are looking pretty good. Finally, a few weeks ago my wife put out some bird seed, but no birds would dare come to the window ledge. For the last few days however, we have had a few brave doves make the journey.
So there you have it. Things in Transformation, are not going great, but I am still aware of my original goals and am trying to stay on task. I am excited about the little garden and my upcoming dinner, and the indoor plants and outdoor birds are giving me some joy.
cloning, eh? :) we folksy type folks call it 'rooting' :) bz- i have betmo's corner too- haiku and stuff- and the saying in the header over there is 'beauty's where you find it'- and yes, it's a rip off of vogue. but that doesn't mean it isn't true :) i think it is great that you are creating your own nature out of a pile of sand. i would hazard a guess that folks have been doing that for milennia. it's just when you get caught up in consumerism- as it looks like your arab neighbors have done- and the entire western world as well, that you lose sight of what's really important. i am hoping that some of us rubbed off on the inlaws while they were visiting this summer. holiday times are nightmares. they were all about gifts and whatnot- but we began to push for not so much- simply because we all have too much as it is. we would ask each other for lists and whatnot- and we couldn't come up with anything. same with my friends- i had to talk with them. i have not been shy. i don't think you can be with the people who are closest to you.
ReplyDeleteanyway, i said all of that to say this- keeping moving forward. you don't have to go back and do over- just start again. it will take eventually. the forward momentum is what is really important. life is a journey after all- it isn't the getting there that's important- it's how you get there. :)
Is it called rooting? I knew cloning wasn't the right word, so I just guessed.
ReplyDeleteEven in the woodsy part of the world where I live, it often takes the birds a week or more (sometimes months) to find a new bird feeder. Nature will teach you patience ;)
ReplyDeleteAlso, I notice a lot of green off your balcony. What grows there?
That is actually my neighbor's weird shrub lawn. Keep in mind that it is maintained by a staff of about ten. I have never seen said neighbors.
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